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From: Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Suggestions for suitable screen sharing when in hotels
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2024 09:58:04 -0000 (UTC)
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Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> wrote:
> Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> 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. 

Thanks for the confirmation. 

> 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. 

Yeah hotel provision of wifi and TVs is a real hotch-potch but am happy if
it works only some of the time. 

> 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? 

I'd rather avoid packing yet another cable, but will consider it.