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Powering up a laptop with the lid closed + easiest path to internet on my TV?
My household watches very little TV. We just scaled back our Dishnetwork plan from $65/month to $20/month. We lost a couple of channels that we watched, but most of those shows are available online.
I hooked my laptop up to the TV via HDMI. That works great, except that I have to open the screen to turn it on. Is there a way to allow the laptop to power up with the lid closed? My wife feels like it's too many steps to launch. I don't want to leave it running full time either, as it will rarely be used.
What other options are there for getting full internet on a TV? I saw that Dell has a couple of small computers that seem to be designed for that application, but by the time I tack on a wireless card (whatever method has be be wireless) I'm looking at $350 or more.
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Lee
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