A few ways this is different:<p>With AirPlay, you can&#x27;t initiate the connection from your Apple TV. With Remote Buddy Display, you can.<p>With AirPlay, you can&#x27;t control your apps with the Apple TV remote. With Remote Buddy Display, you can.<p>With AirPlay, there is a delay between the physical movement of the mouse and the movement of the mouse cursor. With Remote Buddy, there isn&#x27;t as the mouse position is tracked directly by the Apple TV app on the Apple TV. This kind of WYSIWYG makes hitting small targets a lot easier.<p>With AirPlay, you&#x27;d need a wireless keyboard and mouse. Most Macs sold today are portables, however, where a wireless keyboard and mouse is not commonly used. And then, there&#x27;s the range problem. If your Mac sits downstairs and the Bluetooth signal is blocked by the floor&#x2F;ceiling inbetween, how do you control it with these? With Remote Buddy Display, the Mac, keyboard and mouse can stay out of the living room - and the Macs Bluetooth range does not play a role.<p>I don&#x27;t think Remote Buddy Display reinvents the wheel, but in general I&#x27;m a big fan of reinventing it, because it&#x27;s the only way to remove limitations of the previous design. Wheels themselves show this quite nicely. The world would still be stuck with this if nobody had ever reinvented it: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Wheel#&#x2F;media&#x2F;File:Roue_primitive.png" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Wheel#&#x2F;media&#x2F;File:Roue_primiti...</a> ;-)