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Thinking about getting an Intel Wireless Display PC? Get the Netgear Push2TV adapter for only $50!
Posted By onJune 23, 2010
HP just launched their Intel(R) Wireless Display enabled laptop, the dv5-2070us. It comes configured with the cool Intel Core(TM) i5 processor and a 14.5″ screen. You can purchase this laptop from a number of retailers but, I recommend buying from the HP site to save money. All you need to do is order with the ‘quick-ship’ option and then select the Netgear Push2TV adapter from ‘related products’ tab. The $50 savings is automatically figured in the total price along with an additional $20 instant savings! Just check out dv5-2070us Quick Ship configuration
What is Intel Wireless Display you ask? Well Laptop magazine named it one of the 25 most innovative products for 2010!
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So… does it work with Linux?
Joseph,
Sorry we do not support Linux based laptops nor do we support MacOS-X, WIndows XP and Vista. Intel(R) Wireless Display uses specific Windows 7 capabilities. Furtheremore, one of our key components, Intel My WiFi Technology, is not supported on Linux or MacOS-X.
There are some other wireless solutions that use dongles on the laptop and TV that may be supported on Linux.
Thanks for your comment
“Intel(R) Wireless Display uses specific Windows 7 capabilities.” Which capabilities ?
The driver that intel wrote and only compiled for Windows 7.
@ Joseph: Well said!
Sad. Give this to your Xorg programmers and you could see some really interesting stuff come about! Sad that you’re telling two highly nontrivial market segments to take a hike!
Thanks for this news, Gary ! I went on the HP site from the link and no-where I could see the word wireless display for this laptop. Its sad that HP is not marketing this properly.
I am very much interested in buying a new HP laptop which supports wireless display with a blu-ray drive, however this one only has a dvd drive. Can you help me in findng out which custom built models of HP have got wireless display in them. I am leaning towards the G4T or dm4t series or even the dv5 customized.
Its actually HPs loss.. I am going to buy a Sony vaio EA series laptop with blu-ray which has got Intel WIRELESS DISPLAY with it if I dont get anything before the 4th of July !!
@shreyas I agree that the HP website could be much better. The information I have is that HP has 1 model supporting Intel(R) Wireless Display: dv5-2070us. That same model is available from a number of retailers: J&R, TechDepot, Target,com, BHPhotoVideo.com, Buy.com and Amazon.com. Only the JR.com website mentions Intel Wireless Display; see http://www.jr.com/cat/pe/HP_DV52070US?JRSource=linkshare&SiteID=TnL5HPStwNw-OzHk6VQd*sDiUs77VMvHnQ
When you put the HP in your shopping cart you are prompted to add the Netgear Push2TV adapter. The Sony Type EA & EB are good alternatives and have a Blu-Ray option. EA has a 15″ screen but the EB has a larger screen. The Sony Type EA & EB are available at Best Buy, Frys and Sony.com of course.
Which ever one you get remember to download the latest version of the Intel Wireless Display software from http://intel.com/go/wirelessdisplayupdate
Just a reminder that Intel Wireless Display cannot stream DVD and Blu-Ray movies as these require HDCP which is not supported.
Won’t WiDi work on any laptop with an i3, i5 or i7 chip with Intel HD Graphics and an Intel Wireless card 6200 or 6300?
@Rob the answer to your question is probably. Missing from your list is the Intel Centrino with WiMax 6250 and the Intel Link 1000. But you need to add Intel My WiFi Technology which is a key component to Intel Wireless Display. The other missing thing is the testing and validation each PC manufacturer performs to make sure that when their customers buy their product they will have a good experience. So if you build your own make sure you install the right software and drivers in the right order. Good luck
Just checked the HP website and the system has an Intel Core i3 for $739 after rebates. WiDi adapter (Netgear Push2TV) is $15 off. Basically same final price!
If this ever gets Linux support I’d be all over it! Very cool technology.
This piece of garbage has been nothing but trouble.
Stephen,
Sorry to hear you are having issues. I would like to know what kind of issues you are having so I might be able to help you out.
Thanks
I’m also a GNU/Linux user who has interest in this technology.
AFAIK Intel had a pretty good reputation for delivering Linux drivers and thus being a certain buy recommendation for any Linux user. However it seems to me that this might be a fading reputation since Intel’s Linux support seems to be getting worse and other companies (AMD/ATI for example) Linux support seems to get better.
I find that rather unfortunate.
Also I heard that when it comes to HD Wireless technology Intel with it’s WiDi technology is competing with WHDI. For me it’s clear. The first one to come out with proper Linux support is going to gain me as a customer.
I figure I’m not the only one with this attitude.
cheers and think of the penguins!
Waiting it for Linux.
Waiting for Linux support as well.
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I purchased this, my first cotemupr/laptop on my own, without assistance from more tech-savvy friends. I couldn’t be happier. It is lightweight, has excellent battery life, a clear, easily readable screen and a touchpad that was incredibly easy for me a confirmed mouser to adapt to. The keys are responsive without being overly sensitive. My tech-savvy friend Dave was very impressed with the speed and specs, and, believe me, he is not an easy guy to impress. Thumbs way up for this laptop!
Hire more Linux engineers.
Waiting for Linux support. “Intel(R) Wireless Display uses specific Windows 7 capabilities.” – can you explain which ones?
“Intel(R) Wireless Display uses specific Windows 7 capabilities.” – do you think N900 which uses Maemo(based on Linux) uses this Windows 7 specific capabilities in order to make his wireless act like Access Point(he has this feature before you guys created Intel My WiFi Technology)?
It’s a shame there’s no Linux support! I was *this* close to buy a TV adapter to use this functionality, but alas I am no Windows user! You can’t keep Linux community out for ever… WiFi video communication is becoming a well spread technology!
Actually, I fail to see even why there is a “PC hardware requirement”, I completely undertand the “TV-harware requirement”.
From my point of view It should be *possible* to transmit the screen through wi-fi to the TV, since we already transmit the information through wireless networks (Youtube for instance, screen cast, etc).
I’m taking a wild guess here, but I think the whole technology could be emulated through software in linux (platform independent).
I could try to do it myfels but I’m little short on time and know too little about wifi protocoles.
Waiting for GNU/Linux support as well…
I wish this was supported on Windows Vista operating system. I bought my Toshiba just before Windows 7 came out. This was about 2 years ago.
If it doesn’t work with Linux, I have no use for it.