Porting iPad to TV?

JustAnotherSaver

The other day my wife wanted to watch a programme on catch up. I can't remember if it was BBC or ITV. Problem was it wasn't loaded on the catch up player on the TV but it was if she used the catch up on the iPad. Apparently there's been about 6 episodes this series but the TV is only showing the first 3 whereas the iPad catch up showed all of them.

So she watched it on the iPad but if there's a way she could port this to the TV to watch on that then it'd be better.


And while I'm asking I should also ask are there any other benefits to being able to do this (if you can) or would this just be 'the' benefit?

david29dpo

Buy an Apple Tv (its not a new Tele) You can then Airplay from the iPad to it.

JustAnotherSaver

Out of interest is that the only way? The Apple TV box thing i imagine will need to be plugged in to the mains, plus we already have a Firestick and i'm not sure what we'd really use an Apple TV thing for other than for this.

debitcardmayhem

Buy an Apple / Apple certified lightning to HDMI adapter , preferably one with a passthrough power charging port. e.g. https://www.apple.com/uk/shop/product/MD826ZM/A/lightning-digital-av-adapter

JustAnotherSaver

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

Buy an Apple / Apple certified lightning to HDMI adapter , preferably one with a passthrough power charging port. e.g. https://www.apple.com/uk/shop/product/MD826ZM/A/lightning-digital-av-adapter

Look like it'll do the job but jeez, £49. She'd have to watch a lot of TV to pay that off :rotfl:


I'm sure there's cheaper versions on the Bay but it's whether they're reliable or whether they'll end up being fire hazards or something.


I'll take a look at the price of second hand Apple TV units. If we could get in the £20-£30 marker then maybe we'll get it but at £49 we'll have to pass.

debitcardmayhem

JustAnotherSaver wrote: »

Look like it'll do the job but jeez, £49. She'd have to watch a lot of TV to pay that off :rotfl:


I'm sure there's cheaper versions on the Bay but it's whether they're reliable or whether they'll end up being fire hazards or something.


I'll take a look at the price of second hand Apple TV units. If we could get in the £20-£30 marker then maybe we'll get it but at £49 we'll have to pass.

Good luck with that , welcome to the apple walled garden £££ to enter + extra to touch/feel, why not play it from the laptop/pc via HDMI

debitcardmayhem

Oh and other boxes e.g. NowTV, android boxes have iPlayer etc on them too

JustAnotherSaver

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

Good luck with that , welcome to the apple walled garden £££ to enter + extra to touch/feel, why not play it from the laptop/pc via HDMI

Play it? the iPad or the catch up app?


We tried it through the app on the TV and as said it only loaded the first 3 episodes. The 3 after that were missing but were on the iPad version of the app.

debitcardmayhem

JustAnotherSaver wrote: »

Play it? the iPad or the catch up app?


We tried it through the app on the TV and as said it only loaded the first 3 episodes. The 3 after that were missing but were on the iPad version of the app.

No the program from iplayer on your pc/laptop

tempus_fugit

If you had a Chromecast you could use it to cast the programme to the TV. iPlayer works with Chromecast and I'm sure many other players will too. Chromecast is a USB stick like the Amazon one, albeit a little less "smart", and costs about £30.

ukcarper

I also use chromcast to watch iPlayer