@Armchaircouch You can probably cast to your TV wirelessly if you want to.
@Armchaircouch Even if you flip your phone horizontal and enter full screen mode?
You should be able to do it from your laptop:
Settings > Display > "connect to a wireless display" then select your TV.
The flipping it to horizontal was not working when I was trying to watch the DNC stuff, it rotated, but it stayed small, idk
The benefit to using my laptop is now my phone is free and I can chat without really losing the movie screen space! @stueytheround