ASUS teams with Amimon on WiCast EW2000 1080p streamer
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Keepin’ it varied, are we ASUS? Just a few months after we peeked a pair of WirelessHD-equipped laptops at ASUS’ Computex booth, in flies this — news that the company has aligned with Amimon and joined the WHDI Consortium to boot. It’s hard to say if the introduction of the WiCast EW2000 is in direct response to HP’s Wireless TV Connect, but it sure looks mighty similar in practice. The two-piece set connects to a PC via USB (it’s USB powered, too) and to an HDTV via HDMI. Once you’re setup, you can stream 1080p video (including Blu-ray and DRM’d material) straight to your tele with under a millisecond of lag, and better still, you could connect it to an HDMI-equipped set-top box or game console for cordless machine-to-device magic. Mum’s the word on price, but there’s a delightful promo video ready to get you amped up about it just past the break.
Update: ASUS pinged us to say that it’ll ship on September 15th for $199.99. Start saving!
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