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<blockquote data-quote="MJGraf" data-source="post: 751734" data-attributes="member: 17886">Re: CouchPotato - an iPhone remote app for MediaPortal (preview)[USER=81856]jmarc[/USER]: This is interesting. When I was trying the app I was thinking exactly about the question whether IPhone/Ipad's display should be in sync with the screen. But the answer depends in my opinion on the use case:When I'm sitting in my living room and just want to start some music without turning on the tv set, I don't need the displays to be in sync - but if they are, I wouldn't mind.When I'm sitting in the kitchen and want to stream some music to my IPad, I don't need the displays to be in sync, either. It would even be detrimental, because I cannot rule out that someone else is just watching tv in the living room.When I'm sitting in front of the tv set and use the IPad to scroll through the tv program I may want the displays to be synced (in particular when I've not yet started watching a show and I'm just looking for a tv show together with someone else, who doesn't see the IPad but the tv) or I may want the IPad to be independant from the tv (when I'm already watching a show and just want to go through the program to see what else is on tv).The conclusion is that it is hardly possible to guess whether the user wants the displays to be in sync or not. The only case in which syncing doesn't make sense is in my opinion when you want to use the IPad/IPhone to stream something and, hence, use the device as a player - not a remote. In all other cases a little button would be great to toggle &quot;in sync&quot; or &quot;independant&quot;.But this is really a look into the far future ;-)Michael</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MJGraf, post: 751734, member: 17886"] [b]Re: CouchPotato - an iPhone remote app for MediaPortal (preview)[/b] [USER=81856]jmarc[/USER]: This is interesting. When I was trying the app I was thinking exactly about the question whether IPhone/Ipad's display should be in sync with the screen. But the answer depends in my opinion on the use case: When I'm sitting in my living room and just want to start some music without turning on the tv set, I don't need the displays to be in sync - but if they are, I wouldn't mind. When I'm sitting in the kitchen and want to stream some music to my IPad, I don't need the displays to be in sync, either. It would even be detrimental, because I cannot rule out that someone else is just watching tv in the living room. When I'm sitting in front of the tv set and use the IPad to scroll through the tv program I may want the displays to be synced (in particular when I've not yet started watching a show and I'm just looking for a tv show together with someone else, who doesn't see the IPad but the tv) or I may want the IPad to be independant from the tv (when I'm already watching a show and just want to go through the program to see what else is on tv). The conclusion is that it is hardly possible to guess whether the user wants the displays to be in sync or not. The only case in which syncing doesn't make sense is in my opinion when you want to use the IPad/IPhone to stream something and, hence, use the device as a player - not a remote. In all other cases a little button would be great to toggle "in sync" or "independant". But this is really a look into the far future ;-) Michael [/QUOTE]

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