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3rd party HDMI adapter for iPad... that works!?
Ericthelobster
22-06-2015
I'd like to get hold of an adapter to enable me to watch video content from my iPad 3 on a TV screen. For very occasional/'emergency'(!) use only, so I'm afraid I'm too much of a cheapskate to pay the 40 GBP that Apple expect me to stump up for a genuine item; even for a now-obsolete iPad wit the Lightening connector. There seem to be zillions of 3rd party alternatives on Amazon, eBay etc for peanuts, yet the feedback indicates they are very 'hit and miss'.

Is there a way of doing this cheaply? Presumably a wired HDMI adapter is the obvious, simplest way; but something like a wireless method might also be feasible?
moox
22-06-2015
Wireless (e.g. AirPlay) would need you to buy an Apple TV, I think, which would cost about double that of the adapter

I think your choices are to buy a cheap adaptor and see how it goes, or bite the bullet and go for the Apple one and be sure that it will work every time. I understand that Apple's adapters are very complicated (because of the way the lightning connector works), hence the price.

The problem is that, since it's Apple, everything is proprietary. If it was an Android tablet there would be more likely be a range of cheap adapters or cables that are reliable (some have micro HDMI ports, so only a simple cable is needed, with no complicated electronics as in Apple's adapters)
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