This will take a second to explain, but the crux of the matter is that the camera on my iPhone X, while screen sharing to my TV, is stuck in the vertical orientation and does not fill my TV. This was not the case on my iPhone 6.
The reason is that: I love that I got to ditch cable tv. Netflix and amazon and hbo along with iTunes covers all my needs. Except the NFL. Which is like basically a fortune or impossible to get access to without cable. But recently they started doing streams of big games to phones for free. Example, I could watch the superbowl for free on my phone, but not my iPad or Apple TV, and streaming from the phone over airplay is locked out.
Solution. Play the Super Bowl and various other games on my phone. I then set my iPad or spare phone up with the camera turned on and focused on the screen of the device playing the superbowl. I then stream the camera of that phone to my tv. Plug in the audio jack to my sound sticks and I'm golden. it actually looks great as crazy as this sounds. And while I realize the ridiculousness of this set up, I also realize the ridiculousness of sports television contracts and this is a blaring example of why they need to negotiate more deals with streaming services.
The problem I'm having, is that the iPhone X's camera, no matter what way you orient the device, seems to only stream in the vertical position. Is there a solution to that?
(Strictly theoretical of course)
The reason is that: I love that I got to ditch cable tv. Netflix and amazon and hbo along with iTunes covers all my needs. Except the NFL. Which is like basically a fortune or impossible to get access to without cable. But recently they started doing streams of big games to phones for free. Example, I could watch the superbowl for free on my phone, but not my iPad or Apple TV, and streaming from the phone over airplay is locked out.
Solution. Play the Super Bowl and various other games on my phone. I then set my iPad or spare phone up with the camera turned on and focused on the screen of the device playing the superbowl. I then stream the camera of that phone to my tv. Plug in the audio jack to my sound sticks and I'm golden. it actually looks great as crazy as this sounds. And while I realize the ridiculousness of this set up, I also realize the ridiculousness of sports television contracts and this is a blaring example of why they need to negotiate more deals with streaming services.
The problem I'm having, is that the iPhone X's camera, no matter what way you orient the device, seems to only stream in the vertical position. Is there a solution to that?
(Strictly theoretical of course)