It seems to be a bit of a can of worms, or at least a can of random
wriggly things. Whether any particular TV app will work on any
particular TV seems to be mostly down to luck/chance and, even if it
does whether it will work in a few months time is also not very
certain.
If a service like Eurosport doesn't have an app that works on one's TV
what are the alternatives? As I understand it (and I'm not at all
convinced I do) the possibilities are:-
Use an app on your phone - more likely to be available as there's
only Apple and Android to provide apps for. No good for M-I-L,
she struggles with her Android phone and the screen is too small.
Can you use a smartphone somehow to display on TV? Again probably
no good for M-I-L as it's too complicated.
Can you got to the
eurosport.com web site and show pictures in the
web browser? Better than via 'phone but still a bit messy,
especially as the SmartTV interface to the web is hardly quick and
easy to use.
Same as above but using a computer to go to
eurosport.com, much
easier to use interface, use TV to display output.
... and if you subscribe to Eurosport it's odds on they won't have
tennis next year!
I have to say I hate the current heavily commercialised and 'popular'
tennis with a minute of noisy applause after every rally so I'm not
personally interested, but M-I-L wants it.
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Chris Green
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