The Curious SlimPort Nano Console: What Does It Do?

[scolaner]

Everybody wants to use their mobile devices on large screens, and there's a trend towards bringing those devices into the living room. Analogix's SlimPort Nano Console attempts to sate those appetites, and it does -- sort of.

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[Quixit]

Or you could just, you know, Chromecast your Android Phone to your Chromecast (or Miracast-compatible TV), or just get an HDMI out cable for your phone (almost all of them support these). Why do we need another version of the same old thing?

 

[dE_logics]

I don't understand why does this require a 'driver' in the first place.

Cant they just use standards?

 

[scolaner]

I don't understand why does this require a 'driver' in the first place.

Cant they just use standards?

It doesn't require a driver. It does use a standard. It's just that the standard isn't widely supported at this time.

 

[nixeblue]

-only way to get high bit/frame rate, true 4K content out of a smartphone to a 4K UHD TV, with no compression, and no lag. Best applications : gaming and watching 4K video content.
-Chromecast can cast, and it could even mirror to a certain degree, but there's no compression algorithm out there powerful enough to output 4K, at least not for a while...