Photo Quality Airplay and AppleTV 2

Hi and thanks for reading,
I just bought a 50'' Full HD TV and made some test with my Apple TV 2.
I noticed that by Air Playing my iPhone photoes I have not the same definition and quality that I have by uploading my photos from my iPhone to the TV buildin photo viewer, which on the contrary makes them looking great.
Is this due to the fact that with AppleTV 2 photoes aswell are mirrored in 720p instead of 1080p?
Can I expect to fix the issue by upgrading to an AppleTV 3 @ 1080p?
Many tnxs

There are several variables here at work.
Wireless vs Wired
Video source and original quality,
Internet Speed.
Your difference between wired and wireless is really high. Unless your wifi is heavily used, or you have interference, the difference is too high to be natural. There's probably something else there cutting your bandwidth in half when you go wireless.
The higher quality a video is, the larger its file size is going to be. Which means its going to need a better internet connection to stream reasonably, otherwise its going to stop continuously to buffer. This should in general terms not affect the actual quiality of the video, only the streaming experience.
Some sites adjust the video quality depending on the internet connection to provide a smoother stream at the cost of picture quality. 
Where are you viewing these Tv shows from? If Netflix is satisfactory in terms of quality, then the MacBook is not the issue.
As far as your speed goes, its average, even a little low I would say but shouyld still be capably of streaming standard definition movies correctly. .
RWP123 wrote:
Finally to confirm: the screen resolution of the ipad has no effect on the viewed picture quality on the HD TV using airplay and AppleTV?
That is correct. The screen resolution is just that. It does not affect the video output to a TV as that is more dependant on the video type. All 3 iPads currently on the market will output an HD movie at the same 1080p resolution.

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