I own a JVC old european TV and a fire stick tv lite. I used to have a TV in my room and connect it to my desktp PC with an HDMI cable but I removed the telly in order to have more space.
In my living room I have this JVC TV I can use, but I doubt there’s much I can do on it.
One solution would be to buy a laptop with HDMI port, but that’s expensive for me right now. My old laptop doesn’t have any port.
What would be the best solution to watch movies and tv shows on the TV?
SMB share on your desktop, connect to that from your fire stick or a Chromecast TV or something, stream files that you already have on your desktop wirelessly
You wouldn’t want a laptop for that. A cheap “mini PC” would be the more appropriate choice. Shop around, you can probably find a second-hand or refurbished one with an hdmi port for under $100.
If your old laptop has a VGA port, you can get a VGA to HDMI adapter (with audio). Something like this (double check they support audio and have correct male/female ports since they are directional).
If the TV has an ethernet port you could connect it to your LAN then stream from your PC with plex or jellyfin.
Or you could just get a really long HDMI cable to reach your PC (I think you can go up to 20 metres).
Not sure the fire stick has a use, pirating stuff and putting it on a flash drive and putting that in the tv may work
