jesharl leverett erickson
Qiana Thieklin
Everything (Youtube, Amazon Shows, etc) outputs from iPad to TV just fine, even the Netflix menus, but when I press play the TV screen goes black. Get sound but no picture. Been playing Netflix this way for a few years, but sometime this year something changed. Most likely there is a copywrite issue, but I've not seen this stated as fact anywhere.
Netflix doesn't appear to want to address this directly. Spent 20 min on their chat service while they read from the Support For Dummies manual. I finally said that I'd read in the Apple Community site that this was most likely a copy write issue - when I said that, the Netflix rep miraculously said that's correct and that I'd need to either use a smart tv or a roku. Not to be denied, I simply switched hdmi ports on my TV and Netflix began working as it should. Turns out the only has two HDCP hdmi ports. HDCP was the culprit.
Do they have wifi? I have a chromecast which I love. You find things on your phone and then cast to the TV - youtube, netflix etc. It also has apps on it and a remote control to control it.
In order to work (and I think firesticks are similar) you need:
TV with HDMI port
Power near the TV to connect it to
Wifi - to connect the chromecast
Ask if they have smart TVs so you can log in on their TV with your accounts.
store.google.com/gb/product/chromecast
Different things which do similar - chromecast, roku, firestick
uk.pcmag.com/old-media-streaming-devices/3509/fire-tv-stick-vs-google-chromecast-vs-roku-affordable-media-streamers-compared
You can connect your iPad to your tv with a special dongle. You have to buy the Apple one or it doesn't work but that effectively puts your iPad screen onto your tv screen so you can steam Netflix that way.
You might want to check the wifi is good enough for that though. If it isn't, you could download a load of stuff I guess
When we go we take our play station which has netflix on it. It worked fine.
You need a hdmi cable to attach to the tv. This is the cable you connect your game console, sky box etc to her tv with.