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Re: Wireless HDMI for Everyone

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Post by rohu1990 »

rohu1990 wrote: post #10

Their software is open source, that means if funding goes success and they release their software we could use any mini pc running ubuntu (or raspberry pi) as the dongle for tv.

And I hope their software would eventually support Android , which is really awesome for cheap android phones without WiDi. Even if they dont officially support some one would eventually port it to Android devices. Which makes it out of box solution for any Android tv stick.

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Post by mootothemax »

Sadly a better solution already exists: my 2012 Panasonic TV connects wirelessly to my network, and my laptop can stream videos to it without having to install anything, all via DLNA:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Living_Network_Alliance

Here's Panasonic's page outlining such features in their TVs:

http://www.panasonic.co.uk/html/en_GB/Products/VIERA+TV/VIER...

It's a lovely idea for retrofitting to older TVs, and sharing between laptops is really neat. For anyone who's bought a TV in the last couple of years, though, the device is redundant.

(it's also apparently very easy to share content from smartphones, tablets and so on, but I haven't had the need (or a chance) to independently play with this)

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Post by jebus989 »

SiVal wrote: post #5
jebus989 wrote: post #2

Firstly the public use cases are cool and could be really useful; my criticisms are with home use. My TV doesn't have USB ports for a start and the current setup I have is a 10m HDMI cable that is long enough to connect to my laptop on the sofa, it cost about $15 and is hassle-free.

A 10m HDMI cable connecting your TV to your laptop on the sofa is not hassle-free---that cable is the hassle. I'm doing the same things, and I find it a hassle but haven't yet been willing to cough up the $100 for an Apple TV + AirPlay wireless solution. Unfortunately, their dongle costs nearly as much.

Is it though? I mean, it just hangs over the arm of the sofa and I plug it in when needed. Plus HDMI is one of the few ports on my MBP I don't need an adapter for.

I get that cable free would be awesome but as I understand it we need significant advances in inductive charging to make that happen.

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Post by rvlt »

mootothemax wrote: post #23

Sadly a better solution already exists: my 2012 Panasonic TV connects wirelessly to my network, and my laptop can stream videos to it without having to install anything , all via DLNA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Living_Network_Alliance Here's Panasonic's page outlining such features in their TVs: http://www.panasonic.co.uk/html/en_GB/Products/VIERA+TV/VIER... It's a lovely idea for retrofitting to older TVs…

You don't need to install anything, it's plug&play and open source. And can you stream to multiple tv's with that panasonic setup? And if you have multiple tv's from diferent models? A nice solution is something that doesn't rely on specific models or brands.

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Post by josefresco »

hrktb wrote: post #7

What strikes me is how the Apple TV is really in the "good enough" zone for iOS and recent Macbook users. After so many years there's no clearly better solutions to show some random content on the TV.

Chromecast, cheaper, and no Apple universe buy-in.

Re: Wireless HDMI for Everyone

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Post by rvlt »

josefresco wrote: post #26

Chromecast? I have several and they are pretty much this.

Yes, really cool for youtube videos and chrome tabs (tab casting has a crazy lag) But in the end you can't share screen and basically any kind of content. It's a nice device indeed, but so limited and pointless!
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