Before you spend any money's - If you have a usb cord that you can borrow that will allow you to move that usb network adapter around a little, you might find it works fine when moved even just a foot or two away from where its at. Also you might install something like inSSIDer and check/watch your signal strength to make sure youre not on a same channel a neighbor is using which will be degrading yours. Here is a link that might be useful: http://www.metageek.net/products/inssider/

Where does the original TV signal originate from. Is it a broadcast signal, or cable, or satelite. My TV Tuner card has an infrared remote with it but I don't use it. It has a reciever that plugs into the computer. But since it is infrared if I wanted to use it in another room, I would have to get some IR repeaters to send the signal back to the computer. I do this with one of my Dish Network Recievers. I split the output to two TVs in two different rooms. The Dish Network reciever box sits in one room with one TV, and I put an IR repeater system in so the remote can be used in the other room. So just get a TV tuner card that comes with a remote. Pooh Bear Here is a link that might be useful: The IR Repeater That I use

Thank you all for your input! Even though I need to bone up on the vocab, you've surely let me know I'm headed the right direction. We're not quite at the 'wireless' stage, (although our daughter is all about it) and security is a concern. This install is not 'free'; just cutting future expense while we can. Much like doing a water pump at the same time as a timing belt (while the whole kaboodle is apart.) We're paying between $100 & $125 per hour for 2 guys and their apprentice helper. That seemed fair to me after seeing the first work-day's progress. I'm having them bill me weekly; that way, they can meet their payroll, don't have to wait for payment and I can verify the hours they're charging me for without forgetting each day's progress. The itemized bills do not show any wire so maybe it is included in the supplies category which add up to a couple hundred dollars (seems too low?) In no way do I feel they are charging too much; maybe not enough? So far, I'm very impressed with the progress. I did take pictures before and after so far. The before pix look like nests of pasta and tape between all the studs and all thru the bits of insulation in the attic. The after pix appear much more organized. The contractors labeled each wire with sharpie markers and put marks all over the studs, the wires go all together in a straight line and all connect into boxes. It appears to be huge improvement over what we had. From what I can gather, they and my husband cannot figure out why the house didn't spontaneously combust prior to taking the walls off. Right now, our modem is the one that came from Verizon, but I suspect the contractor will replace it due to age. I don't know what the difference is between a router and a modem (again, I need to learn some new vocab.) I don't know where our panels are, or what they are. We have one main electrical box where all the breakers are and the house is only one floor; no basement.

assuming your laptop has an HDMI out port and your TV has an HDMI in put port then you can use an HDMI cable to connect the laptop to the tv, you will need to set your tv input to that particular HDMI input so you can view what is comming from the laptop. to go back to what you regularly watch simply hit the input button on your tv remote and go back to the input that your dish is set up on. Depending on the laptop you may as mentioned have to change a few minor settings. That is the basics of it.