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Sep 09

LG develops ‘world’s first’ WiDi-enabled LCD panel for easy media streaming

If you like to stream content but you already have too many set-top boxes in your house, LG wants to help. Having already committed to implementing 5G WiFi chips in its upcoming HDTVs earlier in the year, LG Display has developed a PC monitor that, it claims, is the first to integrate Intel’s Wireless Display (WiDi) tech directly into the LCD component. It’s not the biggest panel out there, at 23.8 inches, but it does mean you’ll be able to stream anything you like from your WiDi-enabled laptop without additional gear. And while the market for WiDi-enabled displays is pretty thin right now, LG has said it will offer up its integrated panel tech to OEMs and other monitor makers, suggesting that you’ll soon have a multiplicity of options for your streaming needs.

Filed under: Home Entertainment, LG

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Source: LG Display Newsroom

Jan 07

Broadcom’s 5G WiFi chips power LG’s latest HDTVs

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5G WiFi (better known to us as 802.11ac) makes Barry Allen look like a geriatric. Broadcom’s been talking up the prowess of its 5G hardware for some time now, but the first chance we’ll get to use it is inside LG’s latest TVs. Open one up, and you’ll find Broadcom’s BCM43526 silicon, which promises to offer lag-free HD streaming from the internet or mobile device. The TVs will be making their way into stores across 2013, which’ll be your first time to see if it works as well as promised.

Update: Broadcom has also let slip that it’s licensing Intel’s Wireless Display technology in its WLAN chipsets. Of course, now that Santa Clara has made the standard mandatory for its 2013-Ultrabook designs, hardly surprising,

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Jan 07

Intel makes Touch, Wireless Display mandatory components for Haswell Ultrabooks

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We’re here live at Intel’s CES press conference, where Kirk Skaugen has announced that companies who want to use the Ultrabook name and Haswell internals, it’ll have to include touch as standard. The other new condition that Santa Clara is imposing is that the device must carry Wireless Display as standard. On the upside, at least you’ll be able to see the images on your TV when your Ultrabook screen gets too greasy from your fingers.

Filed under: Laptops, Intel

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Nov 14

Xiaomi Box taps the Chinese smart TV market on the cheap, flirts with AirPlay (hands-on)

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The Apple TV may not be officially available in China, but there are already plenty of cheap Android TV dongles and set-top boxes over there to keep the folks occupied. That said, many of them don’t offer a satisfying multimedia experience, so even for a latecomer like Xiaomi, there’s still space for competition. Having just launched the much anticipated Xiaomi Phone 2, the Chinese startup recently announced that it had acquired digital content provider Duokan for some time, and the first fruit is this conveniently named Xiaomi Box. Even with the bundled one-meter HDMI cable, the pebble’s priced at a competitive ¥399 (about $64) and we’ve been told it’ll be available in mid-December. Better yet, it claims to be compatible with AirPlay right out of the box! Read on to see if that’s the case with our pre-production unit.

Gallery: Xiaomi Box taps the Chinese smart TV market on the cheap, flirts with AirPlay (hands-on)