You Can Watch Movies on TV-- from your KINDLE
Amazing, to me anyway, but true!
My husband bought a Kindle Fire HD for me for Christmas, and I've been having a blast with it! I've watched a bunch of free movies and have added a whole bunch of free books to my reading list. I've even watched Star Trek episodes, which is amazing to me! For Free!!!
Anyway, I wanted all of us to see a couple of the movies, such as Calendar Girls , which is a sweet, funny movie-- and researched some solutions. The Answer:
A Micro High Speed HDMI to HDMI Cable with Ethernet, 6 feet, FLEX Series, High Speed.
Item # 99-02X-06B-MF at Mediabridge products, LLC.
The best part-- It works. I plugged the Kindle into the power source and attached the cable to the TV, and VOILA, we watched Calendar Girls !
It was so easy, I was absolutely flummoxed. The chord cost about $15, came in 4 days, and it WORKED.
Please forgive me, but all these marvels of technology are amazing to me! So, one's Kindle Fire is truly a Multimedia Marvel!
Oh, and by the way, Calendar Girls is hysterical! A group of ladies in Englad are friends and members of the WI, (The Women's Institute-- a sort of Homemaker's for Britain.) They are all married, middle class, middle agedladies, and one of the dear husbands gets leukemia. He dies, and the ladies decide to raise money to purchase a decent sofa for the Relative's Room at the hospital. Chris, played by Helen Mirren, comes up with the idea of a nude calendar to raise the funds, and the other ladies, with much trepidation, decide to participate.
All I can say is that it is funny, warm, sweet, and they have, to date, made over $2 million pounds, purchased an entire wing for Leukemia research, and managed to purchase a comfortable leather sofa for the Relative's Room... It is very tastefully done, and quite adorable, from start to finish.
Please remember, that the flowers of Yorkshire are like the ladies of Yorkshire: They grow more lovely with every stage until they reach their full maturity and glory. (Then they quickly go to seed...)
Thanks for coming by, and I hope that, if interested, you'll find it easy to watch movies, read books, even visit the internet, from your TV and Kindle marriage, via one handy-dandy cable!
Take care, all of you!
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I bought my first computer in 1983. It was a TRS 80, and it cost, with software $1800. I took out a second mortgage on my house to pay for it, too. To go from that to this, is utterly amazing ! Eat your heart out, Dick Tracy!
Happy you have a kindle,..I have often wondered about them. But I'm still old fashion,. I've found that with enough extension cordsI can just take the small TV every where I go,..true crossing the street can get a little sketchy but hey it works,....
Doo-dads. There are more cool doo-dads out there than a guy can shake a stick at. Yes, it is amazing, isn't it? I have my computer, which I have rebuilt twice and I have added all sorts of high powered stuff so the grandsons could play their games on it - hot new video cards and such.
I also have a wireless system and a Sony Media Player (similar to a Roku) so I can stream from Netflix to the telly tube of life and so the grandsons can play on their lap tops while they are here visiting. And that's about it.
I have wondered about the Kindle so I went to the store and looked at them. I'm not sure I would even use it all that much. I love books - you can drop a book and it won't break. So I didn't buy it. I might go for a good lap top and that's about it.
I guess if I am going to spend money, I would be buying tools for my wood shop. Routers and bits and stuff like that.
I've been struggling with the idea of a which mini pad to get. My daughter got the Nexus 7 and loves it, but it doesn't have any ports. I have also been looking at the Kindle, and the Ipad mini. You are making an excellent case for the Kindle.
What most folks don't know is that I do most of my running of this site and programming from an HP netbook, which weighs only 2lbs and only has a 10.5" screen. I love it. I can sit in my den, hang with the family and watch the site at the same time. I can throw it into my luggage. I love small (although my iphone is a tad too small), so this really appeals to me, since I can throw it into my handbag and go!
Thanks for the review!
I didn't want one, but my son did, so we got him one last year... Well, after using his, and finding all these wonderful books, I wanted one, too! I was amazed at how easy it is to operate and all the fabulous things available with an Amazon Prime Membership, which is what I signed up for when Peep got his Kindle!
There are wonderful movies, books, etc. out there to watch. A lot of things are free, too, with the Prime Membership! What FUN!
And yeah, I have to be dragged into the 21st century myself, on occasion.
I do understand! I thought it was a neat gadget, and maybe a more exciting way to get my son to read more, period-- until I borrowed his a few times. He plays games, but I've watched documentaries on Pompeii, Cleopatra, the Nazi atrocities, penguins, nature, etc. It has really opened up my world in ways I didn't imagine. Peep has access to my content, and most of it is free, anyway. I've bought one or two books-- one about the way that M-16 in England deceived the Germans about the DDay landings, and it's REALLY good. They have old TV shows that I never thought I'd get to see again, etc.
Much love to you, dear Grump!
I know nothing about the Nexus 7 or the IPad, other than the IPad costs a fortune... BUT, I'm really happy with this kindle, even if typing on it is rather cumbersome. One thing, you need wifi service to fully enjoy things that aren't downloaded onto your Kindle directly, and sometimes, we're where there IS no wifi. As in frequently, we're places where there is no wifi... At home, it's been great!
I need to turn my phone into a wifi hub, and then I'll be able to use it everywhere...
I've really enjoyed this, and this marvelous cable that puts what you want to watch on TV, as well as on the Kindle, truly makes it much more versatile!
Good luck, dear Perrie! Do you travel a lot?
I'm sick of the political crap that has taken over the front page so I'm going back to find articles of interest.
About 6 months ago a friend of mine mailed me his old KOBO reader (similar to a Kindle but for books and print only). It almost changed my life. It was loaded with hundreds of books I hadn't read and many of them are of interest to me. I sometimes have to take relatively long bus rides, i.e. for a half hour to an hour or so, and since because of my white hair I'm almost always given a seat I am no longer bored during bus rides. It has also re"kindle"d (pun intended) my interest in reading, and learning.