Apr 24

PLAiR Lets You Beam Videos To TV

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PLAiR Lets You Beam Videos To TVWe live in a day and age where there is just way too much video content available freely, that the onus is on you to spend your time wisely, otherwise you might get sucked into an apparent black hole for time simply by watching one video to another on YouTube, Vimeo, you name it. The existence of Smart TVs and set-top boxes too, have made streaming online video a whole lot easier, and here we are with the idea of PLAiR, which happens to be an elegant micro-computer which enables users to transmit HD online videos directly to any HDMI-equipped display or projector sans wires – and of course, without any frustration, too.

It is platform agnostic, which would certainly see it score plenty of brownie points among the masses, and the entire setup process does seem to be made for dummies. The moment the PLAiR is plugged into a TV or projector and powered up, it is a simple matter of connecting it to a Wi-Fi network, before installing a Chrome extension or the free Android (2.3 Gingerbread or higher) or iOS app (iOS 5 or higher). Henceforth, beaming online videos from a computer is a simple matter.

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Mar 16

Plair hands-on redux: a clever wireless video streaming HDMI dongle (video)

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Plair handson redux at Expand 2013 a clever wireless video streaming HDMI dongle

We didn’t really get to see the Plair in action when we last saw it at CES, but luckily, it’s here with us at Expand 2013! This time round we have a better understanding of what makes this $99, micro-USB-powered HDMI dongle so special: not only can you beam native video clips from your mobile device (through an iOS or Android app) or your desktop Chrome browser’s extension to it, but the Plair can also grab the video source from your current page in Chrome and then stream the clip independently — as in once the video’s started, you can shut your computer down and still keep the stream going on your TV! You can actually see this demonstrated in our video after the break, where we streamed an episode from NBC’s Saturday Night Live website through a WiFi network (but the Plair can also create its own hotspot for direct WiFi connection, which is handy for avoiding slow hotel networks).

In our opinion, the Plair is a neat little gadget for its price, but you’ll have to wait until early April for the next batch coming off the production line. Interested buyers will be able to order a Plair on its website around then.

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Jan 08

This $100 Dongle Lets You Send Video to a Dumb TV’s HDMI Input via Wi-Fi

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This sleek little dongle, called Plair, is a neat little solution for slinging video from any number of devices to your TV. Simply plug it into an empty HDMI port and beam media to it via Wi-Fi. More »

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Jan 08

Plair streams video to HDMI through WiFi, arrives this month for $99 (eyes-on)

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Plair hands-on

A simple idea thoroughly executed is sometimes best, and that’s what Plair is aiming for with its new, self-titled streaming video adapter. The golf wedge-shaped device grafts on to an HDMI port and receives video over WiFi from custom apps for Android, iOS, OS X and Windows. While we’ve certainly seen wireless device-to-TV solutions before, it’s Plair’s sheer diversity of sources that makes the difference: along with local content, it includes the near-obligatory internet portals like YouTube and CollegeHumor ,as well as access to a deluge of video from traditional TV sources. We saw NBC intenret clips piped to a TV in remarkably good (though not broadcast) quality. The iOS app we looked at looked reasonably intuitive, to boot. Black, magenta and teal versions of the adapters should ship in late January for $99; given the diversity of material on tap, that just might be a fair price.

Michael Gorman contributed to this report.

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