How to watch video from an iPhone on a TV?

Each owner of the iPhone at least once thought about watching movies downloaded to a smartphone on his TV. Unfortunately, in most cases, due to ignorance of how to watch video from an iPhone on a TV, you have to watch it on the small screen of your smartphone. In order to make your life easier and watch your favorite movies and TV shows on the big screen of your home TV, just read the instructions on how to broadcast video from iPhone.

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DLNA wireless connection

DLNA is a technology for wireless transmission of information over a Wi-Fi network. Of the already familiar technologies, it most resembles Bluetooth. Many modern, even budget, televisions boast the presence of such a function.

Without the DLNA module, the SmartTV function cannot work. Therefore, buying a TV with SmartTV OS, you can be sure that you can connect iPhone to such a TV.

This technology for transmitting audio and video is extremely versatile. First of all, this is due to the ease of connection. To broadcast the video, it is enough that your telly and phone are connected to the same Wi-Fi network.

There are several dozen applications that through DLNA allow you to transfer both licensed purchased movies, and even videos from YouTube. The most popular and stable are such applications as:

• Flipps;
• iMediaShare;
• Miracast
• ShareIt.

Important! If your TV does not have a DLNA module, respectively, it cannot connect to Wi-Fi and does not have any other way to access the Internet, you can separately buy a transmitter. This device is a portable DLNA module that can be connected even to the oldest plasma TVs. One of the most popular transmitters is the Defender Smart Transmitter X1.

The only drawback of this connection method is that through DLNA it is impossible to transmit video in a resolution of more than 2K, and in theory, communication interruptions are possible.

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Connect iPhone to TV via HDMI

More reliable is the classic wired connection. Almost every modern TV has an HDMI connector, which in fact was created to transmit video and photos. On older TV models, instead of HDMI, you can find VGA, which is just as fast, but inferior in quality of transmitted video.

Choosing the right adapters:

• To connect your iPhone 4s or earlier versions, you will need a special adapter from the 30pin format to HDMI or VGA.
• In the case of iPhone 5 and newer models, you should buy an adapter with lightning to the appropriate connector for your TV.

When you connect a smartphone to the device, video transmission will immediately begin, and absolutely any actions performed with the smartphone will be played on the TV screen.

This connection method is at the same time the easiest, but also the most expensive. Branded cables for connecting in total will cost up to 6,000 rubles, while the length of all cables will reach only 2 meters, which may not be enough for some people.

Important! Through cables, you can connect your smartphone to a TV of any manufacturer, including Samsung, Sony, LG, Bravia, Philips.

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Apple tv

The simplest and yet universal option is to connect via Apple TV. This device is a small set-top box designed to search, purchase and watch movies directly from the TV, without the use of additional devices or controls, such as a remote control.

Important! Through Apple TV, you can not only watch movies and television channels, but also listen to music!

In order to transfer video from iPhone on a TV with an Apple TV connected, you must:

1. Unlock iPhone.
2. Having opened the lower “curtain”, press the AirDrop button.
3. Among all the devices, select and connect to your Apple TV box.
4. Include movie.

After these actions, the iPhone screen will be duplicated to your online home theater.

However, in the case of films, you can simply buy the one you need in the iTunes store, after which you can simply open the video directly from the console.

Important! When buying a movie from Apple TV, you must download it to watch the video, otherwise it will not start corny!

How you watch videos from iPhone on TV depends on your budget, as well as the amount of free time to search for connecting various modules, adapters and cables. It is not so important what you choose. You will be able to do everything quickly and correctly, because for each option we offer you a visual video instruction.