Does anyone have a setup where they can be looking at something on their computer and shout "On screen!" and hit a button and whatever is on their computer pops up on the TV?

I want that.

Say I'm watching YouTube, and there are people in my living room I can go "hey check this out" and don't have to spin my monitor around or have them come round to my special area.

Can connect cable directly from computer to TV, I'd say it could be a 7 or 8 metre run including going up and down through the wall cavity.

So you might answer: Connect a cable from second video card hole or get an extra video card, and run a cable to the back of the tv, but here's the thing, switching from TV or HTPC to another input takes like 4 clicks on the remote control. Fuck that, and fuck you for suggesting it. I want to press one button so it's awesome. Then again I have a Samsung TV, and there might be better TVs out there where this is easier... is that so?

Another answer could be to get one of those switch things like the one that came with the Sega Master System II... but then I figure since the other two main inputs for the TV are right near the TV, too many cables are going to have to run back from the TV to my computer, what a stuff around.

Which one of you has this worked out.

Get a Logitech Harmony remote, and set up a programmable button to switch to the exact input needed.

i can't think of any 'one button' solution because you have to change the input on you tv to get the pc signal.

so if your watching tv on hdmi1 for example then your pc is probably hdmi2 or something.

seems hard to do

Use youtube remote? An app on most types of smartphones?

Edit: My sony bluray player shows my list of favourites on my tv, so if i want to show someone, i just favourite it and it's the first on the list.

Edit: My sony bluray player shows my list of favourites on my tv, so if i want to show someone, i just favourite it and it's the first on the list.

You connect that via cable or wireless?

Well I can do that too, interrupt the TV to show someone some tranny porn. It's nothing to do with my PC though and all to do with the "MyNet" app on my Asus tablet (mentioned in my previous post).

I don't quite know how it works, but I'd love the same functionality for my PC + TV. It only works for locally stored media though, not for youtube. Could always nab the YT video, store it locally and play it that way if you're desperate.

I'm thinking the only real way to do what termite wants would be if the hardware all supported that wireless display thing raven mentioned.

The granny porn example was the best example.

Harmony remote sounds the go. Well done Mantarok and fans.

You connect that via cable or wireless?

That's cabled, i put cables in all the walls with a mini data cabinet where the adsl/cable modem resides and a couple AP's for upstairs and downstairs. The termination is at the same point as upstairs has power and cable and aerial all terminated neatly with faceplates so cable was better.

Not even sure the device can do wireless, but these days sony products i'm sure do.

I have my TV situated right next to my pc in my room. I have a HDMI cable that runs between my pc and Tv.
My TV's remote has the ability to assign certain "one click" setups onto four buttons. (red green blue yellow)
I set Hdmi2 (my pc ) to blue. when I hit the blue button. bam.

I have the same thing setup on our tv in the lounge. It has an media pc with he same setup.

Save bookmark in chrome on phone/pc/other viewing device.

Hit the chrome button on google tv remote or other tv with chrome 'widget'.

Open bookmark.

Profit.

You can't just flog other peoples suggestions and improve upon it with flashy things like a link Eorl unless you work for Apple.

I wonder if Chrome will be a Bravia widget on pre google tv Bravias.

Check this out

http://support.google.com/youtube/bin/answer.py?hl=en-US&answer=2523964&rd=3

for mobiles/tablets though, not for PC's but equally cool if your tv supports it