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I have been using an Amazon Fire Stick plugged directly into an HDMI port on the back of the tv. It does nor require a 110 power input and connects over wifi. The Fire Stick also has an Apple TV+ application that you can download for free to allow you to watch anything on that service if you have a subscription with Apple. Additionally, the Fire Stick has substantially more apps than Apple. When on sale, you can get various models of the fire stick from $20.00 to $40.00. I am very satisfied with this product.
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The Fire Stick comes with a USB cable and power adapter. I have not used it on either my salon tv or the stateroom tv. Every once in a while, when an over the air update is available for the Fire Stick a notice will come up suggesting that you attach to USB power. I never have, and it has never been an issue. I even use these at home on my TV's without USB power hookup.
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Can't say about Apple TV but we have a Roku that works great. Gets power from an unused USB port right on the back of the TV. The only difficulty at all was taking the TV down to get enough access to plug things in (and that was not very difficult, just slightly tricky for one person).
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I went the Roku stick route, and so far so good except for one issue - the NBC app is showing live news for New York even though i'm in seattle and am logged in with my Xfinity Seattle cable account... grr..
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Since your question is about power, I am assuming you have Internet access via WiFi.
In cases WiFi Internet is not available, I am using a couple of adapters (1x USB-C to HDMI adapter for my iPad, 1x Lighting-to-HDMI for my iPhone) and stream from those devices to TVs using the TV+ app.
Downloading Apple+ content to the iPad has been an issue, unless you start the downloads while connected to the TV. I did that and binge watched Ted Lasso. Otherwise, I stream via LTE & 5G. The content counts against my iPhone Hotspot allowance, but I have a 40GB limit.
Both adapters allow you to attach the appropriate power source, if needed. I generally do not run out of battery power that quickly. There are also simpler adapters.
Here is my iPad adapter.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0719 ... UTF8&psc=1
In cases WiFi Internet is not available, I am using a couple of adapters (1x USB-C to HDMI adapter for my iPad, 1x Lighting-to-HDMI for my iPhone) and stream from those devices to TVs using the TV+ app.
Downloading Apple+ content to the iPad has been an issue, unless you start the downloads while connected to the TV. I did that and binge watched Ted Lasso. Otherwise, I stream via LTE & 5G. The content counts against my iPhone Hotspot allowance, but I have a 40GB limit.
Both adapters allow you to attach the appropriate power source, if needed. I generally do not run out of battery power that quickly. There are also simpler adapters.
Here is my iPad adapter.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0719 ... UTF8&psc=1