Intel Wants to Connect Small Devices to Big Displays

Posted on Mar 31, 08 06:38 PM PDT

Intel is said to be working on a wireless protocol that would connect the video output from small devices like smartphones, media players to a larger display (monitor, TV…). The idea of connecting small devices on large displays is good: small displays inherently limit the usability of the user interface, given that visual interfaces are currently the best.

But “how” the gadget connects to the large display is not really the central issue. Today, it would be possible to send video data via USB, but the real issue is that the operating system (OS) embedded in these small devices does not support larger formats. Also, there is little to no video hardware acceleration in many devices. That becomes a serious issue at higher resolutions. At least the hardware exists for that.

I would love to be able to connect my smartphone to a large keyboard and monitor to reply to emails, or browse the web. Hopefully, this work by Intel will get us one step closer.

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