Streaming from one device to 2 tvs

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#3493362 18-May-2026 13:00

If WiFi is available in both areas is there any reason you couldn’t just add a TV dongle like a Dish, Google or Firestick to each TV and watch the apps directly without streaming from your phone. Less of a faff.

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#3493387 18-May-2026 13:42

Stu:

That's great, @eracode. Please remember, it was the OP that claimed audio does not work with the H1, based on reviews they'd read. I made no such claims and merely pointed out that Minix does not (for whatever reason) mention audio support for the H1 model on their website, as far as I could see. The B14 does however definitely mention audio support, and I pointed this out.

All good - wasn’t 'having a go’. I agree - it’s odd that in respect of the H1, audio is not mentioned at all on Minix’s own website nor on PB’s nor other retailers’ sites. I had to really hunt to find reference to audio.

It makes total sense that it must support audio.

I’d say the review that says no audio is an outlier - who knows what that user was doing.

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#3493397 18-May-2026 14:06

Eva888:

If WiFi is available in both areas is there any reason you couldn’t just add a TV dongle like a Dish, Google or Firestick to each TV and watch the apps directly without streaming from your phone. Less of a faff.

Apps limit you to 1 device playing at a time, and there is no way to get them in sync and keep them in sync if you were to use different accounts on the 2 devices. With the difference in add injection and connection times even if you get them in sync they will not be within a couple of advertising breaks.

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#3493398 18-May-2026 14:07

eracode:

I’d say the review that says no audio is an outlier - who knows what that user was doing.

They might not be changing the output device on a laptop to the HDMI out, or they could be using a splitter or something that tells the source to send a codec that is not supported. Plenty of ways that a user can mess up the audio.

IMO still worth a buy and see if it works so long as its returnable with no restocking fee if its not.

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#3493423 18-May-2026 14:43

Way back in the day when I wanted to mirror a feed from the main lounge TV to a bedroom TV downstairs I bought a Belkin Screencast AV4 to do it.. worked well. Was able to control the sky box in the main lounge from my bedroom TV as it had an IR blaster. Assume you'd be able to plug in a Chromecast into the transmitter and get the feed you want to the receiver.. It's pretty old tech, but you might be able to find something 2nd hand floating around?

Not sure what I did with my unit though..

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#3500475 5-Jun-2026 09:18

@u13turbo Interested to know what you ended up doing.

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#3502919 14-Jun-2026 19:20

eracode:

@u13turbo Interested to know what you ended up doing.

Sorry for late reply. Ended up going with a hdmi splitter and wireless hdmi extender from pbtech. Works great, sound functions. It has a slight delay from the inside TV but perfectly fine for what I require

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