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Amazon Fire TV
I purchased the Powerline 1200. As the directions stated, I plugged one adapter with an ethernet into the router/modem. The other is for my Fire TV box which I have the other adapter into the wall wi...
I have a question about these "TV boxes".
I assume that they have an HDMI connection to the TV. Does the box provide an Internet connection to a smart TV? Or does it need its own link? Or is the "smart" bit of the TV redundant?
I ask because I have seen several messages around here suggesting that the box delivers the Internet and that the TV gets the Internet over the HDMI.
The Amazon Fire TV has ethernet and wifi connections, the Fire Stick has just wifi.
They connect to the Internet to provide content from amazon, and simply supply this to any TV with an hdmi connection.
So the TV, smart or not, doesn't really do anything other than present the video and audio signal like it would with a blu-ray player. It doesn't receive an Internet connection through hdmi
Thanks. That explains things.
So if someone does want to use a smart TV with one of these boxes for some reason, the TV needs a separate Internet connection.
I ask these questions partly because I don't own a TV. I use a smart BluRay player for BBC iPlayer, Amazon and the like. I connect the output to a PC monitor.
Some of the questions I have seen here don't make it clear if the Internet connection to their box/TV combination is through the box or the TV.
Yes the Smart TV would need a separate internet connection to take advantage of it's own smart features.
Thanks. That could be useful information when people turn up here with questions about different combinations of smart TV and dektop box.
This makes those dual-LAN plugs more useful for people who want to powerline a TV and a box.