Airplay, mirroring, Keynote and image resolution

There are two ways in which a Keynote presentation running on iPad 2 can be mirrored on an external monitor: (1) through Airplay and Apple TV, or (2) by connecting directly to a monitor using the Digital AV Adapter.
My question: is the resolution of the images in the Keynote presentation (which were prepared on a Mac and not on the iPad) impaired in any way when they're displayed on the external monitor? Are both of the above methods equally good?
Or expressed in another way: Would the images look sharper/better if the Keynote presentation was running on a Mac laptop connected to the external monitor?
Your input/help on this would be much appreciated!

Sounds like an OSX issue... try posting to the appropriate Mac forum.

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jonvid
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Read > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5404 AirPlay Mirroring requires an Early 2011 or newer MacBook Pro, so your MacBook Pro isn't supported.
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