We're going to be holidaying for a month somewhere that has a TV but no convenient way of connecting it to the web or our saved digital media. From past experience trying to connect phones/iPads/laptops using cables is a pain in the arse - laptop works well once the screen sharing stops being confused but Amazon only lets you download videos to Android/iOS devices and we want to avoid streaming where possible due to expensive data charges. Whereas trying to get a cable from iPad to the TV to work is flaky at best, and we might have content saved onto phones, tablets, etc.
So we're looking at Amazon/Google dongles. My understanding is these offload stuff like iPlayer/Netflix onto the dongle itself, but allow you to actually play downloaded content directly from your phone/etc?
Is that the case for both or do they differ significantly? I was looking at the Fire stick and nowhere does it mention controlling it from your phone, which suggests maybe it ONLY supports streaming services not a local source...
Any advice which is better for our use-case: we want to stream Netflix AND play downloaded Amazon Prime content from our iPad and Smartphones (iOS and Android)... we plan to load up devices with Prime video content before travelling.
So we're looking at Amazon/Google dongles. My understanding is these offload stuff like iPlayer/Netflix onto the dongle itself, but allow you to actually play downloaded content directly from your phone/etc?
Is that the case for both or do they differ significantly? I was looking at the Fire stick and nowhere does it mention controlling it from your phone, which suggests maybe it ONLY supports streaming services not a local source...
Any advice which is better for our use-case: we want to stream Netflix AND play downloaded Amazon Prime content from our iPad and Smartphones (iOS and Android)... we plan to load up devices with Prime video content before travelling.
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