Use an iPad Pro (or Laptop!) as a Portable Monitor - Shadowcast 2 Review

[@UKnowItsTrue2]

Very cool, my iPad Pro has a lightning connector, I wonder if it will work with a usb-c to lightning cable?

[@Englandflick]

No. It will not work

[@hero3616]

Can this be used on a Windows PC that has an hdmi port and use iPad pro as a portable secondary monitor?

[@FamilyGeekery]

Yes. Basically any HDMI device can be used with this.

[@hero3616]

@@FamilyGeekery thank you. Just ordered it. I don’t care about gaming or capturing video. Just wanna use ipad as a 2nd portable monitor with a thinkpad just like i can do with a macbook pro. Hopefully it’ll work.

[@FamilyGeekery]

@hero3616 let me know how it goes!

[@hero3616]

@@FamilyGeekery I just received it (1 day delay from Amazon Prime) and it works great with an LG Gram 14 + iPad Pro 12.9 inch. Pinch and speakers on iPad also works. It doesn't scale and fit the iPad screen as good as it does with a macbook pro but it's acceptable. I assume it'll work fine with ThinkPads too. I can't thank you and youtube enough for this! I wrote this msg on ipad screen from LG Gram keyboard :)

[@hero3616]

@@FamilyGeekery So it doesn't charge the iPad while connected as expected b/c it's just fed by HDMI which doesn't carry power. Is there any good 2 port small dongle that I can get to charge and use ipad as a second monitor from the PC at the same time? Or not an option?