On: Apple Debuts iPhone 16e

[tempaccount420]

> Now that Mac Mini is smaller, it's almost viable as iPad sidecar

How I wish Apple would work to make this better than the current state. Currently it's very ugly (bad scaling, weird res, weird bars around screen), high latency, needs some configuration...

Just let me plug in a cable and it should immediately become a display. (with video over DP?)

[hot_gril → tempaccount420]

I legitimately don't remember if iPads have USB-C or Lightning or both at this point, but theoretically either should've worked for wired video

[walterbell → tempaccount420]

Cheap HDMI to USB-c adapter was relatively painless with Orion app for video display on iPad Air/Pro.

[tempaccount420 → walterbell]

The cheap ones have high latency and only 1080p, no?

[walterbell → tempaccount420]

It was adequate for CLI/terminal/console usage, i.e. there was no issue between iPad and the capture card, any limitations were intrinsic to the card itself and would be the same on a PC laptop with Windows/Linux.

Non-Pro iPads are limited to USB2 speeds. Capturing 4K content for display on iPad would need a Pro device with USB3/Thunderbolt USB-c input.