I picked up the Rockfish adapter from Best Buy after they dropped the price to $29. It works well and was easy to set up with the Shield, but I'm noticing there's a bit of lag between what shows up on the Shield screen versus the TV screen. For example, pull down the notification window, and you see it happen on the TV slightly after you do on the Shield. The beta switch to improve Miracast for gaming seemed to help a little bit, but the delay is still visible.
Are there any particular adapters that work better? I realize the Rockfish/Best Buy brand isn't exactly known for high performance, but I can see how it would be great for easy media consumption.
Ultimately, I'd like to play games like NOVA 3 on the big screen without a goofy 15' HDMI cable running to my Shield. I love portable gaming, but I'm getting old enough to where tiny screens don't cut the mustard for my eyes the way they used to.
I also wonder which brand miracast adapter that can play the games without any lag but so far i know is all the miracast adapter giving little lag when playing games.
Seems silly but it works,
the best way to have a wireless experience (sort of) with a TV and a Shield is with an Xbox 360 controler.
Get a OTG usb adapter and conect to it the wireless receiver for a xbox 360 and a the controller will work. So now you can have your shield with hdmi cable to the tv and you in your sofa with a xbox wireless controller.
king conan said:
Seems silly but it works,
the best way to have a wireless experience (sort of) with a TV and a Shield is with an Xbox 360 controler.
Get a OTG usb adapter and conect to it the wireless receiver for a xbox 360 and a the controller will work. So now you can have your shield with hdmi cable to the tv and you in your sofa with a xbox wireless controller.
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Not all apps 100% support the wireless version of the xbox controller though even if they support wired controllers (actually a driver issue)
I saw this miracast adapter is recommend by shield
http://www.actiontec.com/products/cat_desc.php?fid=63
Does anyone have it and is that any lag when playing games?
SixSixSevenSeven said:
Not all apps 100% support the wireless version of the xbox controller though even if they support wired controllers (actually a driver issue)
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And pc streaming, does it work with the Xbox controller at least?
jdsemler said:
I picked up the Rockfish adapter from Best Buy after they dropped the price to $29. It works well and was easy to set up with the Shield, but I'm noticing there's a bit of lag between what shows up on the Shield screen versus the TV screen. For example, pull down the notification window, and you see it happen on the TV slightly after you do on the Shield. The beta switch to improve Miracast for gaming seemed to help a little bit, but the delay is still visible.
Are there any particular adapters that work better? I realize the Rockfish/Best Buy brand isn't exactly known for high performance, but I can see how it would be great for easy media consumption.
Ultimately, I'd like to play games like NOVA 3 on the big screen without a goofy 15' HDMI cable running to my Shield. I love portable gaming, but I'm getting old enough to where tiny screens don't cut the mustard for my eyes the way they used to.
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Did they just drop the price recently? The Best Buy site still says it's $80
hurrpancakes said:
Did they just drop the price recently? The Best Buy site still says it's $80
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Yeah, it was only on sale for a few days. The price has gone back up since then.
I think some games do better than others. I originally tried NOVA 3 then some emulators, and it was a terrible experience. I tried Bard's Tale from the Android Market just for kicks, and it was actually very good.
Your mileage may vary.
Been using this http://www.actiontec.com/products/63.php for the past few days. Works great, surfing the web, videos, 1 to 1, Shadowgun : deadzone , and gaming in general are all fantastic. There is a minimal lag when playing online death match, I'm talking a hairline of a millisecond. Overall definitely worth the $69. price!
GatesHD said:
Works great, surfing the web, videos, 1 to 1, Shadowgun : deadzone , and gaming in general are all fantastic. There is a minimal lag when playing online death match, I'm talking a hairline of a millisecond. Overall definitely worth the $69. price!
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No kidding? Damn, I had talked myself out of buying this once already... tell me something bad about it please?
If u have the 69 bux don't hesitate. There is nothing better than shield and mirroring with this box. Just like the official case this is another "must have"
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Furyus said:
No kidding? Damn, I had talked myself out of buying this once already... tell me something bad about it please?
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The man in the shop will take your monies in exchange?
While I love the thought of being able to wirelessly display my shield's content on my 60" screen, all this talk about lag is going to keep me on the side lines for a while. I currently have a 10ft. HDMI calble connect to the Mini HDMI cable plugged into the shield. It works great, zero lag and very little pixelation during game play. I do not think you are going to get a better response while playing games than this setup. I have little to no patience for lag duing gameplay. I would love to be able to go cable free, but it seems everyone is experiencing some sort of lag with their miracast connection.
I think I will wait for the wife to start screaming at me about the cable running across the living room floor, before I break down and buy a miracast adapter for my TV.
Das, go to a tiger direct and buy it.. Can always return it. Or buy online. Trust me, I am VERY picky as well. I have a lot of toys and have this mirrored to a Samsung d8000 55" its flawless. The wire is tacky and holding the shield with that little bit of cord weight is a pain. Get it, then gimme a thumbs up!
And BTW:: Shadowgun : Deadzone I am always top 3 even when mirroring.
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While I love the thought of being able to wirelessly display my shield's content on my 60" screen, all this talk about lag is going to keep me on the side lines for a while. I currently have a 10ft. HDMI calble connect to the Mini HDMI cable plugged into the shield. It works great, zero lag and very little pixelation during game play. I do not think you are going to get a better response while playing games than this setup. I have little to no patience for lag duing gameplay. I would love to be able to go cable free, but it seems everyone is experiencing some sort of lag with their miracast connection.
I think I will wait for the wife to start screaming at me about the cable running across the living room floor, before I break down and buy a miracast adapter for my TV.
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Das, go to a tiger direct and buy it.. Can always return it. Or buy online. Trust me, I am VERY picky as well. I have a lot of toys and have this mirrored to a Samsung d8000 55" its flawless. The wire is tacky and holding the shield with that little bit of cord weight is a pain. Get it, then gimme a thumbs up!
And BTW:: Shadowgun : Deadzone I am always top 3 even when mirroring.
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I will look online this weekend. I also have a Tiger Direct pretty close. It would be nice not to have to pull my cable out every night. Hopefully I will like it. Thanks for convincing me.... lol
das7771 said:
I will look online this weekend. I also have a Tiger Direct pretty close. It would be nice not to have to pull my cable out every night. Hopefully I will like it. Thanks for convincing me.... lol
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Yah, it always takes a lot of "CONVINCING" for me to continue to dump $$$'s at my toys. Let me know how u like it... The freedom from the dongle hdmi cable, is bliss!
Let me know what you think of it when you bu it I'm going to be looking for one of these types of devices in coming months
Since the screenbeam pro is optimize for shield and i might getting it one later to play games on my big tv. The price for screenbeam pro can consider cheap also.
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I bought the screanbeam pro over the weekend, and I am not a big fan of it. I noticed about a half second lag while doing anything. You also can't stream your pc games using miracast as it uses the wifi signal so you can only stream android games to the tv wirelessly which is a bummer for me. I play more pc games on my shield than android games right now so I really have no use for it.
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I bought the screanbeam pro over the weekend, and I am not a big fan of it. I noticed about a half second lag while doing anything. You also can't stream your pc games using miracast as it uses the wifi signal so you can only stream android games to the tv wirelessly which is a bummer for me. I play more pc games on my shield than android games right now so I really have no use for it.
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So you mean that using the screenbeam pro even playing the android games also have half second lag right but i though it is optimize for the shield and the lag is very less and you will not notice it?
Hello,
My kiddo seems to have lost my remote for the fire tv. I have since been using USB wireless keyboard. However, I have found some apps do not work well with it. I see the remote is sold for $30. For another $55 I can just buy a 2nd system. If I buy a 2nd fire tv, can I use the remote that comes with it on both fire tv devices?
Yes. But it is a pain and not with sync-resyncing effort. Keep looking. Or grab a game controller for $20 off amazon till You find remote. Staples is sell whole firetv for $71 with coupon. Code.
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When you pair the remote with the second Fire TV, the first Fire TV will no longer see the remote. Since the first Fire TV has no remote attached it will be searching for one, so you just need to hold the home button on the remote for a bit for the first Fire TV to see it again. You'll have to do this everytime you switch to a different Fire TV. This is the behavior I observed when powering on a Fire TV that has no remote. I'm not sure if the remote-less Fire TV can find the remote if it is already on or sleeping. You may need to reboot the Fire TV every time you switch.
Hi,
Is it possible to pair a second remote that is already paired on one Fire TV box so that it works on my 2nd box upstairs? I no longer have the first box, just the remote. I keep trying to pair it and the my 2nd box won't pick it up.. im thinking its because its still paired to the first one???
Basically I had 2 fire TV's... While spring cleaning today my daughter put one in a bucket of water.. its gonzo.. I know the remote works on that unit as I used it earlier today. My upstairs Fire TV has its own remote, but the up button has been sticking a lot.. I want to use the basement remote upstairs rather than forking out $60+ for a new remote... It just won't pair.. no matter what I try. I was thinking.. Maybe its because it was paired to the first box??? I can't turn the first box on as its destroyed, so I don't even know how to unpair it ??
Thanks so much! I really appreciate any guidance!
I got my new fire tv about a month ago and discovered that you can play games from the Amazon store. I spent nearly $40 on an official Amazon game controller only to discover that it was discontinued with the latest update to the fire tv.
I also have an Xbox 360 controller, but there's nowhere on the fire tv to plug it in, and I'm not sure if it'll pair with the fire tv.
Is there a workaround that will let me actually use the Amazon controller, or am I out of luck?
http://www.aftvnews.com/amazon-fire-tv-game-controller-no-longer-works-with-the-amazon-fire-tv/