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Which TVs work

Smart TV browsers, streaming sticks, and what to do with a TV that has no browser at all.

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Which TVs and streaming sticks can open an information board? Any with a web browser: Samsung and LG smart TVs have one built in, and so does Amazon's Fire TV. Roku says its players have none, and a Roku, an Apple TV or a Google TV can each show a board from a computer: its screen mirrored, or a tab cast from Chrome.

A board is a web page, so there is nothing to install and no app to find in a store. What follows goes family by family. Every claim about a device is from its maker's own help pages, which we checked on October 17, 2026; where a maker doesn't say, neither do we.

The short address to type

Whatever the browser, open plazascreen.com/tv. The TV shows a short code and the address to enter it at on your phone, or a code to scan instead, and once you have, the TV is paired to your board. From then on it comes straight back to the same board every time it wakes, with no long address to type with a remote.

Samsung smart TVs

Samsung's browser is the Internet app, under Apps on the Smart Hub's Home screen, according to the user guide for its 2026 TVs. Open it, go to /tv, and pair. Samsung says the app isn't on every model or in every country, that webpages may look different from a computer's, and that some web video may not play, so a video tile is the one most likely to need a stick or a computer instead.

LG smart TVs

LG's browser is Web browser, on the Home screen: press Home on the remote, open it, and type an address in its address bar. LG's help says it may do less than a browser on a computer or a phone, and that its speed depends on the network.

Fire TV

Amazon's Fire TV comes with Silk. Amazon's help says to choose Apps on the Fire TV home screen and open the Internet app, then select the address bar and type with the Fire TV keyboard, which is where the short /tv address saves the most typing. A Fire TV stick in a TV's HDMI input gives a TV without a browser one.

Google TV, Chromecast and TVs with Google Cast

Google's help describes casting a tab from Chrome on a computer to a Chromecast, a Chromecast with Google TV, a Google TV Streamer or a TV with Google Cast, with the computer on the same wifi and Chrome up to date. Open the board in Chrome on the computer, choose Cast from Chrome's menu, and pick the TV. The board is on the TV for as long as that tab is open, so the computer has to stay on.

Roku

Roku's own help says its players and Roku TVs have no web browser, so a Roku can't open a board by itself. It does describe screen mirroring: on Windows 11, press Windows and K and choose Connect to a wireless display, and many Android phones running Android 10 or later can too, though not Google's own Pixel and Nexus phones. Approve the request on the TV, and whatever the computer shows, the board full screen, is on the Roku.

Apple TV

Apple's help describes mirroring a Mac's screen to an Apple TV or a smart TV with AirPlay: open Control Center on the Mac, choose Screen Mirroring and pick the TV, with both on the same network. Open the board on the Mac first and make it full screen. As with casting, the Mac has to stay on with the board open.

A laptop or a mini PC on HDMI

Any computer with a browser and an HDMI output works, and a small one tucked behind the TV is the most capable of all: a full browser that plays everything a board can show. Plug it into the TV, open /tv and pair, then make the browser full screen. In Chrome that is F11 on Windows and Fn and F on a Mac, according to Google's list of Chrome's shortcuts. Set the computer not to sleep, and the board stays up.

Which to choose

A TV or a stick with a browser of its own, paired once, is the least to look after: nothing else has to stay on, and the paired TV goes straight back to its board. A cast tab or a mirrored screen is fine for an evening, but it lasts only while the computer or phone keeps it open. If the picture is cut off at the edges, Calibrate on TV in the board's settings nudges it back in from your phone.

A board worth copying

This is what a TV shows once it's paired: "A bit of everything", a little of most things, playing as it would on your screen. The setup guide walks through it tile by tile.

A bit of everything Free, photos with Pro The wifi, the time, the weather, a countdown and somewhere for guests to write. Clock, Weather, Wifi, Messages, Photos and Countdown The Photos widget is part of Pro and the Event Pass. On the free plan, the Image widget goes where the Photos widget is.
Create an account to use this board Your first board starts as this one, ready for your own words. Already have an account? Log in

The widgets guide lists everything a board can show, and the layouts guide has a starting board for every kind of room.

Questions

Does it work on a Roku?

Not on its own: Roku's own help says its players and Roku TVs have no web browser. Its help also describes mirroring a Windows computer or many Android phones to a Roku, and a computer mirrored that way shows the board, full screen.

Does it work on an Apple TV?

Through a Mac: Apple's help describes mirroring a Mac's screen to an Apple TV with AirPlay. Open the board on the Mac, make it full screen and mirror it. The Mac has to stay on with the board open.

Do I need to install anything on the TV?

No. A board is a web page. A TV with a web browser opens it as it is, and a TV without one shows it from a stick that has a browser, a computer on its HDMI input, or a tab cast from Chrome.

What is the most dependable way to leave a board up?

A TV or a stick with a browser of its own, paired once at /tv, because nothing else has to stay on: it comes back to the same board every time it wakes. A cast tab or a mirrored screen lasts only while the computer or phone keeps it open.

Try it on the TV you already have

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