Easy steps to play iPad videos on your TV


Movies on the iPad are wonderful, but watching them on the bigger screen is usually even more gratifying - particularly if everyone in the house really wants to watch, too.

In case you were wondering, you can put all those movies and videos on your TV screen - you just need to connect your iPad to your tv. What you connect all of them with depends on the hardware involved.

Modern TV sets, usually provide a few types of video ports for connecting new gear. The ports your iPad works together with include component and composite connections, as well as VGA, which you can connect to a TV or perhaps a projector. But to output the iPad's video signal to the big screen, you need to purchase a cable that connects to the iPad's Dock Connector port.

The easiest place to find these cables may be the Apple Store. Here, you can discover the Apple Composite AV Cable for TVs with older video inputs. You can also find the Apple Component AV Cable, made for high-end TVs and widescreen sets that can handle higherquality video and audio connections.

Both versions from the cable cost about $50, but that includes a built-in AC adapter to make sure your iPad is powered for any whole-weekend movie marathon.

Apple's Dock Connector-to-VGA adapter sells for $29. And if you want to perch your 'Pad on the stand, the iPad Dock has a port for these AV cables; it sells for $29 as well. Third-party docks and cables will also be out there.

The iPad senses when it's connected to a Television set and automatically pipes the recording feed to the big screen, but there are some settings you can adjust in your own home, then Settings and then Video.

You can turn on closed captioning subtitles for videos that include text descriptions on the screen. You can also flip the On button alongside Widescreen if you don't want your widescreen movies squashed to the 4:3 aspect ratio for older TV sets.

And if you travel internationally, pick your TV Signal. Choose NTSC if you live in the U.S. or Japan, pick PAL if you are connecting to a European or Australian TV set.

Once you get the iPad hooked up to play movies, make sure to select the alternate video source on your television set, just as you would to experience a DVD or game. Then call up the video from the iPad's library, press the Play button, pop up the corn, and enjoy the show from giant screen to bigger screen.

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