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Connecting Ipad to HDMI TV

  • 29-01-2013 4:42pm
    #1
    castle
    Registered Users Posts: 497 ✭✭


    I want to connect the Ipad 2 to TV via HDMI cable (5M) I have no other Ipad accessories other than for charging.Where is best price to get HDNI cable & HDMI Ipad adator, do I need anything else. cheers


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  • #2
    jamesd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,448 ✭✭✭jamesd


    Apple online or any where that sells apple products - all will be about the same price, get the hdmi cable in discount shop or lidl/ aldi


  • #3
    castle
    Registered Users Posts: 497 ✭✭castle


    Hi, I was in DID looking at HDMI cable and the price was 99E:mad: and when I said to the giuy that Aldi do them for 6E he started to say how powerful etc it was, am I missing something or is that price not crazy
    jamesd wrote: »
    Apple online or any where that sells apple products - all will be about the same price, get the hdmi cable in discount shop or lidl/ aldi


  • #4
    Frank Black
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,296 ✭✭✭Frank Black


    castle wrote: »
    Hi, I was in DID looking at HDMI cable and the price was 99E:mad: and when I said to the giuy that Aldi do them for 6E he started to say how powerful etc it was, am I missing something or is that price not crazy


    Price sounds high.
    I looked into doing this 18 months ago. In the end I bought an Apple TV. It wasn't that much more expensive than the HDMI adaptor that you can buy from Apple and you are able to airplay direct to your tv from the iPAD.
    It's obvioulsy a lot handier than having to physically connect the iPad to the TV and you also get all the other features of Apple TV if you're into that sort of thing.
    It's worth considering if the price difference isn't huge between the two options


  • #5
    TBi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,784 ✭✭✭TBi


    castle wrote: »
    Hi, I was in DID looking at HDMI cable and the price was 99E:mad: and when I said to the giuy that Aldi do them for 6E he started to say how powerful etc it was, am I missing something or is that price not crazy

    Stupidly crazy. HDMI is digital so it either works or doesn't work. The cable from ALDI will do you perfectly. The 99 euro cable is for ripping off uninformed customers.


  • #6
    Bummer1234
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,860 ✭✭✭Bummer1234


    I got one in dealz at €1.50 and great quality, €99 and powerful mé hóle!!


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  • #7
    Frank Black
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,296 ✭✭✭Frank Black


    TBi wrote: »
    Stupidly crazy. HDMI is digital so it either works or doesn't work. The cable from ALDI will do you perfectly. The 99 euro cable is for ripping off uninformed customers.


    True - certainly for short cable runs, although I don't know if I would get the absolute cheapest ones either.
    Generally the more expensive ones will be better shielded to prevent interferance from other electrical components and they'll probably be stronger.

    Having said that, there's no way I'd be spending €100 on a short cable. I did have to spend a bit of money on an 10m one to run from my amp to projector - over those distances quality of the cable can have more of an effect.


  • #8
    TBi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,784 ✭✭✭TBi


    black francis wrote: »
    True - certainly for short cable runs, although I don't know if I would get the absolute cheapest ones either.
    Generally the more expensive ones will be better shielded to prevent interferance from other electrical components and they'll probably be stronger.

    Having said that, there's no way I'd be spending €100 on a short cable. I did have to spend a bit of money on an 10m one to run from my amp to projector - over those distances quality of the cable can have more of an effect.

    It's digital so the only affect a bad cable will have is it won't work, the 'higher quality' cable won't give you a better picture. If the $1.99 cable works then you'll get exactly the same picture quality as the €99.

    If it doesn't work you can just return it.


  • #9
    Frank Black
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,296 ✭✭✭Frank Black


    TBi wrote: »
    It's digital so the only affect a bad cable will have is it won't work, the 'higher quality' cable won't give you a better picture. If the $1.99 cable works then you'll get exactly the same picture quality as the €99.

    If it doesn't work you can just return it.

    I'm agreeing with you in this case.
    However, your statement that digital signals carried through HDMI are either 'perfect' or 'non-working' is an over-simplification.

    Digital signals can suffer from interferance caused by other electrical components. This will typically show up as 'streaks' across the tv picture.
    Basically, some of the 1's and 0's get corrupted and the tv can't decode them properly.

    As I previously stated, it's unlikely to be an issue with a short run and I wouldn't spend €100 on a cable.


  • #10
    TBi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,784 ✭✭✭TBi


    black francis wrote: »
    Digital signals can suffer from interferance caused by other electrical components. This will typically show up as 'streaks' across the tv picture.
    Basically, some of the 1's and 0's get corrupted and the tv can't decode them properly.

    True but the shielding required to stop this interference is minimal and would only cost a fraction more than an unshielded cable.

    Only in very fortuitous cases would this only be slight corruption, very likely more than a few missing bits would cause CRC errors and full corruption of the screen.


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