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



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


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.


Maybe it's my eyes, but I really like having a high res display for terminal or anything else where I'm reading a lot of text. It can be low framerate or high input delay, though.

1080p on a small screen isn't bad, though.




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