Netgear, meanwhile, announced a second generation Push2TV (the PTV2000) that supports the advanced features, including 1080p video due later this month with a suggested retail price of $120, it will come with an HDMI cable but also supports composite video.Īnd D-Link announced its first product to support the technology, the upcoming MainStage adapter which will connect to TVs either via HDMI or component cables. To run the new version of WiDi, a notebook must have an Intel Core i3/i5/i7 processor and Intel HD Graphics. But at CES this week, Intel announced a second-generation version of the technology that improves on the first by supporting 1080p resolution and protected content that you couldn't previously stream. But that's a couple of years off.ĭ-Link MainstageNow, WiDi itself isn't new: Intel first announced it at the 2010 CES, and Netgear introduced its first Push2TV WiDi adapter (the PTV1000) later that year.
The good news is that the Wi-Fi Alliance is working on a technology standard that will match WiDi's capabilities, and that the Alliance will be able to certify for interoperability between products from different vendors. The biggest drawback is that the technology is proprietary: If your notebook doesn't have a current Intel CPU, you're out of luck. No additional wiring is required, and the technology is by all accounts extremely low latency, meaning that the lag between content appearing on the notebook screen and on the set is minimal.
#Does my laptop have widi software#
But WiDi makes streaming any notebook content to your big screen exceptionally easy: You basically simply run Intel's software on the laptop. But WiDi does use Wi-Fi to wirelessly move anything on a notebook screen to an HDTV-provided that the notebook is powered by one of Intel's latest processors, and that the set either has WiDi support built in, or you add it by connecting a WiDi adapter to one of the set's inputs.Īny number of products now let you stream Internet video to a TV. D-Link Mainstage backYes, that's WiDi (for Intel Wireless Display), not WiFi.
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