XPost: uk.telecom.mobile, misc.phone.mobile.iphone
From: dave@dave123royal.com
Tweed Wrote in message:
> Chris wrote:
>>
>> When travelling it'd be nice to be able to watch my netflix or player on
>> the hotel's/accommodation's TV. What do people recommend? I usually carry
>> an ipad/iphone with me and I travel mainly in the UK and europe.
>>
>> A bit of searching suggests there's only three or four options options:
>> chromecast, fire stick, roku, Apple TV. With Apple TV the only one
>> recommended for iOS. Is that really the best option? Sounds like a major
>> faff. I travel light so a single would be ideal.
>>
>> What are people's real world experiences, please?
>>
>
> iPads cast to Chromecast devices without difficulty. The problem with all
> these devices that depend on casting is they need to be on the same subnet
> as the iPad. Often hotel systems require logins from the device and
> frequently firewall devices from each other. The other difficulty is you
> need access to an HDMI port on the hotel TV and the ability to switch
> signal source. This may not always be possible.
>
> A Firestick and an Apple TV can operate independently, but you’ve still got
> the issues of logging it in to the hotel network. I find many of these
> hotel captive portals to be barely functional at the best of times.
>
> Perhaps an hdmi adapter dongle for the iPad and a physical hdmi cable is
> the most likely thing to work?
>
Yes, go for an hdmi cable. I've been in several hotels recently
that had an hdmi socket in the wall next to the desk so that you
could use the TV as a monitor.
Big hotel chains often have custom TVs with only one cable into
them and no other inputs. Small hotels are more likely to have a
consumer TV, often small and old. One hotel I was in this year
had no hdmi but a SCART socket. (20 years ago I carried a 3.5mm
to SCART connector to play music through the hotel
TV.)
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