Just for the sake of completion, I loaded some flash games from the Google Chrome Web Store and AirParrot was back on its feet and bouncing. I tried reducing the frame rates and quality, but the game was still unplayable. The game was lagging and dropping frames all over the place. So I borrowed Hitman Absolution from a friend and fired it up. ![]() I am not much of a hardcore gamer but I knew I was going to win this round. Though playing back the rendered 1080p movie brought back the charm, I still had something to cling on. Yes, as a reviewer, I finally had something to complain. The video editing progressed as smoothly as possible but when I started to render the movie, AirParrot showed the first signs of fatigue. I started with some photo editing (Gimp) and I knew that would go smoothly. Initially, I thought of ending the review by the movies section, but the results I got made me to push this further. The best thing is that I can just bring my wireless mouse into the living room and browse through the huge library of movies on my hard disk, right on my TV and play it with a click. The results were out of the world! I was almost sure that I will have to tweak the quality of the video from Preferences to have a decent show but AirParrot seems to smoothly deliver even 1080p videos without any hiccups. Getting my hard disk full of films to show up on the big screen hasn’t been very easy till now. Watching movies with AirParrotįor me, this is the only reason I purchased AirParrot and to be honest, I was a little skeptical about how it would handle my 1080p movies. In my test, the presentations came out in bright colors and clarity and so did the light animation effects as seen in the above image. If you’re looking for an app for presentation purposes, you can be assured that AirParrot will serve it. Though I won’t be using this for myself, it might be helpful for many who have the projector connected to an Apple TV at their office or classroom. The results were again impressive, with smooth visuals and no dropped frames. Once again, AirParrot delivered perfect streams and it seemed as if I was using my mouse and keyboard directly with my HDTV.Ī Picassa slideshow of my college tour was next on the menu because that seemed like something I could really view on my TV at times. Double click Google Chrome and I browsed through certain simple blogs, then some news sites with picture & flash content and finally reached YouTube. Then came the turn of the thing I do most – surfing the internet. Not surprisingly, the stream was crystal clear and without any lags whatsoever. I just browsed through various folders, menus and Settings on my computer without opening any files except some basic text files. So far so good! General navigation with AirParrot ![]() But for an app dealing with such heavy broadcasting, I was surprised not to see even a single episode of lost connection from AirParrot during the test period. Generally, we see intermittent loss of connection plaguing many Wi-Fi based services and content streams. But here is a video on that and you can download AirParrot from here. I am not going to disgrace you with an elaborate how-to guide, which involves only 4-5 clicks. That’s all, your Windows or Mac computer is now Airplay mirroring to the Apple TV. Now on, you’ll have the green parrot icon on the tool bar: right click -> select Apple TV. ![]() ![]() Once a 3MB file is downloaded, you only need to open it once to enter the license code for activation. Though Squirrels have pushed out many updates in the interim, it still stands to be seen, how well AirParrot has managed to age. Their changelogs look great on paper but let’s see how AirParrot of 2014 performs in my following tests. You haven’t lived until you have edited a movie on a 55 inch screen.īut that was a couple of years ago and things have changed since. I then ran PowerPoint, Keynote, Chrome, and even iMovie: AirParrot knocked it out of the park. For me, I am all things XBMC and and therefore I am all things media, so my interest was in streaming movies, shows, and music and AirParrot handled it all. It opens up a world of possibilities to your laptops and desktop computers. In the end, AirParrot is a great option for work or entertainment, the home or office, the shed or your bathroom. In case you missed that, here is what umOuch had to say about AirParrot: Squirrels are the same guys who earlier turned every screen into an Apple TV with their Reflector app.ĪirParrot has been around for quite some time now and many of you might remember the in-depth review we threw in earlier. Thanks to AirParrot from Squirrels, you will be able to AirPlay mirror your Windows laptop or an old Mac incompatible with Mountain Lion or those who just don’t want to get that free upgrade to Mavericks (and why was that again?).
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