HDMI Monitor - Orion
External Display System
#1 Keyword Rankings
Today
Top 10 Rankings
Today
Top 30 Rankings
Today
Top 100 Rankings
Today

Description

TVs and Computer Monitors are large, cumbersome devices. Wouldn’t it be a treat if you could use the portable screen you already have with you as an HDMI monitor for cameras, game consoles, computers or other devices?

Say “Hello” to the Orion Video System, a software application from Lux Entertainment and Optics Inc. With a simple USB-C Capture Card, or “dongle” and the free Orion Video System application, getting a big screen is never a big hassle*.

*Requires iOS 17, an iPad with USB-C, and a USB-C Video Capture Card.

WHAT TO USE ORION FOR

Orion is perfect for turning your iPad into a portable display for your camera, so you can check your framing, focus, color and more when taking video or stills. Or connect Orion to a game console for gaming on the go or when needing a quick, fantastic monitor and set of speakers. You can also hook Orion up to a Mac, PC or other HDMI capable devices to get an extra screen to output video to.

FEATURES

Orion is jam packed with amazing features. From the simple things like sharing a quick screenshot of your video feed to a quick, convenient set of controls and intuitive user manual, Orion makes your iPad an excellent external HDMI monitor. With Orion Pro — a one time upgrade — you can also adjust the video brightness (from regular brightness to darker than the system brightness), upscale HD video or games with our AI powered 4K upscaler, or enjoy a retro movie or game with the 3-way retro CRT Emulation system.

In addition to this, Orion collects and shares ZERO data. Free is truly free: no ads, no tracking, no nonsense.

Other great features include full audio passthrough for playing HDMI device connected audio directly to AirPods or other connected devices; sharing full videos from your device with iPadOS Screen Recording, and more.

ABOUT

Orion is a Fun Project developed by the minds of Lux Entertainment and Optics Incorporated. Our collaboration team includes Anton Heestand, Jelmar Geertsma, Jonathan Hollander, Cabel Sasser, Louie Mantia and of course our families who so lovingly support our silly and loving work on apps. Also check out Halide, Spectre and Skylight — our other apps, and please leave us a review if you like our app.
Hide.. Show more..

In-Apps

Orion One Time Purchase
£4.99

Screenshots

User Rating

4.17 out of 5

146 ratings in United Kingdom

5 star
108
4 star
7
3 star
4
2 star
2
1 star
25

Ratings History

Reviews

Rubbish

a user of this app on

App did not work, to much “style” over substance, “manual” no help at all, not sure if app is just complete rubbish or if the HDMI device I bought is faulty, because the app does not indicate or acknowledge if anything is connected. Tip for developers - lose the annoying intro to the manual, and the silly gimmicks, and have the manual contain actual useful information like what to check if it does not work.

Why such bad lag?

Markyd7 on

My 1st test was with my laptop in Photoshop and Premiere Pro. If you’re using the iPad as just a display it’s fine, but if you try and work from that display the lag is just too much! 2nd Test was with the Nintendo Switch. Again the lag was just too much to play anything for a long period of time! I thought maybe it was just the cheap £12 3ft hdmi cable that I’d brought, but after trying a couple of other apps that do the same the lag on those was tiny! It’s a shame as the this app is nicely presented. To the developer. Why is the lag so bad? Is this something you’ll fix?

Bit of a con

Poromies on

I bought, and received confirmation of purchase, but when I open the app it keeps asking me to upgrade. If I try to restore purchase it does not work.

Good when it works

sjmshepherd on

Half the time it doesn’t recognise that there is an input, and I don’t know how much the AI is actually doing to upscale my Switch input

Excellent.

GreenScarf on

Excellent and beautiful. It’s for a niche but if you’re in that niche, Orion is an absolute delight.

Does not work

flyingcoppertop on

Terrible interface. Worked briefly using a Guermok HDMI to USB C Dongle until I paid for the upgrade, then it stopped working.

Didn’t work

dankevin08 on

It did not work for me.

Terrible Lag and Display Issues

DeanoUK87 on

Orion promised a lot, but it's a massive disappointment. I bought the suggested HDMI dongle and expected a seamless experience, but instead, I got unbearable input lag, annoying screen tearing, and absolutely no sound with my video inputs. To add to the frustration, despite the promotional images and demo video showing full-screen content, everything is displayed in a heavily letterboxed format. Even classic 4:3 aspect ratio games like NES, SNES, and PS1 are reduced to a tiny box on the screen. The CRT filters, while a nice addition, suffer from an overwhelming rainbow effect that's more distracting than nostalgic. It's an eyesore. On top of that, the 4K upscale feature is so subtle that you won't even notice a difference when toggling it on and off. It's another letdown when you expect a noticeable enhancement.

Works seamlessly

tomwagstaffprod on

A fantastic app that works perfectly for using your iPad as a secondary display. I currently use it alongside my main monitor for my PC and as an external display for my camera to help line up my shots. I did buy the optional upgrade but that was to help the development team and to hopefully lead to further updates (but I’m happy with the app as is)

Simple and effective, fantastic little app.

Roman666 on

..

Store Rankings

Ranking History

App Ranking History not available yet

Category Rankings

App is not ranked yet

Keywords

Users may also like

Name
Prompt 2
SSH to your servers with style
Amplosion: Redirect AMP Links
Automatically go to normal
Banish - Block 'Open in App'
Hide annoying popups in Safari
Achoo HTML Viewer & Inspector
Tweak page, and customizable!
Vinegar - Tube Cleaner
Better video player
StopTheMadness Mobile
Take back your web browser
Petey - AI Chat
Chatbot to Write, Find & Learn
Genki Studio
UVC Viewer
Dongled
Open Source UVC App
HDMI Monitor - Vidzik
Use your Device as Display
Show More

Revenue and Downloads

Gain valuable insights into HDMI Monitor - Orion performance with our analytics. Sign up now to access downloads, revenue, and more.

App Info

Category
Utilities
Languages
English
Recent version
1.0.2 (9 months ago )
Released on
Sep 20, 2023 (10 months ago )
Last updated
1 month ago