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Originally Posted by Burninator
So I don't get the hype surround this then.
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Maybe it's just not intended for you...the hype is that I can start a movie on say the iPad, watch part of it on the big screen, then pack up and resume where I left off, as an example. That's one use.
The bigger picture is that the digital media hub aspects of iTunes are coming home to roost on Apple's mobile products - in essence, Apple has skipped the home media server concept and put that functionality into their mobile devices. Couple that with a cloud storage solution, and you've got all your media in the remote control.
Another interesting aspect of AirPlay is that it more or less becomes the defacto method of putting apps on your TV. The iPhone or iPad displays the controls and handles the interactive part of the app, while the big screen handles the app's output. When I think of NHL Gamecenter live functioning this way, I start to drool.
So long term you not only have all your media in the remote control, but the remote control also becomes an infinitely adaptable and customizable interface to that content.
If you ask me, this completely leapfrogs the old-school approach that Google is taking with GoogleTV, which is much like the failed WebTV Microsoft attempted, where the interface is onscreen, and you've got to come up with a remote control with lots of buttons or a clumsy Wii like interface to interact with it. Not to mention that the brains are tied to a set top box that you can't take with you, and that can't shift its content from the big screen to a portable device, since its permanently tethered to the TV.