Hi James,

Not sure what you're looking at, but AppleTV has nothing to do with Mersive. 
I'm not trying to sell their stuff, just quite fond of it after the 
frustrations of what the network needs to have done to it (bigger networks are 
worse) for AppleTV.

I see TCO of AppleTV as $99 (for AppleTV) + lots of hours dorking with the 
network + lots of support issues when it becomes a service so relied on that it 
simply can't tolerate almost-guaranteed disruption/unpredictability + time 
spent trying to accommodate non-Apple devices = AppleTV actually costs hundreds 
(or thousands) of dollars and leaves you with a network you'd probably prefer 
not to have, and a fragmented "what device can do what" environment for diplay 
mirroring.

I like the Mersive paradigm as an alternative- it asks nothing of the network. 
Although I'd still like to see Apple fix their own limitations.

-Lee


Lee H. Badman
Network Architect/Wireless TME
ITS, Syracuse University
315.443.3003

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Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Apple TV display mirroring spectrum use in HD wifi

Hi Lee,

On 16/01/14 06:27, Lee H Badman wrote:
> To allow for display mirroring (and a lot more functionality) for ALL
> device types we are strongly leaning towards Mersive's Soltice software.
> It requires zero network reconfiguration, no multicast, and just fits
> like a glove. We are negotiating on $$ with Mersive after successful demos

Does it actually mirror any iOS display natively? I had a quick look at
the datasheet and it says "Mirror iOS content via Apple TV connection".

We got a demo of Crestron AirMedia yesterday and were unimpressed with
its lack of mirroring from iOS - you can only display from their app. If
we were happy with that, our projectors (Epson) have their own app
available now. For us, being a K-12 school that only has Apple devices,
the Apple TV is a no brainer given its price.

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James Andrewartha
Network & Projects Engineer
Christ Church Grammar School
Claremont, Western Australia
Ph. (08) 9442 1757
Mob. 0424 160 877

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