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Originally Posted by LeeH
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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Sounds like a good excuse to upgrade to a new flat panel with built-in web, wif-fi, Netflix, etc. Or, at least a newer blu-ray player/PS3 with web, wi-fi, netflix, etc. to connect to your existing TV.
If you are going to go to the trouble of havng an actual PC hooked up to the TV, you may as well configure/build/buy a HTPC set-up.