Alereon Bets Big on WUSB Laptop-to-HDTV HDMI Solutions

Alereon - one of the diehard proponents of UWB-based Wireless USB - is now counting on laptop to wireless USB to HDMI solution to be its savior. Its latest NoWire HDTV Extender Kit reference design is made available today for OEMs, and with this, you can mirror your laptop screen on the big screen HDTV. The NoWire - the only kit compliant with all three WiMedia band groups - consists of a small 2" USB dongle and a small HDMI adapter for HDTV supporting everything from Mac to Windows 7. The remote unit as seen in the video demo below looks very slim and looks to blend in well with rest of the AV receivers and Blu-ray players.

By offloading wireless HDTV output to WUSB whose speed now tops at 220Mbps, the NoWire frees Wi-Fi radio for HD video streaming from sites like Hulu, Netflix and YouTube. Another strength of the NoWire is driver-less installation, but we bet OEMs will ship with their own software for tech-savvy users who like to do some tweaking of their own. There's a caveat however, and that's 720p limit during full-screen video playback with audio. For photo slideshows or anything that doesn't require 30fps refresh, you can set the resolution as high as 1680x1050 which still won't fill the entire screen of a regular HDTV screen. It seems clear it's now a fight between Alereon and Wisair, which already has a similar solution of its own. Alereon's NoWire video demo after the break.