I heard Rush gloating about AirPlay the other day and all I could think of was “Slingbox! Rush is talking about Slingbox.” Isn’t it about 2-3 years old? Sure it is because I could watch a computer screen remotely on a tv set using Slingbox but I guess that must have been through Windows and Apple is only now getting around to it.
I love it when Rush brags about some new whizbang Apple has come out with that I’ve been able to do for quite awhile. Yes, I know sometimes Apple comes out with stuff before a Windows equivalent comes out but I bet there are just as many things Windows users have done that Apple users like Rush regard as some new revelation when it has actually been available to the rest of us for a few years.
Except Apple has been doing it for 2 or 3 years now. I got my Apple TV when they first came out, and have long sent my Macbook and then my iPad screen output to my TV via Apple TV. Also have a Roku box, but still prefer my Apple TV box. Just because Slingbox was doing it, doesn't mean no one else was doing it. There's lots of vendors doing it. And Apple has been doing it a long time.