[RoadTripper]

I use my older LG DVD player to watch Netflix. The video goes out to my Panasonic projector and the audio goes out to my stereo rig which has a pre-amp that allows me to switch between Netflix videos or TIDAL music streams. It's all set up very nicely. The Netflix audio is very good.

My question regarding technology is this: are there any devices that will let me directly access the full internet and have the video and audio be "forwarded" exactly as I am already doing with Netflix? 

[JRace]

A computer will do exactly that.
Not sure what you mean by forwarding, but all you r are doing is sending the audio to one device and sending the video to another.

[RoadTripper]

Yeah. I know. But I am trying to avoid having to hook up my laptop to both my projector and my audio system at the same time. Kinda clunky. Very clunky.

I think this may be what I am looking for: https://www.roku.com/products/roku-4

This doesn't access the whole internet but it gets me to what I am looking for.

[aldcoll]

Look at a chrome cast video for $35 if you have a hdmi to plug into and also have a way to pull the audio from the item it is plugged into.  It's wifi and any Droid or win can reach it from any where in the house.

Alan

I haven't played with the audio version.

[Doublej]

Yeah. I know. But I am trying to avoid having to hook up my laptop to both my projector and my audio system at the same time. Kinda clunky. Very clunky.

I think this may be what I am looking for: https://www.roku.com/products/roku-4

This doesn't access the whole internet but it gets me to what I am looking for.

I am not seeing how this works for you? Do you have a preamp which accepts one of the following: Digital stereo over HDMI® and optical, Dolby® Digital Plus Surround, DTS Digital Surround™ pass through over HDMI® and optical..

Don't you need something with analog out to feed your preamp?

[WGH]

I have interconnected a computer, video player, stereo and projector together since the Hi-Fi VCR days. But those days are long gone: "40 years after the first VHS video cassette recorder rolled off the production line, the last known company making the devices is ceasing production. According to Japanese newspaper Nikkei, Funai Electric, a Japanese consumer electronics company, will give up on the format by the end of the July after 30 years of production."

The one component that has made this possible is a control center, currently I use an Outlaw 975. Audio and video can be configured no matter how your system evolves. My audio goes to an AVA pre-amp for the front 2 channels and an AVA 3-channel amp for the center and surrounds. Video can be either TV, Blu-ray or computer. I also stream podcasts from the computer --> Outlaw 975 --> Stereo while cleaning on Saturday.

The computer is hardwired to the Outlaw with HDMI so I can use the dual screen function of the ATI video card. I sit on my couch with a mouse and navigate Netflix or the internet to watch an excellent Independent Lens documentary.

You can also stream HDMI wirelessly but I have not tried it.

Still clunky but the laptop is now connected to only one device and you have remote control volume and mute if your pre-amp is minimal like mine.

Wayne

[Doublej]

Does the Outlaw support 4k? If not one might have a problem as the world turns.

[WGH]

I kind of doubt the OP's laptop, older LG DVD player and projector are 4K ready and he is looking for a solution today, the future always takes care of itself.

[JRace]

Yeah. I know. But I am trying to avoid having to hook up my laptop to both my projector and my audio system at the same time. Kinda clunky. Very clunky.

I think this may be what I am looking for: https://www.roku.com/products/roku-4

This doesn't access the whole internet but it gets me to what I am looking for.

How will you send the audio?
It only has a HDMI out.