Cheapest dongle to get HDMI from iPad 2?

Mr Paul · 25 Jan 2012 at 15:42

They seem to be around £25~£50 which seems ludicrous to me, so any of you Apple people know of where I can get one for a sensible price? i.e. around a tenner

Ta in advance

Paul

MikeHunt79 · 25 Jan 2012 at 16:22

I've seen 3rd party ones that are around £20 but I have no idea if they work or not

Mr Paul · 25 Jan 2012 at 20:38

£20!

Looks like the wife will not be having the iPad on the TV!

9designs2 · 25 Jan 2012 at 21:20

Bought the genuine item the other day on the high street for £35, works great, picture on a 50 inch plasma is excellent..... If you can afford an iPad I guess Apple figure you can afford 35 quid accessory.

Jimmy1983 · 25 Jan 2012 at 22:57

AirPlay?

Vertigo · 25 Jan 2012 at 23:00

Jimmy1983 said:
AirPlay?

As I understand it, using the HDMI cable will allow full 1080p output whereas AppleTV/Airplay won't. Could be wrong though.

9designs2 · 25 Jan 2012 at 23:06

Airplay only does sound on my Non Apple devises.... (Marantz AV amp). HDMI is 1080P

Mr Paul · 25 Jan 2012 at 23:25

9designs2 said:
Bought the genuine item the other day on the high street for £35, works great, picture on a 50 inch plasma is excellent..... If you can afford an iPad I guess Apple figure you can afford 35 quid accessory.

That's what gets on our goat! They should have HDMI output built in! Even the cheap rubbish tablets have it! GGrrrrrrr

Mr Paul · 25 Jan 2012 at 23:25

Jimmy1983 said:
AirPlay?

No AppleTV, so I assume I can't use Airplay..???

9designs2 · 25 Jan 2012 at 23:33

Mr Paul said:
That's what gets on our goat! They should have HDMI output built in! Even the cheap rubbish tablets have it! GGrrrrrrr

Plus the SD card reader and the USB adaptor that won't power anything so you can't use CF readers !!! :mad:

Airplay will be sound only.

MikeHunt79 · 26 Jan 2012 at 15:09

9designs2 said:
Plus the SD card reader and the USB adaptor that won't power anything so you can't use CF readers !!!

Airplay will be sound only.

If you use a powered USB hub it will work, but it is annoying how little power the iPad can supply from its dock connector

It's around 50mA depending on what version of ios your using; enough for some things, not enough for other things

Vertigo · 26 Jan 2012 at 20:21

Mr Paul said:
No AppleTV, so I assume I can't use Airplay..???

The latest beta of XBMC supports AirPlay although not mirroring

Mr Paul · 26 Jan 2012 at 20:23

Vertigo1 said:
The latest beta of XBMC supports AirPlay although not mirroring

But I don't have an Apple TV or XBOX