iPhone in my telly

Bluefoam

Is it possible to plug the iPhone into my tellyvision? I would be tempted to get one of the new fangled ones if this was the case.

AntoSRFC

What like watch videos on your iphone through your telly?

Em not to sure gona go check youd need this if ye can.
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB129LL/B?mco=NDcyNDY3Mg

Edit - Yes your able to.

cpu-dude

Bluefoam wrote: »

Is it possible to plug the iPhone into my tellyvision? I would be tempted to get one of the new fangled ones if this was the case.

You can do it with the original iPhone. You just need a specific TV-Out cable.



Alternatively, you can get one like this too:



You can only watch videos and pictures on the TV, not the springboard itself.

AntoSRFC

cpu-dude wrote: »

Alternatively, you can get one like this too:



You can only watch videos and pictures on the TV, not the springboard itself.

For my iPod classic anyway it had to be an apple cable. Something to do with a chip or something. The video wont play unless its official. Correct me if im wrong.

Tom Dunne

Bluefoam wrote: »

Is it possible to plug the iPhone into my tellyvision? I would be tempted to get one of the new fangled ones if this was the case.

I nearly purchased one of those cables last year in the US when I purchased my iPhone.

The only thing is, given the resolution of the iPhone screen vs. the resolution of a modern TV, I can't imagine the video quality being too good.

Though pictures would be fine I'd say.

Bluefoam

Tom Dunne wrote: »

I nearly purchased one of those cables last year in the US when I purchased my iPhone.

The only thing is, given the resolution of the iPhone screen vs. the resolution of a modern TV, I can't imagine the video quality being too good.

Though pictures would be fine I'd say.

I would have thought the resolution of the file would dictate the resolution on TV. Does the iPhone reduce the movie size to match the screen quality?

Tom Dunne

Bluefoam wrote: »

Does the iPhone reduce the movie size to match the screen quality?

Well I know when I am encoding video for my iPhone, I select 320x240 (or whatever the nearest resolution is). So that would look crappy on a 32" LCD.

Not sure about purchased/other videos though.

sink

The iPhone/iPod touch can output video at a resolution higher than that of it's native screen. I think it's around 640x480.

Dades

I have some freeware to convert AVIs to MP4 for my iPhone... it asks me it if I want it for viewing on a device screen or TV size. Have converted a few movies and watched them on TV and they can look absolutely fine if the source AVI is top notch.

That said I wouldn't recommend watching serious action stuff from ANY digital source. Dramas, comedies, thrillers etc. all good.

Oh, and avoid the non-apple cables as your device will probably reject them. I know from experience. :mad:

Jev/N

Have a similar cable for my N95 and both the video and pictures are great on a 40" LCD so I'd imagine it should be the same for the 3GS although I don't know the quality of the new camera on it

anoble66

anyone tried streaming from orb to their tv? I have it setup so I can stream my movies from the media centre to the iphone, would be nice if when away I could connect the iphone into a TV and watch at decent quality.

Anyone tried it?