I hate to be a jerk and sort of derail the enthusiasm for next week's announcements, but I was hoping some of the resident Apple experts could help out with a problem I seem to be having.
First part of the problem is that I've started watching Game of Thrones and I've become hooked. I've got the first two season through iTunes and am watching them as fervently as my schedule will allow.
Second part of the problem is that the Apple TV is in the bedroom. Wife and kids who often happen to be in the bedroom aren't exactly the target audience of some of the themes in GoT (especially the kids). So while I prefer to watch the shows streaming on ATV, that's not always possible.
Solutions I have tried so far include watching on my iPad in a different room after kidlets are sleeping. All of the episodes show up in the Videos app. However, it takes a long ass time for those shows to load. Whereas I click on the episode on the ATV and usually wait no more than 10-15 seconds (and more often much less) for the show to start, that is not the case on the iPad.
Both the iPad and the ATV are on wi-fi and I've tried watching on the iPad in different areas of the house. Sitting in the same room as the ATV or even next to the wireless router doesn't seem to improve anything on the iPad.
So what gives? Why is the ATV so much better at streaming than my iPad? Is there anything I can do to rectify this problem?
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