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| Thread ID: 137984 | 2014-09-19 03:01:00 | Has anyone tried Intel wireless display?? | Speedy Gonzales (78) | PC World Chat |
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| 1384279 | 2014-09-19 03:01:00 | Because I may use it. The CPU I've installed in this new build supports it (well according to the specs (ark.intel.com) for it on the Intel site). All I need is a wireless card like the Intel 7260 (www.intel.com) for desktop and something like the PTV3000 (www.netgear.co.nz) This seems to be the cheapest I can find in NZ (there are other wireless display adapters but they're dearer) It's just over $79 at Computerlounge and $69 for the adapter. But is anyone actually using something like this at the mo? If you are, is it any good? I only found out the other day, that it supported it when I checked device manager. There were 2 entries for widi audio, the drivers are installed for it, but it cant be used because there's nothing installed for it |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1384280 | 2014-09-19 03:10:00 | Widi is fine for things like a powerpoint, but not for fast moving content. | Alex B (15479) | ||
| 1384281 | 2014-09-19 03:19:00 | It wont be for games because there's no games on the SSD on this system But, there are small games like bejeweled. Thats about it | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1384282 | 2014-09-19 10:37:00 | I have two of the PTV3000 - one on our 32" Sony TV (full HD with MotionFlow video smoothing) the other connected to a 19" Konka which is HD but not full HD. The Konka is on a coffee table in front of the main TV. Both PTV3000s are powered from USB ports on the TVs. I use a BT keyboard (Microsoft) and a separate BT mouse (Rapoo) to control the PC I use the Konka everyday for surfing the internet while lounging on the couch (pretending to be watching Midsummer Murders on the other TV!) The Konka has a headphone output and the sound is good (but the Konka does not give a good picture, independent of Widi). I sometimes use headphones for Youtube , IE Flash etc. Since my main PC in the corner of the room is doing all the work, I have no trouble playing video of any sort using VLC When I launch Widi it automatically scans and picks up both PTV3000s. I have "connect automatically" enabled for connecting to the Konka. If I cancel that and click the other adaptor, it connects to the Sony on HDMI-3. In both cases the screen resolution gets set automatically eg 1920 x 1080 for the Sony Intel have improved things a lot in the last year or so. The delay is small and quite acceptable to me. It is easy to type in Word, edit videos, make screen grabs, etc. But it would not be good for gaming I suspect (I'm not a gamer). The sound is good on the Konka but poor on the Sony, probably because the higher screen resolution is at the expense of audio quality. However, it is possible to configure the sound to emanate from the PC rather than go over the link. My PC (which is an i5-3570k @ 4.1GHz on a Gigabyte "Wifi" mini-ITX MB) connects to the internet via Wifi as well as connecting to the Konka Widi via Wifi Direct AND servicing 2 x BT connections. No problems at all! In fact the AP also links wirelessly across the room to the entertainment centre, so that's another load on the Wifi (Netcomm NP-121) I had a bit of a problem setting up the Widi (installing/updating lots of things in the right order eg HD4000 graphics). Connecting is my only problem now - it might take half a minute. It's only a slight annoyance. I also have to have the Konka turned on before launching the PC Widi (and of course I can't launch Widi on the PC from the couch) So I am quite pleased with it. The quality on the Sony is excellent, and being able to use VLC as my TV's media player.... (I think Widi needs Ivy Bridge or later CPU, also HD4000 graphics or later. You must use the integrated graphics for connecting to your PC monitor. I have a separate graphics card but if I connect that to the monitor it prevents Widi.) |
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| 1384283 | 2014-09-19 12:20:00 | Sounds cool. I just have a game capable media PC connected directly to the TV via HDMI so no need for any of that :) Wireless Xbox controller and it does the job of a console as well as media player, has Blu-ray as well. Might look into this though, I'm thinking if the Gaming machine could stream Video direct to the TV there would be less need for a seperate PC (although playing from another room would be less convenient to control) |
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| 1384284 | 2014-09-19 20:51:00 | Thanks for the info BBC. Just hope if I do decide to get the 7260 the drivers for it arent as crappy or buggy as some of Intel's other wireless adapter drivers. | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
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