Re: iPad 2 mirroring
Hi I've connected to a Dell 2408WFP screen (Has HDMI and Display Port inputs amongst others) using the DIGITAL AV ADAPTER and a HDMI cable, select the input and it just works... The colours are different, Dell is brighter even with the brightness at minimum setting and on the Dell the blues are stronger, the reds more orange and the greens brighter. As others have said the videos play on the remote screen. Display is always at 4:3 ratio so wide screens have black bars on each side. Rotating works as the iPad is rotated. In portrait the height is limited to screen height giving wider black bars on the sides. Movies playing on an external screen do not rotate. Even from portrait they play in landscape but the iPad still rotates. Thank you Paul Paul van der Mey p...@interactive-knowledge.biz p_...@tpg.com.au (when mobile) 0419 201 477 On 27/06/2011, at 12:11 PM, David de la Hunty wrote: Hi, Is anyone hooking their ipad 2 to an external monitor? I managed to find one post on macrumours from March from someone who used a hdmi ipad2 adaptor then connected an HDMI to DVI adaptor to that. Anyone doing that with their ipad 2? Does it work well? Are there any more recent adaptors which will hook up directly between ipad 2 and DVI? Nothing on apple site that I can find. thx DD -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: iPad 2 mirroring
Hi David. I haven't connected via DVI but, if you're interested; I took my iPad 2 to work and connected it up, via the VGA adapter, directly to our ACER projector in the training room. It worked fine. I just played around with it and my screen showed up nicely on the wall. It was actually better than any of the laptops we've used! I had a couple of TV shows I had converted in Eye TV to iTunes and played one of them. It looked good on the wall and the sound from the iPad (no external speakers) was surprisingly good. Admittedly, I was seated next to it. The only thing with the video was that it only played on the wall and the iPad screen was blank. It does tell you it's going to do that so it's not a problem. Interestingly, we've just upgraded our computers at work and our brand new laptop (Windows - yuk!) wouldn't work on the Acer. Had to get a techie out to physically work out what's what. Turned out the Acer, which is a few years old, has limited resolutions so it wasn't picking up the laptop too well. However, the iPad is one of the resolutions it recognises so it just worked. I've been through my box of cables that I rescued from the skip at work but can't see a DVI cable. I'll have a look around at work but unless they came with our new computer rollout I don't think we have any. If I do find one, I'll try it out and report back. Don't hold your breath though. Hope this helps. Regards, Pete Smith On 27/06/2011, at 15:11 PM, David de la Hunty wrote: Thanks frank, not a bad option but was hoping for something DVI - for projection on a big screen. Thanks for the tip, could still be OK. dd On 27/06/2011, at 13:36, Frank Wade wrote: On 27 Jun 2011, at 1:41 PM, David de la Hunty wrote: Is anyone hooking their ipad 2 to an external monitor? I managed to find one post on macrumours from March from someone who used a hdmi ipad2 adaptor then connected an HDMI to DVI adaptor to that. Anyone doing that with their ipad 2? Does it work well? Are there any more recent adaptors which will hook up directly between ipad 2 and DVI? Nothing on apple site that I can find. Hi David The Apple VGA adapter http://store.apple.com/au/product/MC552ZM/B?fnode=MTc0MjU4NjEmco=MTc5MzExNTI Cheers Frank -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: iPad 2 mirroring
Thanks frank, not a bad option but was hoping for something DVI - for projection on a big screen. Thanks for the tip, could still be OK. dd On 27/06/2011, at 13:36, Frank Wade wrote: On 27 Jun 2011, at 1:41 PM, David de la Hunty wrote: Is anyone hooking their ipad 2 to an external monitor? I managed to find one post on macrumours from March from someone who used a hdmi ipad2 adaptor then connected an HDMI to DVI adaptor to that. Anyone doing that with their ipad 2? Does it work well? Are there any more recent adaptors which will hook up directly between ipad 2 and DVI? Nothing on apple site that I can find. Hi David The Apple VGA adapter http://store.apple.com/au/product/MC552ZM/B?fnode=MTc0MjU4NjEmco=MTc5MzExNTI Cheers Frank -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: iPad 2 mirroring
On 27 Jun 2011, at 1:41 PM, David de la Hunty wrote: Is anyone hooking their ipad 2 to an external monitor? I managed to find one post on macrumours from March from someone who used a hdmi ipad2 adaptor then connected an HDMI to DVI adaptor to that. Anyone doing that with their ipad 2? Does it work well? Are there any more recent adaptors which will hook up directly between ipad 2 and DVI? Nothing on apple site that I can find. Hi David The Apple VGA adapter http://store.apple.com/au/product/MC552ZM/B?fnode=MTc0MjU4NjEmco=MTc5MzExNTI Cheers Frank -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
