14 DAY TRIAL // Without a doubt, Intel's managed to make quite a lot of notebook users happy with its WiDi and WiDi 2.0 technologies, and it seems that things will get even better on the future, since the company is about to further improve this data streaming solution.
So, as some of you might remember, upon introducing its Core family of processors back at CES 2010, Intel also revealed the Wireless Display tech (WiDI, for short), designed to enable users to stream content (including 720p videos) from their notebooks directly to their TV sets, via a special adapter.
We've had the chance of testing out his tech ourselves, back at CeBIT 2010, and found it to be quite interesting, although there was still plenty of room left for improvement.
Next, at CES 2011, when the Sandy Bridge (2'nd generation Core) family was revealed, Intel also announced some interesting enhancements for WiDi, the new WiDi 2.0 tech supporting Full HD, 1080p wireless streaming.
But now, according to a report by Fudzilla, Intel plans to enable users to create a complete and comprehensive home cinema experience, using nothing but their WiDi 2.0-enabled notebook and an HDTV display.
And that's because WiDi 2.0 will get some extra improvements, enabling HDCP 2.0 content protection as well as 5.1 surround support, plus even Blu-ray disc playback, via a software update (which means that current owners of Sandy Bridge notebooks will also benefit from it).
Unfortunately, there aren't still any official details regarding the exact moment when this update will become available, but the source mentioned above seems to point out that we should expect it for late July or perhaps August 2011 (a period of time commonly known as “back-to-school” and typically associated with an increased level of spending in the IT market segment, students purchasing new computers, notebooks, printers, etc.).