Smart TV in lanai

[alwann]

I'm getting ready to install a TV in our recently enclosed lanai. There is a cable jack there. For another $10, more or less, Comcast will activate it and rent me another box. But I wonder:

My Smart TV gets WiFi feeds. If I put another Smart TV out there, do I even need a cable hook up? Probably will need an WiFi extender; there's a block wall the signal has to reckon with. Likely I'll hire some pros for the installation but, in advance, I'm curious about options and possibilities.

[Mikeod]

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[mixsonci]

I have Centurylink. I have 4 TVs and one has a wifi top box that I can move to any TV I want. So when I put a TV on my Lanai, I just move the wifi top box to the Lanai. The technician also gave me extra cables so I don't have to keep removing the cables every time.

[jnieman]

We enclosed our lanai and added a TV. Direct TV charged me just $7.00 a month additional for another box. Might be worth checking to see how much it would be with Comcast.

[alwann]

Comcast has high definition digital adapters for $3.99 a month (or less) that will get you all the channels and a nice guide but no recorded shows or on demand. If you want a full function box, they are $9.99.

Smart TV's are great for Netflix and such but you won't be watching traditional TV without a cable box.

Thanks. I can live with just having Netflix and other streaming, et al, on the lanai. Not much to watch on real TV anyhow -- except for Martha Sugalski's haunting eyes.:loco:

[rjm1cc]

The wifi will get you what ever is on the internet. But what comes only on the cable will need either the wire activated or a box to send the signal from the cable to a box on the TV.