A free alternative to the Apple TV for PC?
I was trying to use my PC (not Mac) to stream my iPad 4th generation, as in I want to stream my iPad screen onto the computer, a bit like mirroring...
Any suggestions?
Hi Mathew I use reflector nor sure if it was free work got it for me So go check it out
http://www.airsquirrels.com/reflector/
Umm it will only work over wifi and you have got robe on the same router
I have found when 4 or more devices on the wifi router it can get laggy but not to bad
If by chance you have a raspberry pi look at
http://www.raspbmc.com/
Just like the Apple TV u can watch I player and things like Netflix
Have fun hope this helps
Alex
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