Looking at buying apple tv tomorrow as my laptop is dead and the wife’s don’t have a hdmi port and long story short I want to wath the DH, I know I can get a cable for the iPad to hdmi but I would prefer to be wirless, I know the iPad 1 can’t mirror through apple tv but does the apple tv app work via airstream??

Any advice would be great as I have apple tv reserved to collect tomorrow

Thanks

Rob

Do you mean you will be watching the DH on Safari but you want to get the picture to the TV?

Ii will be using the redbull tv app to view but want it on my tv……….I know that the iPad 1 can’t mirror through apple tv but does the app work with AirPlay through apple tv

Mirroring is the function that lets apps wirelessly connect to the Apple TV and hence your TV.

Ii think you will have to go the cable route directly in to the TV.

If I can prise my GFs iPad1 out of her grip I can check for you later.

Unless YouTube or a movie, will not AirPlay with iPad 1 (I think!)

Component cable will deffo work however.

Kev

OK you owe me a beer and the GF a Mojito. 😀

I have just downloaded the Redbull TV app to her iPad1.

I selected the live show that was available in the app and I was able to watch it on one of our TVs via Apple TV.

Cheers man, so I take it you have apple tv turned on, start viewing over iPad a then select something in the status bar??

Yes. On the right of the status bar is and white oblong with a up arrow(triangle).

Tap this and it will give you the choice to select the iPad or your Apple TV.

http://www.apple.com/uk/ipad/features/airplay/

Also my earlier post is incorrect. Mirroring and Airplay are distinct features.

use a vga connector to the ipad vga adaptor,

Pete your a hero!! Apple tv now streaming through the iPad!! I owe you and the wife beer tokens!

Steady. She’s only his girlfriend. Don’t be pressuring the chap.

You are welcome.

But I have not proposed just yet.

This one … IDTV DVBT iPad gadget ?

You can buy it from Maplin … Here

Some German bloke talking about it here … [video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gG247x5APY[/video]