Back in mid-April, a little noticed product from San Jose-based Atlona Technologies hit the streets with a MSRP of $199, dubbed HDAiR. Yesterday, they released the follow-on to that product. It comes with the same price, but increases the usable resolution to 1440×1200 (up from the previous 1440×1050). It also supports native 720p.
It’s called AT-HDAiR, and it’s a wireless USB to HDMI or VGA adapter, that also supports DVI through an adapter. The WUSB chipset was developed by Wisair. Future products supporting larger display surfaces and more features are also planned.
The system works in two parts: The host and the monitor receiver. The host can theoretically be any device, though currently there are only drivers written for Windows XP and Vista. A WUSB adapter connects to a standard USB 2.0 port. It acts as the transmitter. A receiver is connected to the monitor, which supports up to 1440×1200 or 720p.
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Using Wireless USB, the host can then be positioned up to 30 feet from the monitor, allowing for easy same-room access to project a signal to the HDTV while working also on the notebook computer in some other way, for example.
The WUSB to HDMI/VGA adapter features:
- Monitor, HDTV or projector compatible
- Resolutions up to 1440×1200, or 720p
- Can mirror or extend display
- Supports 4:3 and 16:9
- Full room coverage without line-of-sight
- Can support two displays (with lesser resolutions)
- 32-bit color
- MSRP $199
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