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Question: I realize that you have to have Apple TV to use AirPlay, but assuming you have an iPhone, iPad and/or Mac, what can't you just mirror from one of these devices using AirPlay instead of using the Apple TV interface?
Unnecessary background: I finally got to test drive Apple TV at an Apple store last weekend, and I was more impressed than I expected, mostly it was the resolution of every app/channel I tried was better than expected. I will probably buy Apple TV or a Roku 3, though I'm tempted to wait for the next version of Apple TV since it's been so long since the last update. We're a mixed household, Android and iOS devices, so the Roku 3 has it's appeal as well. Both have some apps/channels the other doesn't, but since we have two iPads and we can bring up almost anything on them, if we have Apple TV with AirPlay - why would we bother with the Apple TV interface, and we'd have pretty much everything Roku offers on our iPads even if not on Apple TV itself. Though we won't save money on initial purchase, we'd have broader access than Apple TV by just using the iPad and AirPlay?
The one shortcoming with Apple TV that I noticed, when searching youtube, flickr, vimeo, search failed to find pictures/videos that I know exist, that Google or the native youtube, flickr, vimeo apps would find. IOW, it appeared whatever search Apple TV uses might be inferior?
Unnecessary background: I finally got to test drive Apple TV at an Apple store last weekend, and I was more impressed than I expected, mostly it was the resolution of every app/channel I tried was better than expected. I will probably buy Apple TV or a Roku 3, though I'm tempted to wait for the next version of Apple TV since it's been so long since the last update. We're a mixed household, Android and iOS devices, so the Roku 3 has it's appeal as well. Both have some apps/channels the other doesn't, but since we have two iPads and we can bring up almost anything on them, if we have Apple TV with AirPlay - why would we bother with the Apple TV interface, and we'd have pretty much everything Roku offers on our iPads even if not on Apple TV itself. Though we won't save money on initial purchase, we'd have broader access than Apple TV by just using the iPad and AirPlay?
The one shortcoming with Apple TV that I noticed, when searching youtube, flickr, vimeo, search failed to find pictures/videos that I know exist, that Google or the native youtube, flickr, vimeo apps would find. IOW, it appeared whatever search Apple TV uses might be inferior?