07-14-2014, 02:18 PM
We've misplaced our little silver AppleTV remote. On the other hand, in order to watch Orange is the new Black, this led me to discover the free "Remote" app (by Apple, IIRC), which makes my iPad 2 into a larger, much easier to use AppleTV remote. Basically turns it into a large touchpad for navigating, plus you get the iPad's on-screen keyboard for entering text (for searching and the like), with the bonus that I can play any off the songs/videos in our iTunes library through the receiver my TV is hooked up to.
Wish I could control my 3rd party electronics too- TV, receiver, but that would require an IR transmitter. The iPad does it's stuff over wireless network. Which is not bad- don't have to point the damn thing, and it's pretty responsive too (although it takes a second to link up when you first fire it up).
Anyway, I'm happy. Lots of consumer electronics advertise (or give lip service to) interactivity through one obscure protocol or another, which rarely seems to work. This works, pretty well and pain free.
Wish I could control my 3rd party electronics too- TV, receiver, but that would require an IR transmitter. The iPad does it's stuff over wireless network. Which is not bad- don't have to point the damn thing, and it's pretty responsive too (although it takes a second to link up when you first fire it up).
Anyway, I'm happy. Lots of consumer electronics advertise (or give lip service to) interactivity through one obscure protocol or another, which rarely seems to work. This works, pretty well and pain free.