[Minus_The_Bear]

Most TVs now are wifi enabled or have an ethernet port... depending on the TV that allows them to access the internet to do various things like watch Netflix, MLB, or lots of other things.

If you don't have an internet enabled TV you can you use a ROKU to stream internet content to your TV (if your TV has an HDMI port).

[fullchroma]

Thanks. That helps. And thanks for the ROKU link.

So a new TV would connect to my laptop via wifi or the ethernet port and function like a big computer screen? The laptop becomes the control? Otherwise, the new TV is just a TV?

Are DVD players a thing of the past?

Costco? Walmart? Or where? Or just any ol’ where? Any brands better than others?

(I remember standing around at a party with some old high school friends and when the music stopped we couldn’t figure out how to make it start again. Not one of us. Finally someone’s 12 year-old kid wandered by and changed the CD. That’s when it started.)

[tarheelswamprat]

I second your recommendation of the Roku box. I’d add that you don’t necessarily require a TV with an HDMI input to use one. Roku makes three models, and the basic models work fine with TV’s that have regular A/V inputs. You just won’t get a true high-definition picture.

Another interesting thing about my Roku is its snappy command response speed. I also have a Vizio wi-fi TV and my Roku runs rings around it as far as executing commands from the remote. It also works with my Logitech Harmony 600 remote.