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Present with Apple TV
With AirPlay and the Apple TV, it has never been easier to put what you want on the big
screen, making the Apple TV fantastic for presentations.
In this chapter, I show you how to connect an Apple TV to a projector or
SMART Board
(an
interactive whiteboard and projector commonly used in schools), as well as suggest what a
traveling presenter should assemble to
Make an Apple TV Presentation Kit
.
IalsogiveyousomeideasabouthowyoucanuseanAppleTVtodisplaypresentations,project
paper documents,
Run a Conference Room Display
,
engage in video conferences, and even
keep a rowdy class in line.
Connect the Apple TV to a Projector
If your projector or SMART Board has an HDMI input, you're all set! But chances are good
thatyou'llneedanadaptertoconnectfromtheHDMIportonyourAppleTVtoaVGAorDVI
port on the projector or SMART Board.
It'seasytoseethedifferencebetweenaVGAandaDVIport.AVGAporthas15pinsarranged
in a trapezoid (
Figure 92
),while a DVI connector has 24 pins in a rectangular array, with an
extra 4 pins on the side (
Figure 93
).
Figure 92:
The older, more common VGA connector has 15 pins, arranged
in a trapezoid.
Figure 93:
The more recent DVI connector features 24 pins in a distinctive
rectangular pattern, with an extra four pins on the side.
VGAisstrictlyanalog,whereasDVIisdigital(technicallyspeaking,itcansupportanalogVGA
signals, but for our purposes it's digital), like the Apple TV's HDMI port in the Apple TV. To
connect the Apple TV to a VGA port, you need a box that can convert the Apple TV's digital
signal into old-fashioned analog.
