Smart TV/Roku/ connectivity. Need your help.

[tubby_mcgee 699]

So If I want WiFi in my shop....I need to pay the local company an additional service fee and I need to pay them to trench fiber to my shop. (large unattached garage).

I want WiFi to make the smart TV work.

A friend said "just run an ethernet from you house directly to the smart TV in your shop.

So, I rented a trencher and dug it in, went under the sidewalk etc etc. Ran it in 1" conduit. 

Anyway....I hooked it to the TV...its an older Vizio.  Can't add apps apparently.  I want to get YouTube TV on it.  It only has YouTube - not YouTube TV. 

I thought about firestick but that needs WiFi itself.  Ethernet won't help a firestick.

So I'm getting a new smart TV. 

Here's my question. 

I see there are "Roku" ones.  If you google,  it says this:

Do I need an internet connection for Roku? Yes, Roku streaming players and Roku TV models need to be connected to your Wi-Fi® network to work. 

 

I assume that for a "separately purchased" Roku?

1.) How about a TV that has Roku built in?  Will just the ONE Ethernet connection to the back of the TV suffice? 

Or should

2.) I get a non-Roku one? Will the "native app" that comes with the TV better or a Roku app built in? 

[Strike 4,802]

3 minutes ago, tubby_mcgee said:

So If I want WiFi in my shop....I need to pay the local company an additional service fee and I need to pay them to trench fiber to my shop. (large unattached garage).

I want WiFi to make the smart TV work.

A friend said "just run an ethernet from you house directly to the smart TV in your shop.

So, I rented a trencher and dug it in, went under the sidewalk etc etc. Ran it in 1" conduit. 

Anyway....I hooked it to the TV...its an older Vizio.  Can't add apps apparently.  I want to get YouTube TV on it.  It only has YouTube - not YouTube TV. 

I thought about firestick but that needs WiFi itself.  Ethernet won't help a firestick.

So I'm getting a new smart TV. 

Here's my question. 

I see there are "Roku" ones.  If you google,  it says this:

Do I need an internet connection for Roku? Yes, Roku streaming players and Roku TV models need to be connected to your Wi-Fi® network to work. 

 

I assume that for a "separately purchased" Roku?

1.) How about a TV that has Roku built in?  Will just the ONE Ethernet connection to the back of the TV suffice? 

Or should

2.) I get a non-Roku one? Will the "native app" that comes with the TV better or a Roku app built in? 

The ethernet to the TV should work fine.  I'd be shocked if it cared whether the network connection was wired or wireless. 

[tubby_mcgee 699]

3 minutes ago, Strike said:

The ethernet to the TV should work fine.  I'd be shocked if it cared whether the network connection was wired or wireless. 

Roku easy to navigate? 

I have Firestick on 3 TV's in my house.  Wish I had option of that in shop, but the actual Firestick needs WiFi. 

[Strike 4,802]

4 minutes ago, tubby_mcgee said:

Roku easy to navigate? 

I have Firestick on 3 TV's in my house.  Wish I had option of that in shop, but the actual Firestick needs WiFi. 

I have no idea.  I have a couple of firesticks as well.  Never touched a Roku.  If you've run ethernet out there's no reason you can't have wifi.  Get a Wireless Access Point.  It will convert that ethernet connection you ran to wireless.

[tubby_mcgee 699]

7 minutes ago, Strike said:

I have no idea.  I have a couple of firesticks as well.  Never touched a Roku.  If you've run ethernet out there's no reason you can't have wifi.  Get a Wireless Access Point.  It will convert that ethernet connection you ran to wireless.

From what I was explained, to get that Wireless Access Point, I need the cable company's intervention in making it work? Or is that something I can just buy?

[BeenHereBefore 1,403]

18 minutes ago, tubby_mcgee said:

Roku easy to navigate? 

I have Firestick on 3 TV's in my house.  Wish I had option of that in shop, but the actual Firestick needs WiFi. 

I have Roku Smart TV and Roku players and Firesticks, Roku's are easy to use but have to set up a ROKU Account.

[Strike 4,802]

8 minutes ago, tubby_mcgee said:

From what I was explained, to get that Wireless Access Point, I need the cable company's intervention in making it work? Or is that something I can just buy?

Obviously I don't know your network but a wireless access point is different than a wireless router.  It just takes an ethernet connection and then transmits the same packets (data) wirelessly.  It doesn't require anything from your ISP (cable company). 

[edjr 6,300]

Get a flux capacitor 

[Sean Mooney 1,815]

8 hours ago, tubby_mcgee said:

Roku easy to navigate? 

I have Firestick on 3 TV's in my house.  Wish I had option of that in shop, but the actual Firestick needs WiFi. 

Yes they are very easy to navigate and the layout and interface are extremly clean and user friendly. You will need to set up an account on the Roku website. Then you will set up your interface and download any apps and anything you want on the TV itself (a lot of the more popular apps are already loaded you will just need your log in information).

The good part is once you've done all that- if in 2 years from now you decide to get another Roku TV somewhere else (in your house, a beach house, a cabin, etc) you just sign into your account and you can upload your information into the new TV so it will look exactly like the first one and often will have your passwords already stored. 

[Mike Honcho 4,728]

1 hour ago, edjr said:

Get a flux capacitor 

You are no focking help at all...don't be an ass...there's now way he can get 1.21 gigawatts to the garage.   Dumbass. 

[supermike80 1,599]

We have roku and love it.  Very easy to use and navigate.  

[shorepatrol 1,828]

 desktop pc is what I use with my garage tv, wireless mouse and keyboard 

[tubby_mcgee 699]

Talked to a guy who works at a cable company. 

He said "they make an adapter for firestick.  Just get that"

 

So....that's what it will be. 

https://www.amazon.com/Amazon-Ethernet-Adapter-Fire-Devices/dp/B074TC662N/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1B5NA0H37KRE7&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.GKRsa0UvmT_dq1AQawb3PBsWXlrTrzg9ZRBeIhdxqrxtnsT55F9ebm2H8HAHJNwsT3FHyJbn5YM55O_PrjubwrHSkY_UIROMA8Z7ojsu_xu09Odhk6-ZoViJZUutoFyqSw9t5ySEzHTtjQjJNJw8eB0k7I2kTikTOwzxUlHaS3IQ2EddGdqTov7KTWEo3Sce8GtHHk0pIhK-WPRi6kHsOHSTaccLaLTJirD6NfOTNSI.kQL_SwWriG2l7Dws_6sbC19E10-01kP_DoCyQnuzM9Y&dib_tag=se&keywords=ethernet+to+fire+stick+adapter&qid=1727445627&sprefix=%2Caps%2C125&sr=8-1

 

 

 

 

[frank 2,244]

2 hours ago, Mike Honcho said:

You are no focking help at all...don't be an ass...there's now way he can get 1.21 gigawatts to the garage.   Dumbass. 

The hard part is getting a garage to go 88 mph.