Re: [Rockies-Edu] iPad 2 video mirroring
Re: [Rockies-Edu] iPad 2 video mirroring
- Subject: Re: [Rockies-Edu] iPad 2 video mirroring
- From: "Hyder, Randy" <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2011 20:35:37 +0000
- Thread-topic: [Rockies-Edu] iPad 2 video mirroring
iPad 1 and ipod touch 4 don't mirror with the VGA adapter and 4.3
On 3/8/11 1:32 PM, "Terry M. Gray" <email@hidden> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I heard from a not-necessarily-reliable source that mirroring would work
>as well with the iPhone4 and the latest iPod touch. Any word on that?
>
>TG
>
>On Mar 8, 2011, at 12:18 PM, Corey Carson wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Hello Rockies list,
>>
>> Thank you to all of the schools that provided feedback to Apple on a
>>new feature request! Steve Jobs even mentioned during the keynote that
>>"teachers want to hook up iPads up to their flat-panel TVs in the
>>classroom so everybody can see." I'd like to add to that VGA projectors
>>;-)
>>
>> With the iPad 2, there is a new feature that allows HDMI / VGA full
>>video mirroring to an external display. No more need for a document
>>camera to display what's on the screen in the classroom. This,
>>obviously, is a really big deal. There has been a lot of questions about
>>this feature and these are the specifics.
>>
>> Video mirroring is a hardware dependent feature provided only by the
>>iPad 2 - the new graphics and processing capabilities are what provide
>>this feature - not the cable(s) or iOS.
>>
>> Video mirroring on the iPad 2 is supported via either the new Digital
>>AV adapter (HDMI) or via the current Apple VGA adapter - either of these
>>will support (because of the new iPad 2 hardware) full display mirroring
>>- including interface navigation and all apps.
>>
>> The 1st generation iPad is only able to provide video out via the VGA
>>cable and is App-based - it cannot do video mirroring. It is only able
>>to display out, what a given App was designed to show, not the entire
>>user interface. For example, Keynote was able to show presentations via
>>video out, but iCal could not. Nor could you see the entire home screen
>>or interface navigation.
>>
>> The original iPad can take advantage of the new Digital AV adapter to
>>continue to provide this app based video out over HDMI now, in addition
>>to the Apple VGA adapter. Again, neither of these cables will allow
>>video mirroring on the original iPad. I hope this clarifies what's
>>possible with mirroring, and please let me know if you have any
>>questions.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Corey
>> --------------------------------------------------------
>> Corey Carson ? Systems Engineer
>> ☎ 303 378-7193 ? ☎ 800 800-2775 (Support)
>> Apple Education ? CO/WY/ID
>>
>>
>>
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