# Google Play Cast to TV: How To Get My TV to "Accept" What I'm Casting?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-play-cast-to-tv-how-to-get-my-tv-to-accept-what-im-casting/741333
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [December 25, 2015, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-play-cast-to-tv-how-to-get-my-tv-to-accept-what-im-casting/741333 "2015-12-25T16:32:26Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)
#### Post date: [December 25, 2015, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-play-cast-to-tv-how-to-get-my-tv-to-accept-what-im-casting/741333/1 "2015-12-25T16:32:26Z")
For Christmas I got a (cheap) tablet that uses the Google ios (or whatever it’s called). Apparently I can watch a movie on it and “send” it to my TV. I don’t understand how to get my TV to “accept” (for lack of a better choice of words) movies from my tablet.
I read the instructions and watched the video [here](https://support.google.com/chromecast/answer/2998481?hl=en), but I’m missing a step somehow.
Can someone please explain this to me like I’m five years old? Thanks!
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### Author:  [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)
#### Post date: [December 25, 2015, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-play-cast-to-tv-how-to-get-my-tv-to-accept-what-im-casting/741333/2 "2015-12-25T17:03:47Z")
Do you have a Chromecast attached to the television?
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### Author:  [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)
#### Post date: [December 25, 2015, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-play-cast-to-tv-how-to-get-my-tv-to-accept-what-im-casting/741333/3 "2015-12-25T17:59:45Z")
> [@Munch](#):
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> Do you have a Chromecast attached to the television?
Was going to ask the same thing. You need a video Chromecast (the one with the HDMI output) attached to your TV input. You can get one for $35.
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### Author:  [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)
#### Post date: [December 25, 2015, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-play-cast-to-tv-how-to-get-my-tv-to-accept-what-im-casting/741333/4 "2015-12-25T20:00:40Z")
Assuming that you have a new enough TV to have an HDMI port. When I got a Chromecast for my husband last year, I also had to buy a TV, since ours was at least 20 years old and had nothing other than coax and stereo inputs.
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### Author:  [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)
#### Post date: [December 25, 2015, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-play-cast-to-tv-how-to-get-my-tv-to-accept-what-im-casting/741333/5 "2015-12-25T21:43:20Z")
I can select cast on my Android phone and the phone asks which device I wish to cast to. I can choose my Dish Hopper or my Samsung TV from the phones menu. If I choose the Hopper the TV’s display asks if it’s OK. I press select on my Hopper remote and there it is.
No Chrome Cast required.
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### Author:  [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)
#### Post date: [December 25, 2015, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-play-cast-to-tv-how-to-get-my-tv-to-accept-what-im-casting/741333/6 "2015-12-25T21:45:03Z")
Let me rephrase: A Chromecast or some other device that allows casting. I’m seriously considering upgrading our Chromecast to a Fire Stick when I get my tax refund next year.
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### Author:  [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2015, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-play-cast-to-tv-how-to-get-my-tv-to-accept-what-im-casting/741333/7 "2015-12-26T03:17:15Z")
Thanks for the help! Now to buy a Chromecast.