I plan on purchasing wireless speakers to stream music/audio from my tablet and phone. I want something that kicks arse lol, any recommendations?
Apple Airport Express
The easiest and cheapest solution I know of is the Apple Airport Express. It's just a wifi plug with a 3.5mm audio/optical jack you can plug in to a stereo and also has a USB port for printer sharing. They cost about $99.
They only thing is (as far as I know) you can only play music to it using iTunes on your computer. However there are loads of apps you can get that allow you to "remote control" iTunes from your phone over your wifi network.
There is software for Windows that allows you to set it up as an audio device so you can direct any sounds produced by your computer to it, not sure if it's available for Mac, and can't remember the name of it either.
Most other "wireless audio systems" I've read about cost hundreds of dollars.
That wireless setup seems like a lot of work.. I'd go bluetooth.
The soundblade gets loud.
http://www.amazon.com/Altec-Lansing-SoundBlade-Bluetooth-Speakerphone/dp/B0013YYOCW
and this thing is pretty awesome for its size. I use them both. Never any issues
http://www.amazon.com/Veho-VSS-006-...?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1326322693&sr=1-14
I just recently picked up the creative d100 for camping trips and the such, I'm quite impressed with it and it was only $65.
Supports bluetooth or line in, comes with an AC adapter or will run for 25 hours (or so they claim) on 4x AA. Haven't gotten much use out of it, but playing around at home it sounds quite good.
There's also the logitech boombox mini or whatever it's called, which supports speakerphone. The d100 got better reviews online for audio quality, so that's what I went for.
So I tested my prime when i got it for bluetooth/wifi issues by using a2dp on my jawbone icon and watching netflix. There was no problems as far as I could tell. I got a ps3 controller and got on onlive to play a game and realized a major wifi fall out. So I turned off bt and went into netflix, started up some Archer, turned on bt and connected ps3 controller, wifi degraded instantly and became unusable. Don't know if this has been reported as I have done a ton of reading and haven't come across this particular issue. Maybe its a bt profile issue.
I also just realized another strange issue. Does anyone elses dock act like you pressed "enter" when you actually presses "shift+b"? Here is it goes:
BBBBB
BBB
BBB
BB
after the first press it makes a capital b just fine but take your fingers off and do it again and it goes to the next line and no "B". weird.
I have the same problem with ps3 controller. So far its the only problem I have withmy prime. I love it and use it everday but it sucks because I also use oblige and hate having to plug the controller through usb. Hopefully there is a fix soon.
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I guess I'm going to get a wireless xbox 360 controller, the one for pc that comes w a usb dongle or the universal onlive controller. The ps3 works fine with emulators, but I want one that works w onlive (xbox controller does). Just started checking out the onlive service and its actually pretty cool on a fast connection.
I have an old Evo 4g sitting around, and an HDMI dock. I was thinking about seeing if I can make it into essentially a HTPC with Plex and Netflix. Perhaps even XBMC.
The problem is how to control it. It will be buried in my entertainment center. I was thinking either a bluetooth remote or an app on my phone. I can't find anything that will for sure work. Any ideas?
I have a 2008 Toyota Highlander Limited that has built in audio (cell) Bluetooth which is great since I drive a lot between Washington DC and Boston (I live in NJ) and talking on the phone is very easy and safe. However the built in Bluetooth doesn't have A2DP so I've hooked up my Blackberry Stereo Gateway to stream music through that. This setup worked fine for my OG Dinc but with the 4G has problems connecting to both at the same time. What seems to happen is once the music starts playing the car's BT drops out and won't accept calls and then I have to force a reconnect as it no longer auto connects. Has anyone had issues connecting to 2 BT devices at the same time?
I'm rooted with s-off running the stock ROM.
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I am afraid that only 2 Bluetooth devices can communicate at the same time.
I have tried this with an external GPS-receiver and two tablets, but it works with one tablet only.
I'm a little frustrated with remote play on this tablet. It works great for a minute or so, then it will stutter heavily and lose signal a bit for 5 seconds before it starts working again for a minute until it starts stuttering for 5 seconds and so on.
Is anyone else experiencing this? My ps4 is wired directly to the router, (AC68U) and I've tried a spare router I have which does the same thing.
No amount of tweaking router settings /channels seems to help, I'm stuck!
Thats unfortunate, I've had great success on both my devices, i have the Z2 Tablet and Z3 Phone. I'm able to play Destiny Level 27 Nightfall strikes and 28 Story modes no problem (i do have the very slightest input lag but its not really anything to effect game play, u get used to it after the first couple minutes)
I plug into my router and use wifi from my device. I have my network on wireless AC using a AC1900-Nighthawk Smart WiFi Router. Anyway it seems alot of people are having issues so i guess im lucky, i F**kin love it!!
I managed to sort the problem. Turns out that disabling location in quick settings solves the lagging.
Bad, big lags and disconnections. I've ps4 wire connected to my router (TP LINK TD-W8970) and wi-fi connection with Z3 tablet.
I'm in the same room as my router but connection is poor. I'm getting disconnects every one or two minutes, artifacts on the screen. Lag is also noticeable, so aiming works with big inertia. BTW I've only tested this with Destiny.
I've bought Z3 mainly due remote play feature, I could wait for new nexus, but remote play was big feature for me.
Now it looks like something not usable, at least in high action games.
It's ok. Better than on the Vita, but mainly due to being able to use a DS4. On my home wifi (wired PS4, Meraki MR18 dual-band 2-stream 802.11n wifi AP) connection is flawless, as it should be.
My only bugbear is that it won't allow a connection over 4G/LTE. I've got 20Gb Data I can implement and if I'm connected to 4G it's likely to be faster than most public wifi points, so why can't I use it?
I was going to say I literally got an ac68u and z3tc the same day and it works flawlessly. Given I have 150mbit home Internet and dual 2.4 and 5ghz and z3tc was on the 5ghz band while 4 other devices were connected two watching a movie remote play was working fine. I'm glad you fixed it!
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I was going to say I literally got an ac68u and z3tc the same day and it works flawlessly. Given I have 150mbit home Internet and dual 2.4 and 5ghz and z3tc was on the 5ghz band while 4 other devices were connected two watching a movie remote play was working fine. I'm glad you fixed it!
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What Wifi settings do you have on your AC68U? I've got the same router & have lag issues with remote play when connected to the 5ghz band (2.4ghz is even worse). I've tried every combination on the wifi settings page but nothing can keep a stable AC speed connection.
When I first connect it connects at 866Mbps, then drops down to 300Mbps or lower in less than a minute, has anyone else experienced this?
I would also want to know ac68u wifi configuration for flawless remote connection. I was going to buy xDSL capable model (Asus DSL-N66U) hopping that 5 GHz wifi is the solution for my lags in remote play.
Tried to play GTA V. Very dissapointing expirience: lags, artefacts and disconnection in one minute (did not try after that). Location was off. I beleive this relies on the good wifi router very much.
Mine Works good after a few tweaks, one of the big ones is on the PS4, select the option to connect directly to the ps4. I havent had a problem since then. I wish they would unlock it to connect over different networks. I had the vita i was a couple states over visiting family and i could still play the PS4.
I agree with the majority of comments on this post. The gameplay is very laggy! I tried to play fifa 15 on it and i eventually gave up, movement is slow and pressing a command on the controller takes like a half second delay which makes the game really frustrating. I hoped it was quicker. Not sure how they'll fix this though, i have a fibre optic connection too so it's defo not my internet. Think there's just a few issues that need addressing
I would like to buy these device but for me is very important that the remote play works ok
I have a z3 compact and works very well.
I need more comments of remote play experience please
If the tablet tether to ps4 without enabling data. (ps4 connecting to z3 tablet 's tethering without enabling data), would it work? Would this make the experience better?
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sorry I was on vacation!
I spent about an half an hour when I got my router when I got it but I manually set my 2.4 ghz channel so I get zero interference and max range. I also manually set 40hz to get 100mbits on 2.4 which blows the 1900 "nighthawk" out of the water when I had it. Then I set up 5ghz with minimal differences to default settings as nobody else had a 5ghz network around. I feel like encryption type has an effect on remote play but I need to check. I reccomend opening your network, using the 5ghz channel then remote playing. Again I get zero issues with remote play and was also able to play a few rounds of injustice over 7400 miles away. I love the ac68u allot more then the nighthawk (cnet also reflects this conclusion) For 2.4ghz long range speed, it's reliability and stability.
Since PS4 2.5 fw it is possible to remote play 60 fps. Problem is Xperia Z3 tablet is underperforming. Xperia Z3 phone has a solid performance on high settings almost PS Vita level, no problem here. In spite of sharing same specs the remote play experince on tablet is just meh on high settings. Phone and tablet settings are all the same connected to 5GHz wifi, both has Lollipop 5.0.2 up to date. Phone is D6603 tablet is SGP611.
I see 3 options that could cause this:
Screen size 5,2 vs 8;
App apk differences, phone vs tablet;
Faulty tablet hardware.
Synthetic benchmarks show very close results when comparing phone and tablet performance.
Why is the tablet underperforming in remote play?
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I managed to sort the problem. Turns out that disabling location in quick settings solves the lagging.
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I tried this yesterday and the recurring lag issue completely disappeared! Absolutely perfect now, thanks.
DS4 Interference
I had a lot of problems with remote play, but now i sloved all!!
The problem was interference with DS4 and 2.4 ghz WiFi!
Switched to 5 Ghz wi-fi and all work great! Also with the last upgrade with increased fps on remote play!!
Remote Play is a hit or miss I was having problems streaming before I tweaked my router 5ghz ports and band now I can stream 2 rooms away from the router perfectly
but there is a lot of variables like router brands , 2.4ghz vs 5ghz ac no ac how far from the router and how many walls in between how much interference in case of living on apartment neighbors wifi interference so yeah
I have been taking experiments recently and found out that reverting back to Kit Kat on tablet (23.0.1.A.0.167) is a better remote play experience than on Lollipop but still not that good as on Xperia Z3 Phone (LP 5.0.2), very close though.
Worth mentioning that Sony applied a bandwidth cap at 10 Mbit/s both remote play and share play. Which is interesting because my network setup link speed is 433-866 Mbit/s and real life scenario like file transfering is ~140 Mbit/s. So local network LAN remote play shouldn't be capped at 10 Mbit/s.
I still don't understand why the Xperia Z3 Phone can do better than Xperia Z3 Tablet in same environment, same settings, same hardware, etc.
Yesterday I turned off 2.4 GHz radio in router and felt that controls were more responsive maybe latency got better. In fps multiplayer games I definitely felt aiming and controlling were better. I cannot prove it with measurements it is only my sense but if you have a dual band router you can try to disable 2.4 GHz band and see if remote play is faster.