Are you downloading movies and streaming them up or are you playing a service or a web page? Have you actually used kodi or were you using some built-in default application?
Can you get away with simply putting in a Chromecast? All my streaming applications and web surfing is on my phone which I throw at my TV via the Chromecast. Android phone. Chromecast is incredibly cheap compared to a computer solution. What activity do you want on that TV that you can't do via Chromecast? You should also be able to throw your laptop screen to the TV via Chromecast.
Can you get away with simply putting in a Chromecast? All my streaming applications and web surfing is on my phone which I throw at my TV via the Chromecast. Android phone. Chromecast is incredibly cheap compared to a computer solution. What activity do you want on that TV that you can't do via Chromecast? You should also be able to throw your laptop screen to the TV via Chromecast.