We now have a better idea of HDMI functionality

[thedon1]

Macworld did a seperate review on the HDMI adapter, and most reviews commented on it.

From having a quick read this morning, it looks like the lead wil mirror whatever your doing and on a 16:9 TV, will have black bars. If in mirrored mode, you start playing a video or use an app that has video out, it will play in it's proper resolution and aspect ratio, therefore automatically stop mirroring.

So are you guys excited by this?

I think there are many possibilites, xbmc on a jailbroken ipad, mirror it to the ipad, and then when playing a movie it would swicth to video out mode(full 16:9 720p). Now they could even have an airplay option instead. Let's hope devs make use of this.

 

[DS3]

Can we presume its not encrypted like say, ps3 or cable tv is?

It could be nice to be able to capture ipad footage to my pc without any hassle.

 

[MRU]

That sounds great and very promising.

 

[Phil A.]

Hmm, the ability to mirror the iPad 2 to an external monitor (if it has HDMI input) is a really cool feature that has been pretty much ignored so far by the release press.
I was determined that my iPad 1 would last me until iPad 3 comes out but this is almost enough of a reason for me to upgrade to iPad 2. I'll have to see what else comes out of the woodwork once people have them in hand and then make a decision