How To Turn Your TV Into A Smart TV ?

Are you sick of watching your old tv? Are you planning to buy a new smart TV ? I think you will cancel your plan of buying new TV after reading this article. There are many ways by which you can get more entertained with your old tv at your home. When TV was invented people use to call it as a magical box, well today lets prove it by turning your old TV into a new generation Smart TV.

I have got some methods by which you can turn your tv into a smart tv and I will let you know all of them one by one. Along with increasing technology Televisions has became lighter, thinner and has got capabilities of computers in it. I mean you can use facebook, skype, youtube and other similar sites on smart tv which are available in market at price of $500 ( 1,00,000 INR ). But why to purchase those TV if you already own it! I know you didn’t understood this but soon you will know what I mean. This was just one thing but other thing which people love is to play games on TV. You must be thinking about Playstation or Xbox. But what if I tell you, you own that too! That sounds unbelievable isn’t it ? Lets focus on our topic now and I will make you believe in all the things which you thought as unbelievable.

Methods To Turn Your TV Into A Smart TV

Keeping money in consideration, they are two ways to make your Old TV smart. In one method you don’t have to spend anything and in other method you have to spend few bucks but it will be less than $100. I think it is good deal rather than spending $500 for a new TV. Let us start our tutorial now.

Make TV Smarter By Connecting Laptop or PC to TV –

Things Which You Will Need –

• TV with USB support.
• HDMI or VGA Cable.
• Laptop or PC.
• Internet connection.

I know you understood what actually we are going to perform but than too lets go step by step.

1) First of all you have to identify your TV and laptop supports HDMI or VGA cable. You can connect using any of cables. After connnecting your laptop or PC with TV you will be able to share your laptop screen on TV.

2) That’s it this is the best and cheapest alternative to Smart TV. Now you can watch Youtube videos, Video call with friends using Skype and other sites. Best and my favorite one you can play your games on TV which gives you experience like Playstation and Xbox. As I said earlier I proved that you can turn your tv into a smart tv.

You may feel clumsy handling all this things because of too much of wires but of-course if you don’t want to spend money you have to handle those things.

Now If you are the one who don’t care to spend $100 – $200 bucks than below are few cool gadgets which will give you same experience as Smart TV.

Chrome Cast –

Chrome cast is new in market and has no popularity in countries like India but it can be used to turn your TV into a smart TV. You have to plugin this device into HDMI port of your television. It also needs to be connected with USB port of TV or any other power source. If you want to know more about Chrome Cast than read its review here. Once you connect Chrome cast with TV switch your TV to HDMI source. After that follow instructions on TV and connect chromecast with your home wifi. Now install chrome cast app on your laptop, mobile or tablet and control with it. You can directly stream high definition youtube videos to your TV. Though most of chrome cast services is only available in united states you don’t get full entertainment from sites like Hulu, Netflix etc. But best alternative instead of buying new TV and you can turn your tv into a smart tv.

• Buy Chromecast From Here $34.99 ( USA Only ).
• Buy Chromecast From Here at 3,228 Rs ( India Only ).

Apple TV –

Apple TV is a network media player which lets you stream videos, pictures and music from your iOS and Android devices. It performs all the things wirelessly and before proceeding to it you must have apps like Plex, PlayTo or Apple TV AirPlay Media Player on tablets or handsets. You can also rent a movie from iTunes store and enjoy it on your TV with Apple TV. It is not much useful if you do not have any other apple devices.

• Buy Apple TV From Here $144.95 ( USA Only ).
• Buy Apple TV From Here 7,680 Rs ( India Only ).

You can also buy other similar products which can turn your tv into a smart tv from below.

•  Amkette FlashTV HD Pro
•  Amkette EvoTV

Hope you love your TV after reading this article. Surely it will help you to get more out of your old tv. Even it is best alternative to buy new TV. Do share this article with your friends and tell me in comments if you have any questions.