I Have a sky subscription on my main tv and have just got a Netflix subscription for box sets. I understand that an Apple TV device lets you watch netflix through your tv but my question is, can you just plug the Apple TV in? Will it work with the sky or would I have to disconnect the sky box to watch it? And what kind of lead would I need for the Apple TV device? Please bear in mind I'm not remotely techie so need an answer in simplest non-techie terms :-)
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The Apple TV connects to your television using an HDMI lead (not supplied, so you will have to buy one) so as long as your TV has more than one HDMI socket you can simply plug both the Sky box and the Apple TV in and select them in the usual way - there is no conflict. An HDMI socket looks like this:
and the lead like this:
If you have only one HDMI input you can buy an HDMI switch to save you having to keep plugging and unplugging, but get a manual one, not one which auto-detects the last device on since the Sky box will hog it.
Thank you that's really helpful :-)
Hiya I bought a HDMI cable and it plugs into my Tv but the other end is too big to plug into the Apple TV box! Do they come in different sizes?
are you sure you are not trying to put it into the microUsb connector?
As long as the lead looks like the image I posted above it should be fine:
ok was having a dumb blonde moment :-) got my apple tv plugged into the TV but how do I watch netflix on it?!
Use your TV's input selection to access the input the Apple TV is connected to. The Netflix icon appears in the Home page so you proceed from there (obviously you will have to be connected to your network through wifi or ethernet).
Using Apple TV with sky?
