Orion - HDMI Monitor
A small, fun app that helps you use your iPad as an external HDMI display for any camera, video game console, or even VHS.
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- Display Management
- Second monitor support
- Screen Mirroring
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What is Orion - HDMI Monitor?
Orion: Finally, a screen that goes anywhere!
Orion is a small, fun app that helps you use your iPad as an external HDMI display for any camera, video game console, or even VHS. Just plug in one of the bajillion inexpensive adapters, and Orion handles the rest.
We built this to scratch a few itches. First, in professional cinematography, it's common to connect an external screen to your camera to get a better view of the action. Orion not only gives you a bigger screen, but you can even share screenshots with your crew with a couple of taps.
We also built this for… pure fun. When traveling with a Nintendo Switch, it's a delight to play games on a bigger screen, especially alongside friends.
Orion goes a step beyond display. By default, inputs could look fuzzy on an iPad's retina display. (Why? The Switch runs a modest 1080p resolution, and even if it ran at a higher resolution, most adapters on the market can only run 60 frames per second at 1080P.) Orion sharpens those low resolution inputs with an AI powered upscaler!
Another perk is control over the brightness of the image beyond the iPad's screen brightness. If you're trying to view video in daylight, crank up brightness to HDR range for extra help. If you're on a late-night flight and don't want to bother anyone around you, make things darker than the iPad's darkest.
OK, I hear you ask, but how much does all of this cost? A camera monitor is hundreds of dollars. Well, Orion is free. Yep, free. If you want to support the app, get Orion Pro: It packs AI upscaling, CRT emulation for retro games, and image adjustments (and whatever else we cook up). It's a one-time upgrade for $5. It unlocks everything. No subscriptions.
Orion is a great alternative, although unlike Genki Studio, the latter has support for making annotations while displaying with an Apple pencil