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Ditch D-SUB and DVI and send images by magic. Or Wireless USB, whichever you have more faith in.
Samsung’s SyncMaster 940UX screen introduced the idea that you don’t need a graphics card to hook up a second monitor – USB 2 will do. Now it appears you won’t even need a wire. DisplayLink, the company providing the tech behind the Samsung’s TFT’s ability to connect via USB has announced a collaboration with WiQuest to take the wires out of the equation.
Not if it's wall mounted and you want the cabling hidden. You still need to channel out for cabling so why pay extra for WiFi if you end up doing it anyway?
Wireless power could be on its way for things like TVs - did you read the feature in Custom PC? ;^> But, anyway, power cabling is all over your house. Data cabling isn't. The 3m range of this technology is just about enough to make it useful in most living rooms.
Sony, Samsung, Toshiba have all announced they will be releasing their WiFi offering for 1080p HD quality broadcasts. It appears to be linked to a sender which is attached to your SkyHD, Bluray or Cable box so you don't need to drill or channel out the wall for the HDMI cable. However, this option will add around £500 to the price of the TV. Is it worth it? Well considering you will potentially still need to drill or channel out the wall for the power cable, I'm not sure the cost of this wireless option is worth it. Although, it's nice to see the progress.
It will do video, and potentially HD in the future. So imagine that you could have your projector hanging from the ceiling... and no need to run a video cable to it, just wires. And obviously there are the corporates doing presentations - just put the notebook near the big TFT in the boardroom no messing around with cables - and the shop displays. Definitely has a use - just not for gaming enthusiasts.
@ricka: even if it needs power thru a molex thats connected through the backplate, or even external powerbrick would get me happy.
If it's possible to make new monitors which can do this, then isn't it possible to make wifi dongles which attach to existing hardware and perform the same function?
that you guys are once again thinking with your personal computing hats on. the main area that this will have an application is in commercial applications like advertising booths and embedded computing.
If it's possible to make new monitors which can do this, then isn't it possible to make wifi dongles which attach to existing hardware and perform the same function?
If it's possible to make new monitors which can do this, then isn't it possible to make wifi dongles which attach to existing hardware and perform the same function?
whats the data rate required to do 32-bit colour on 1280x1024 res at 60hz refresh? ...and where is the rasterization happening - in the USB? personally, i wouldve preferred a DVI-wireless link rather than this... but sure does makes the likes of the nVidia Tesla sound like the new rage. maybe not... the traffic would be sharing lanes with I/O and itll get too crowded. besides, all mobos already come with graphics anyway.
I think it would be a good idea, removing a few wires here and ther does make for easier packing up and setting up.... I would have wireless, for the simple fact that i could have the screen 3 meters from my face not 30cm away from it... the cable is clearly not long enough, and without a cable, its one less messy one dangling about behind my desk.... However..... The graphics one im concerned about... the transfer of this data onto say a 24 inch monitor playing crysis...... No wait..... i didnt just go ther lol
as well as the total pointlessness of having a wireless monitor (kindly pointed out by l3v1ck below), do we really need another wireless standard? we already have bluetooth and wifi, both of which already have readily and widely available dongles, though admittedly only wifi has the kind of bandwdith they are talking about, surely it would be much easier to just use that
It's such a hardship having to have a monitor cable plugged in..... NOT. What's the point? OK, with wireless TFT, keyboard and mouse you could have your PC across the other side of the room, but then you'd have to get up every time you wanted to turn it on or use a USB stick or put a CD in the ROM drive. Most people would still have the PC next to the desk with their TFT. So what's the problem with a cable? There's just no need for wireless.
usb is not a very good connection for video signals. the teachers at my school have cameras connected to their projectors so they do not need over head projectors, most of them are connected with simple VGA or DVI connectors, but one of my teachers has it connected w/ a usb A to B cable and it is lagy as HELL. i know it is not exactly the same as a monitor, but it is comprable. we need to move to optical, i am using a optical connection from my x-fi to my audio reciever for my sound system, and it is great; because you do not have any electrical signals being sent a recieved, there is no such thing as interference. which is a big concern considering the mess of wires most people have behind their pc's. the tech probably needs to evelve a bit more, but i can see it happening.
Won't WIRELESS USB 2 lag like hell? IE. USB isn't the fastest of interfaces anyway, but just wireless-ifying it will make it slower still!
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