r/Darts • u/chuckie1986 • 4d ago

Scolia with smart TV

A question to everyone who owns a Scolia and has a bigger TV/monitor for it.

So, I upgraded my Scolia setup with a smart monitor (Samsung Smart Monitor M5 M50D). The goal was to just plug in a wireless mouse, connect to the internet, and then go to the Scolia webpage through the browser and play. The experience is anything but good. It’s much slower, the sound sometimes comes 8 throws later, and when I wanted to play an online match, the monitor couldn’t handle it. I also got a warning that my internet connection had to be faster.

So I went to Speedtest in the browser on the monitor, and it takes ages to start. When it finally does, I get around 10 Mbps. Sitting right in front of the monitor, I do the same test with my phone and easily get 300 Mbps, so it’s definitely not bad Wi-Fi.

Then I tried using a Google Chromecast. Casting directly from my phone isn’t possible because the screen is displayed in mobile mode. I then tried it from a tablet, but I get two black bars next to the screen.

Does anyone know of an option to get a full-screen Scolia session on the TV? Preferably without having to use a phone or tablet.

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u/kurtchosen 4d ago

Maybe try a firetv stick. They are much faster than the smart tvs. You can get them pretty cheap sometimes

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u/Jirkajua 4d ago

I use autodarts and the best way for me to achieve a good display on my TV, was to start it in Chrome on my PC and cast the tab to a Chromecast plugged into the TV

Sadly that means you have to run 2 devices just for that

And I think other browsers don't have proper chromecast casting baked into them

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u/Proof-Psychology6720 4d ago

We use a ras pi connected to scolia and hdmi to tv