LG to Integrate 2012 Cinema 3D Smart TVs with Intel WiDi
Phil Lelyveld
[HardwareZone]
LG’s and Intel’s recent plans to embed the Koreans’ 2012 Cinema 3D Smart TVs with Intel’s Wireless Display (WiDi) technology may soon make messy Category 6 cables a rarity in the living room. Some premium TV models are equipped with integrated Wi-Fi capabilities, but they suffer from one tiny flaw: they require a router to serve the goods.
Conversely, Intel’s WiDi is a point-to-point wireless connectivity interface which enables WiDi-compliant notebooks to stream high-definition videos and multimedia content to the television. In other words, Intel’s WiDi wireless technology is totally independent of your home Wi-Fi network, and nor does it require an active Internet connection. It is also said that users can continue to work on other tasks on their mobile devices during real-time streams.
Prior to this, Intel’s WiDi feature required televisions to be fitted with third-party adapters, such as those manufactured by D-Link and Netgear for instance, which may cost up to US$120 apiece. …
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