As some of you will certainly remember, back at CES 2010, Intel came up with quite a lot of interesting novelties, the main focus being around the company's new 2010 Core CPUs. However, they've also introduced a brand-new technology called Wireless Display (or WiDi, for short), which will allows users to connect and stream audio/video content to their HDTVs in a very simple manner, using nothing but Wi-Fi technology for this purpose.

Luckily, besides talking to some important Intel representatives at CeBIT 2010, we also had the chance to take a very quick look at what Wireless Display is all about, and to be honest, we were pretty impressed by the results. I mean, sure, there were still some hiccups, but if Intel and partners continue on this path, they will most certainly have a winner on their hands.

As we've mentioned in our previous article, users who want to take advantage of WiDi technology will require a compatible laptop, TV adapter and a TV with HDMI or composite A/V input. In our case, Intel had setup a demo solution featuring a Sony Vaio VPCS111FM notebook accompanied by a Netgear receiver (model PTV1000). What's interesting to mention here is that the Vaio model has been specifically developed by Sony with Intel, since it actually features a dedicated button for activating the Wireless Display function.

Anyway, in terms of broadcasting quality, the Wireless Display setup was good, the device supporting the playback of 720P videos in quite an OK manner (no artifacts and only a few hiccups, caused by the computer, not the transmitter, according to Intel's reps). Moreover, the same Intel reps hinted at the fact that Wireless Display technology is an open road, and Intel hopes that HDTV manufacturers will also adopt such solutions for their future devices, thus eliminating the need for a middleman (a.k.a. the external adapter).

If we were to draw the line and compute the total cost of such a solution, the result would be around 1,100 - 1,200 USD, which is a bit spicy, all things considered. Of course, this setup is not the only solution of this type available out there, because we've already spotted one major PC manufacturer providing a complete Wireless Display solution (but we'll talk about this specific issue within one of our future articles).


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