Airplay Mirroring in Mountain Lion

I have just installed osx Mountain Lion and trying to use airplay mirroring from my mid 2011 MBP to my ATV2.  When activating airplay, I get sound to my tv but no picture, any help please???

So far to me this looks like the biggest bait and switch in history - - maybe bigger than the Madoff fraud.   Apple NEVER ANYWHERE said there were system requirements for this before they released it.
Apple is CRAZY for doing this since the primary interest in Airplay is to use it for Powerpoint slides in offices and get rid of the cables.
We bought 5 Apple TV's in anticipation of this launch, now less than half of our Macs work with it.
We are a software company that actually does some Mac products.  We are OUTRAGED at this ridiculous marketing ploy.
For those of us that have been around the comptuer business for a while, we know that some 27 year old harvard MBA product manager at Apple convinced Apple management that by not supporting older machines they would "create more Mac sales by generating upgrade business because this is such a hot feature".
I recommend airparrot.com.   And DON"T UPGRADE YOUR MAC.

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    Look here and cry:
    https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4135319?tstart=0
    Same boat buddy.....your boned, and apple couldn't give a damm.

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    <Edited by Host>

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    From Cult of Mac:
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