Intel Wireless Display: From Your Notebook To The Big Screen

[cangelini]

Intel announced its Wireless Display technology at CES 2010. Best Buy is already selling three different notebooks with the feature, and Intel's Spring Peak platform supports it. We test WiDi's performance, quality, and capabilities in a home theater.

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[blashyrkh]

hmm.... First we had computer hacking over wifi. Now we'll have TV signal hacking over wifi!! Hehehe!!!
Why don't we check what the neighbors are watching!! Oh!! It's home made pron!! Good for me!!

/lol

 

[SchizoFrog]

[citation][nom]blashyrkh[/nom]hmm.... First we had computer hacking over wifi. Now we'll have TV signal hacking over wifi!! Hehehe!!! Why don't we check what the neighbors are watching!! Oh!! It's home made pron!! Good for me!!/lol[/citation]
Just be careful with the porn... Yo might find it's a lesbian couple in their 70's acting out '2 girls, 1 cup'... *Instant spinal shivers...*

 

[taltamir]

what an epic fail... a locked tech that requires you to use an intel laptop with locked software? arrg!

I wanted this to stream from my desktop to my TV in the other room. Now they tell me that if I want to buy this I have to buy an intel laptop with their "HD" video (lowest performing video card on the market)

this sucks.

 

[JohnnyLucky]

Interesting article.

 

[twisted politiks]

getting there, now give me a wireless card for my desktop coupled with an HDMI to wifi plug thing-a-majig to plug into the back of my t.v. so i can do this without buying another computer, adding to my already 5 computers under one roof. honestly, how hard can it be?

 

[alexcheng]

Am I to be expecting to see desktop monitors all with wireless connection in another 6 months??? ;0

But good idea... now I can take my 55" TV to my bathroom! xD

 

[huron]

Seems like a nice bonus, but not a real viable option because of all the restrictions. With some nice improvements, this could be a cool technology.

 

[cknobman]

I still prefer my Kodak HD MediaServer I picked up for $50 on woot. Streams anything I want from my media server (dvd and bluray if I choose) either wireless or hard line and is connected to my TV via HDMI. Picture so good I cant complain although it did take some tweaking of my network to run smooth. Had to reposition my wireless router to be more central in home. Stupid cheap ass Verizon ActionTek router sucks so I may upgrade to a new router soon.

Best $50 I ever spent.

 

[Guest]

I stopped reading the article after reading "WoW dailies..."

 

[RazberyBandit]

Besides the already mentioned locked tech in Intel laptops, it only has 2-channel audio? That's definitely not what I have in mind when I think of "Home Theater" at all. No thanks.

 

[gsacks]

It is interesting tech. Too bad it is tied to intel's crappy integrated gfx.

 

[Guest]

The 0.5 second delay kills any usefulness. (Visible at 2:40 in the video). Useless for gaming, useless for webrowsing or office apps - anything that requires mouse-screen coordination.

Only useful for watching vids (assuming the sound is encoded and sent with the video).

 

[chomlee]

[citation][nom]cknobman[/nom]I still prefer my Kodak HD MediaServer I picked up for $50 on woot. Streams anything I want from my media server (dvd and bluray if I choose) either wireless or hard line and is connected to my TV via HDMI. Picture so good I cant complain although it did take some tweaking of my network to run smooth. Had to reposition my wireless router to be more central in home. Stupid cheap ass Verizon ActionTek router sucks so I may upgrade to a new router soon. Best $50 I ever spent.[/citation]

Crap, I saw that too and I passed on it. I now regret it because I can't find a cheap HD media player for that price anywhere now!

 

[cangelini]

[citation][nom]LCD Guru[/nom]The 0.5 second delay kills any usefulness. (Visible at 2:40 in the video). Useless for gaming, useless for webrowsing or office apps - anything that requires mouse-screen coordination.Only useful for watching vids (assuming the sound is encoded and sent with the video).[/citation]

Correct, and that's something I harp on several times in the piece. This is *only* useful for those folks who'll be watching video (and yes, on page two the encode/decode process is described in more detail--it's an MPEG-2 stream).

 

[thegreathuntingdolphin]

I don't think this technology holds much for now. Maybe in the future when cheaper laptops can easily output 1080p over wireless.

All this device seems good for is watching hulu and giving slide shows...which begs the question why not just use cables directly attached to the TV? So many Blu Ray players have Pandora, Youtube, and Netflix. It is only a matter of time before they get Hulu.

It just seems too costly for its limited to use. For the extra cost of a laptop capable of even producing and streaming bluray or HD content (which this thing cant even do), you could buy or build a cheap HTPC - Case Closed!

 

[curiousgeorgieo]

I have been using this for wireless audio and video to my HDTV for a while and it's awesome without the limitations of "just your notebook". Just plug the usb in and you're good to go on any pc/notebook. Only prob is that you'll have to wait for the next gen to get 1080p. Intel's version is probably more refined/newer though?

http://www.ncix.com/products/?sku=47509&vpn=SWP100A&manufacture=Warpia

 

[TeraMedia]

If you have a large, distributed office where the presenting employees all have these laptops, and all conference rooms have these netgear devices, and there are a lot of presentations going on, this might be useful. But even the syncing would be a nuisance because you'd have to sync up each time you entered a different conf room.

I like the Win 7 "push to" concept better. If I can find a screen as easily as I can find a printer (assuming IT has made that process easy), and I can push to that screen as easily as I could print to a printer, that would be good for presenting. Otherwise, I'll stick to a VGA connector.

 

[cangelini]

[citation][nom]curiousgeorgieo[/nom]I have been using this for wireless audio and video to my HDTV for a while and it's awesome without the limitations of "just your notebook". Just plug the usb in and you're good to go on any pc/notebook. Only prob is that you'll have to wait for the next gen to get 1080p. Intel's version is probably more refined/newer though?http://www.ncix.com/products/?sku= [...] ure=Warpia[/citation]

To be fair, the benefit of Wireless Display would be that it's a feature being enabled on compatible notebooks "free of charge." It's debatable whether the inclusion of Netgear's adapter is driving up the price of Core i5/i3 notebooks, but even if the full cost of the device is wrapped into the total cost, it's still $100 vs. $179 for the Warpia setup. Best-case scenario, it's a value-add for the folks buying these notebooks. More than anything, for me, it's interesting to know *how* the technology works, where its strengths lie, and identifying it's clear and present limitations!

 

[ondigo]

I do not understand the need for this device. Just buy simple media player (CinemaTube, O!Play and etc) plug it to the TV and stream video. That's all

 

[cangelini]

[citation][nom]ondigo[/nom]I do not understand the need for this device. Just buy simple media player (CinemaTube, O!Play and etc) plug it to the TV and stream video. That's all[/citation]

If you can get it for "free" with your notebook purchase, why would you buy the media player, though? =)

 

[jeraldjunkmail]

First gen tech, will be much improved...

 

[jimmysmitty]

I think what will solve some wireless bandwidth problems for this tech is WiMAX. Should boost it to near 1080P capable video and 5.1 surround sound.

 

[Lutfij]

lol - hackers trying to sell us their garbage - reminds me of how the hacker in GAMER contacted the lil kid

 

[senutti]

thank u so much...'am reali reali very much thankful to you..as i am taking a seminar on this topic was searching a lot to know about the technology behind WiDi..u helped me a lot..thank u..if possible could u give some more related infoz...i will be grateful..mail me senutti@gmail.com..thank u..