I think I have deciphered that Android tablets have better integration with JRiver's Media Center than do Apple's offerring, but I am not certain of this and I can't quite figure where to place the ones running Microsoft 8 (ie Surface Pro).
What I want to be able to do, is mount tablets on the walls in certain areas of my house. I'd use them as zone controllers mostly, but in a few locations I'd use them to display video content streamed from MC19.
APPLE:
I know there is third party support via JRemote, but don't have any experience with it. (Don't own any Apple products currently)
I don't think Apple's products can do the video portion, is this correct? If so, then I am ruling them out.
ANDROID:
Gizmo works decently. I have some experience with it on my phone. (Don't currently own any tablets)
I think MC-Gizmo will stream video to Android devices, but I gather that this is a bit hit-or-miss. Which tablets work for video streaming?
WINDOWS 8:
Most expensive option, and don't see much in the forums regarding them. However, it seems to me that perhaps this would give the best MC19 control as you could use a full version of MC19 on the tablet to control a server of MC19 on the main PC. Making me think everything should work flawlessly and video would stream period.
So, is there a compelling reason to consider Android, iPad, or Windows Surface over the other?