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I have a quick question, please.
My mom bought her iPad about 3, 4 years ago. I am 99% certain it is the 2nd Gen iPad. She wants to cut off her cable bill, and FINALLY get the DSL turned on at her house (yipeeeeeee!) but she is adamant about being able to watch her favorite show on the Bravo Channel.
I told her about Roku, but she is interested in the AppleTV because we heard that she can magically beam whatever she sees on her iPad to her TV.
We looked and there is BravoTV.com, the Bravo Channel's, website, and it has episodes of her show under their video list. So she is excited and me too, since we will finally be able to watch ALL of the videos we want now on her ipad and my devices, without using up her 3GB data plan.
I have a Roku at my house and love it. But I'm not familiar with Apple TV and how it works......
SO: If I buy her the AppleTV, can we 'beam' whatever videos she finds on her iPad to her Vizio TV? I think I read she needs something called "Air Play" on her iPad>? Does the 2nd gen ipad have this feature? Can I download it from the app store? Unfortunately, I don't have her ipad here in my hands, so I can't check. And asking HER to check while on the phone will be confusing for her.
And if the answer is yes-- is it difficult to do? See, my mom is getting on up there in age, and has a hard time with figuring out how to use this technology (she still fumbles badly with her ipad after ALL of these years!)-- so will it be easy for her to use it with the AppleTV?
Thank you guys so much for your help!!
******Came back to edit and add another question: I just discovered there is a Bravo tv App I can download on her iPad. Can I use this app to watch the Bravo shows on the TV with Apple TV then? And I can't find the Air Play icon on my ipod while I"m looking at it now--does it only show up when you are connected to the Internet via WiFi and you have your Apple TV on and running?
I'm sorry for these lame questions, I just want to be sure of everything before I spend the $100 for the Apple TV. Thank you!
My mom bought her iPad about 3, 4 years ago. I am 99% certain it is the 2nd Gen iPad. She wants to cut off her cable bill, and FINALLY get the DSL turned on at her house (yipeeeeeee!) but she is adamant about being able to watch her favorite show on the Bravo Channel.
I told her about Roku, but she is interested in the AppleTV because we heard that she can magically beam whatever she sees on her iPad to her TV.
We looked and there is BravoTV.com, the Bravo Channel's, website, and it has episodes of her show under their video list. So she is excited and me too, since we will finally be able to watch ALL of the videos we want now on her ipad and my devices, without using up her 3GB data plan.
I have a Roku at my house and love it. But I'm not familiar with Apple TV and how it works......
SO: If I buy her the AppleTV, can we 'beam' whatever videos she finds on her iPad to her Vizio TV? I think I read she needs something called "Air Play" on her iPad>? Does the 2nd gen ipad have this feature? Can I download it from the app store? Unfortunately, I don't have her ipad here in my hands, so I can't check. And asking HER to check while on the phone will be confusing for her.
And if the answer is yes-- is it difficult to do? See, my mom is getting on up there in age, and has a hard time with figuring out how to use this technology (she still fumbles badly with her ipad after ALL of these years!)-- so will it be easy for her to use it with the AppleTV?
Thank you guys so much for your help!!
******Came back to edit and add another question: I just discovered there is a Bravo tv App I can download on her iPad. Can I use this app to watch the Bravo shows on the TV with Apple TV then? And I can't find the Air Play icon on my ipod while I"m looking at it now--does it only show up when you are connected to the Internet via WiFi and you have your Apple TV on and running?
I'm sorry for these lame questions, I just want to be sure of everything before I spend the $100 for the Apple TV. Thank you!
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