“Apple’s new iPad 2 has the ability to mirror its video output on an HDMI display, when paired with the $39 Apple Digital AV Adapter, also on sale this week,” Peter Cohen reports for ZDNet. “And it’s going to change iPad gaming in the living room in a big way.”
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“When attached to an iPad 2, all the iPad 2’s video content is mirrored on the big screen,” Cohen reports. “The device also works with older iPads (and iPhones and iPod touches), though only for video output like movies and TV shows, not for video mirroring.”
Cohen reports, “The mirroring is automatic; as soon as the iPad senses the device is connected, you’ll see the image sync on your TV. From there, any app you run appears on your TV screen exactly the same way it appears on your iPad screen, and the video output will even rotate depending on the orientation of your iPad… It turns the iPad 2 into a fantastic presentation device for any kind of still or video content – slideshows, movies, application walkthroughs – anything you can imagine… Where it really shines is in games that use the whole iPad 2 for an interface.”
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