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I’d say that AirPlay is one of the best things about the iPad, letting you stream music and video wirelessly to speakers and screen. And I only use the audio version. But what if you want to use the iPad 2’s new screen-mirroring feature without the wire? Then you’ll need to do some hacking.

The mod, done by EGOvoruhk for a client, may not be pretty but it is effective. It uses an HP Wireless TV Connect, Apple’s Digital DVI Adapter and a USB battery, all packed into a custom case that adds a couple pounds to the iPads weight. The components have their own cases removed to fit the custom box.

At the other end, the second part of the HP Wireless TV Connect is hooked up to the display of your choosing.

Thus equipped, you can beam the exact-same video on the iPad’s screen to the big-display for up to two hours (when the battery will run out). EGOvoruhk’s client wanted it for making Keynote presentations, but as you can see in the YouTube clip, it also works great for movies and games.

It may not be the most practical setup in the world (hopefully Apple will add mirroring as an AirPlay option in the future) but it works, and is about the only choice you have if you really, really hate wires.

Wireless Mirroring With An iPad 2 [YouTube]

Wireless Mirroring With An iPad 2 [MacRumors Forums via Reddit]

See Also:

• The Hidden Secrets of Apple's AirPlay
• AirPlay Hack Streams Non-iTunes Video Between Mac, Apple TV …
• Wireless USB Box Streams Video from Laptop to TV
• Blazingly Fast Wireless HD Hits the Mainstream

We all drool over the hi-res video shot by cameras like the RED EPIC, but for indie-film types, processing the massive files produced takes a lot of time (and therefore money) and not everyone has an ARRI ALEXA to do native recording compression. Enter the Atomos Ninja and Samurai HD recorder / monitor / playback devices that take your 10-bit video and compress it in Apple’s 1080p ProRes QuickTime format to make your post-production life a little easier. The Ninja pulls video through HDMI and deposits it on your choice of 2.5-inch HDD or SDD storage, does playback via a 4.3-inch 480 x 270 touchscreen, and has continuous power thanks to dual hot-swappable batteries (available in 2600, 5200, and 7800 mAh varieties). Meanwhile, the Samurai matches the Ninja’s specs, but swaps out the HDMI connection for HD-SDI ports and adds SDI Loop-Through to connect an external monitor, a larger 5-inch 800 x 400 display, and 3D support (if you get two Samurais genlocked together). Both units have FireWire 800 and USB 2.0 and 3.0 connections for offloading your vids. Those with Spielbergian aspirations can pony up $995 for the Ninja right now, or pay $1,495 for the Samurai upon its release this summer.

Atomos Ninja and Samurai HD video recorder / monitors bring compression jutsu to pro filmmaking originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 26 Mar 2011 11:02:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If you’ve been using an HDMI to DVI adapter to hook up your Apple TV, there’s a chance you’ve been dealing with some annoying flickering on the boob tube since downloading the latest update to the device. Well, the end to your flashing screen woes is here: Apple’s just let loose a followup that promises to fix the flickering. Update 4.2.1 also addresses audio issues and a glitch that puts the thing in a permanent slumber when it goes to sleep. So there you have it — now you won’t have to miss even a split second of your favorite episode of That’s So Raven, even though we all know you have it committed to memory. Follow the source link to get your fix.

Apple TV 4.2.1 update puts kibosh on flickering screens originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 22 Mar 2011 19:47:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Fix for Apple TV screen flickering issue said to be on the way originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 15 Mar 2011 17:39:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Why, it was only yesterday that we were eyeballing a dual-GF104 board from Galaxy, presuming it an artifact of a 2010 project that went nowhere, but there’s at least one NVIDIA partner that’s going to deliver exactly such a creation, and soon at that! EVGA has just set loose the details of a new GTX 460 2Win graphics card, which ticks along at 700MHz, has 672 cumulative CUDA cores served by 2GB of GDDR5, and reportedly collects more 3D Marks than NVIDIA’s finest card out at the moment, the GTX 580. The company also gleefully reports that pricing of the 2Win model will be lower than the 580’s. It’s interesting that NVIDIA is opting for a pair of the older-gen GF104 Fermi chips here, but then again, those have been big winners with critics and price-sensitive gamers alike, with many touting the use of two GTX 460s in SLI as a more sensible solution than the elite single-card options. Well, now you have both, in a manner of speaking. Skip past the break to see EVGA’s latest in the flesh.

[Thanks, Ben]

Continue reading EVGA GeForce GTX 460 2Win has ‘double the win,’ becomes NVIDIA’s first dual-Fermi graphics card

EVGA GeForce GTX 460 2Win has ‘double the win,’ becomes NVIDIA’s first dual-Fermi graphics card originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 11 Mar 2011 02:37:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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