add wifi to a tv

[Your Name]

My TV is a Sharp LC 45GD7U which also has no ethernet but it has HDMI.
Can wifi be added to such a TV using one of its input ports?

[Jeff Liebermann]

Post by Your Name
My TV is a Sharp LC 45GD7U which also has no ethernet but it has HDMI.
Can wifi be added to such a TV using one of its input ports?

No. If the Sharp LC-45GD7U had either an ethernet RJ45 port, or HDMI
1.4 or higher, which include 100MbaseT ethernet in the HDMI connector,
it would have been fairly easy to do by adding a wi-fi wireless client
bridge radio (sometimes known as a "game adapter"). However, your TV
does not have an ethernet port and I can't quite identify what level
HDMI port is supplied. I'm fairly sure it's not HDMI 1.4 because
those with ethernet on HDMI 1.4 or higher, usually also include an
RJ-45 ethernet port.

Spec and features list:
<http://www.hdtvsolutions.com/Sharp-AQUOS_LC-45GD7U.htm>
<http://www.hdtvsolutions.com/pdf/tel_dow_AQUOS_Full_Line_1005.pdf>

[Sqwertz]

Post by Jeff Liebermann

Post by Your Name
My TV is a Sharp LC 45GD7U which also has no ethernet but it has HDMI.
Can wifi be added to such a TV using one of its input ports?

No. If the Sharp LC-45GD7U had either an ethernet RJ45 port, or HDMI
1.4 or higher, which include 100MbaseT ethernet in the HDMI connector,
it would have been fairly easy to do by adding a wi-fi wireless client
bridge radio (sometimes known as a "game adapter"). However, your TV
does not have an ethernet port and I can't quite identify what level
HDMI port is supplied. I'm fairly sure it's not HDMI 1.4 because
those with ethernet on HDMI 1.4 or higher, usually also include an
RJ-45 ethernet port.
<http://www.hdtvsolutions.com/Sharp-AQUOS_LC-45GD7U.htm>
<http://www.hdtvsolutions.com/pdf/tel_dow_AQUOS_Full_Line_1005.pdf>

Why would adding "wifi" to a TV that doesn't support it do any good
anyway? Will it suddenly support streaming AVI's and Miracast, or
something?

Call me stupid (I'm fine with that), but a $30 Fire, Chromecast, or
Roku would add wifi. PLUS the ability to covert wifi signals into
... like... moving picture shows. And talkies with SOUND! And
color even! It the new fad!

</sarcasm off>

-sw

[Jeff Liebermann]

Post by Sqwertz

Post by Jeff Liebermann

Post by Your Name
My TV is a Sharp LC 45GD7U which also has no ethernet but it has HDMI.
Can wifi be added to such a TV using one of its input ports?

No. If the Sharp LC-45GD7U had either an ethernet RJ45 port, or HDMI
1.4 or higher, which include 100MbaseT ethernet in the HDMI connector,
it would have been fairly easy to do by adding a wi-fi wireless client
bridge radio (sometimes known as a "game adapter"). However, your TV
does not have an ethernet port and I can't quite identify what level
HDMI port is supplied. I'm fairly sure it's not HDMI 1.4 because
those with ethernet on HDMI 1.4 or higher, usually also include an
RJ-45 ethernet port.
<http://www.hdtvsolutions.com/Sharp-AQUOS_LC-45GD7U.htm>
<http://www.hdtvsolutions.com/pdf/tel_dow_AQUOS_Full_Line_1005.pdf>

Why would adding "wifi" to a TV that doesn't support it do any good
anyway? Will it suddenly support streaming AVI's and Miracast, or
something?

It wouldn't but it's difficult to tell because the OP didn't specify
what he was trying to accomplish. I just realized that he might be
talking about a Roku or Apple TV player, which plugs into the HDMI
port, and requires a wi-fi or ethernet connection to the internet
(through a router) to function. That certainly would work.

Post by Sqwertz
Call me stupid (I'm fine with that), but a $30 Fire, Chromecast, or
Roku would add wifi. PLUS the ability to covert wifi signals into
... like... moving picture shows. And talkies with SOUND! And
color even! It the new fad!

Yep. That's probably what the OP wanted. Sorry for not reading
between the lines. This is what happens when someone asks a question
about HOW to do something, without specifying WHAT they are trying to
accomplish. It's like asking about how to tie a knot, without
disclosing that they're trying to tie their shoelaces. I'll give the
OP credit for specifying the TV model number. That's an amazingly
rare thing.

Post by Sqwertz
</sarcasm off>

It's 1:30AM here. After about midnight, sarcasm, logic, good ideas,
and such all become muddled together into an indistinguishable mess.

Post by Sqwertz
-sw

Drivel: We're waiting for the "big storm" or "atmospheric river"
which is suppose to arrive Sunday evening and wreak havoc and clean
the rain gutters in this area. I probably should have spent the
summer building a Noah's style ark.
<https://www.pivotalweather.com/maps.php?data_type=forecasts&r=us_sw&p=ndfd_48hqpf&ds=ndfd>