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2 people want to watch the same movie on diffrenet laptops

How to connect 2 laptops running vista, using the same wireless connection, to watch a dvd movie on both at the same time?

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  • lisalvia Jun 26, 2009

    I am so surprised that this is such a tough problem. You would think it would be a very simple thing to do.


    Since our laptops are only 15inch screens, we'd like to have a screen for ourselves instead of having to share a small screen. Also, we'd like to both use headphones.


    Being on the same internet connection, even ad hoc, you'd think we could just pop the DVD into one of the computers, hit play and be able to watch it on BOTH screens!! Very weird!


    I will check out your suggestions; but I'm a member of netflix and have the same problem there. We've tried using an S video cable from laptop to our TV but the picture is laughable!

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Try a company called N.C.H.au who supply screen sharing and othe video software but why not try a site called watchmovies.net they allow you to stream movies free.

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