Connecting iPad to a TV

For what it is worth....we have 2nd Gen Apple TV ($85 refurb from apple online store) and we have the hard wired cables. Using an iPad and iPad2 we used all published methods for getting iPad content to our 55" Samsung LED TV. Here is what we have decided...buying cables and adapters can be almost as much as the 2nd Gen Apple TV. Once you connect the ATv over HDMI to your TV, the iPad2 (notice the 2 there) is such a flawless experience to get content from the iPad2 to your main television. From apps, to iTunes Store content, to web browsing, to Netflix and Hulu. It is quite impressive.

My recommendation is, using your iPad2, get the ATv in lieu of the adapter and cables and do it that way. The experience will be better than any I have tried.

I had many issues with getting my ipat set up to use with cables and they are expensive. If traveling alot they are nice but if it is for home or you have an airport express I would get an ATV as the other post suggers I think it actually is only 10 bucks more than the a pair of cables. You can also get some used gen 1 ATV if you want to play around there but no support for them but they had some cool features that the new apple tv does not and hard drives

We've been using the Component AV cable rig ever since we got the iPad long ago and are satisfied enough with it. It works, works on a variety of hardware, is portable, almost all tv's will have connectors available for it to connect to, displays video in the proper orientation, and is HD enough for our purposes.

Getting the multiple sets of adapters and cables and whatnot required just to plug into an HDMI port, which still won't give the same resolution as that port is capable of, never seemed worthwhile. That said, the ATV2 approach is one that I've been looking at and will probably adopt for our home setup, keeping the cables for use on the road.