Play video from MBP or iPad?

I have an Apple TV in the living room, and just downloaded some TV shows onto my MacBook Pro.  The Apple TV can play them from there over Wi-Fi ... or I could load the TV shows onto my iPad use that as my source.  Is one source better than the other?  Would I notice any difference if Apple TV gets the shows over Wi-Fi from my MBP or from my iPad?

there shouldn't be any difference... except that the ipad is not able to be controlled by the remote app and the Mac is...

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