Never heard of Beamer, but I rarely stream/control video directly from the laptop. I've been using Air Video with both the iPad/iPhone (http://www.inmethod.com/

Never heard of Beamer, but I rarely stream/control video directly from the laptop. I've been using Air Video with both the iPad/iPhone (http://www.inmethod.com/air-video http://www.inmethod.com/air-video) + Drobo for media storage and it works like clockwork. I will still take a look at Beamer.