Netflix
I'm a bit technically challenged. Not completely stupid, but sometimes confused about different technologies.
We watch a lot of Netflix streaming movies in the stick house. We have an internet provider (Charter - not that it makes a difference) and a wireless router. If I understand it correctly, at home, the Netflix signal comes into the house through the Charter box (Modem?) is fed through a hard wire from the modem to a wireless router and magically through the air to a PS3 which sends the signal through an HDMI cable onto the TV. For a poor kid from South St. Louis who grew up with one TV channel, this is magic. Ain't life wonderful?
Can we replicate the same thing in the Motor home?
Many RV parks don't want residents to use up their band width so they somehow keep you from streaming movies. I understand that.
My bride and I both have iPhones with hot spots, and also iPads. Her iPad is a 4G model (always on the internet). Mine is not. It requires a hot spot or CG network. If I hook up a PS3 to the RV TV, can I use my cell phone hot spot to stream Netflix movies to the RV TV. A side effect would be that my grand son could play PS3 games when he travels with us.
We also have an Apple TV box at the stick house. We use it to stream Netflix, Amazon, and display iPad stuff on the TV. Could we hook up an Apple TV box to the RV TV. It is my understanding that no matter what you hook up to the TV, you still need a "network"(at home it is provided by Charter). Will a cell phone hot spot provide a network for Netflix (or Amazon) to use for streaming?
I have been told that it takes about 3/4 of a GIG to a Gig to stream an average movie. With the plan we have, it costs (me) about $5 a GIG, so I am aware that it will cost $3-$5 to stream a movie, if it is possible.
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Jim and Vicky, Belleville, IL
2004 Winnebago Journey
2012 Explorer Toad
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