Toshiba REGZA WL: Why your next TV should be a wireless enabled TV

You might have heard of internet connected TVs, but having to plug your TV in to get on ye olde information superhighway is so last season. For the ultimate in convenience - choosing what you want to watch, where you want to watch, with no restrictions - you need a wireless enabled TV. Toshiba’s got you covered on this front with the REGZA WL series: read on and we’ll explain all the benefits to you here with our guide.

Why WiFi?
There’s no denying that having the internet on your telly opens up a world of possibilities to watch video not available through a set top box. But until recently, it also introduced a restriction: where you place your TV. Because so many net connected TVs can only be attached to your home network with an Ethernet cable, you had no choice but to place your TV near your broadband router, and that just isn’t always possible. But Toshiba’s REGZA WL series TVs come with wireless built in. Do so, and you can access all the same free content, without the wires. Win win!

DLNA
Having a net connection means a telly like a REGZA WL model can connect to other devices which are DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) certified on your home network. You can find out more about how the technology works here with our guide, but as a quick primer, it’s a way to make streaming media between web connected devices simple. And since the REGZA WL is also Windows 7 certified, if one of those devices is a PC, it becomes even more easy. Just click to play a video or music file, and they’ll be streamed to the REGZA WL over WiFi and appear instantly.

Media controller
That wireless web hookup also makes bossing it around even easier than before. Where once you might have been forced to use an infra red remote control alone, that cable free connection means you can use other devices to control your TV instead - and they don’t even need to be in line of sight either. If you’ve got Toshiba’s Media Controller software installed on your laptop, you can simply line up what media you want to play next on the REGZA WL with a drag and drop queue. You’ll never go back once you’ve tried it, but it wouldn’t be possible anywhere and everywhere in your home without a wireless enabled TV.