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Re:Popcorn Time Devs Drop Like Flies But No One Will Talk by catshirt on Sunday April 20, 2014 @07:03PM (#7618803)
it's weird to me you are suggesting Napster was "refined" for it's time, but Apple TV and Chromecast are not currently. it seems like a double standard.

> If someone were to build Popcorn Time as an iPhone or Android app that streams to Chromecast / AppleTV

why does moving Popcorn Time from the desktop iOS environment to the mobile iOS environment suddenly make this more so much more viable? seems like a pretty insignificant detail if you ask me.

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Re:Popcorn Time Devs Drop Like Flies But No One Will Talk by Touche on Monday April 21, 2014 @11:42AM (#7621605)
Apple TV and Chromecast are refined when playing known-content (from apps). When playing content that is mirrored from a PC there is all sorts of problems. There can often be lag. It eats your PC battery so you have to go find the power supply and find a table to plug in your laptop while you're mirroring.
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