Yes, I display on a large screen TV using an AppleTV connected to the TV and Air Parrot 2 software on my notebook which sends the computer display to the AppleTV via the wifi. This works very nicely. Air Parrot also works with the Chromecast ‘dongle’ which is cheaper than an Apple TV but I haven’t tried it.
The only disadvantage is that you are still in a single display environment – you don’t get an extended desktop so they see exactly what is on the notebook display.
Another thing I tried recently is to use an iPad or Android Tablet as a second screen on my notebook – I do this with iDisplay for the iPad and Air Display for the Android Tablet. This extends my notebook screen and allows me to put the 3D render on the tablet.
I have yet to try it but you may then be able to echo the tablet screen to the TV via normal iPad or Android functions (you would still need Apple TV or Chromecast). The advantage of this would be that you can let the client move the 3D display round on the pad and they can watch the display change on the big TV!
I’ll be trying this second method in a week or 10 days and will report back.
A genuine wireless HDMI solution is about $300 – HDMI dongle for your notebook and a receiver for your TV but again, this then works as an extended display.
Hope this helps.
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