Ever want "HD" streamed to your television without wires, kind of? Well, Netgear and Intel have made this niche tech called Push2TV. It involves a laptop, a wireless router, an HDMI cord, and your HDTV. Sounds simple enough. Being the first review I've done in a long time, I will try to standardize my ratings into 5 sections. Concept, Price, Quality, Aesthetics, and Satisfaction. Each section gets 3 points.
I will also talk about my life lessons from Best Buy.
Concept: (2/3)
Okay, the concept is okay. I give it 2, because I don't make it possible and I feel guilty about denoting such a promoted niche at CES 2010. However, I paid for it and I live in America. Haha...
Price: (1/3)
Best Buy sells it for $99 pretax. It is included in the blue label package if you buy 1 of 3 laptops provided. What is included inside the package is a router, an HDMI cable, a powercord, instruction manual. HDMI cable, is standard crap. Looks like one of those 5 dollar 4 foot cable. Power cord is okay. Box is plastic, Seems fragile. Overpriced, in my opinion.
BEST BUY DEFAMATION MOMENT: I asked the Best Buy Associate if an HDMI cord is included, and he said no. When I got home, I pulled out the HDMI cord out of the box and said "son of a bitch." This isn't the first time an associate has been wrong.
Quality: (1/3)
Wireless devices always have their consequences. Although the concept is okay, I do not like watch movies with lag. It also is not ideal for playing games because the input latency is more than a second. Connectivity is slow. Updates, not significant. It's nice if you want to show pictures and Hulu, possibly. However HD struggles and it is not the 1080p HD you hear about. It is 720p at most at 60hz.
Aesthetics: (1/3)
Okay, it looks cool. I can show my porn from my laptop in my bedroom to the living room. The design is still ugly, and I would never show this tech to my guests because of the bad quality. It has only been implemented into 3 laptops for a moment. I feel like a guinea pig.
Satisfaction: (0/3)
I regret buying it, nuff said.
CONCLUSION: (4/15)
I know this technology has just been developed and it has a long way to go. Like pioneering tech, it is always wise to wait. Push2TV, I'll probably update this post in a year to see if there is significant firmware that will improve its quality. However, Intel and Netgear have ways to go before this can be called a diamond in the rough.
UPDATE: Intel is set to release 30 laptops with WiDi tech. Link
No comments:
Post a Comment