Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Miracast addresses this issue by allowing users to easily stream content wirelessly between devices.
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Fixed issue of one Widi session affecting screen projection of subsequent Widi or Miracast session.
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Interested in Miracast-ing from an Andoid phone via your Netgear Push2TV PTV3000 adapter?
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LG's Smart TV platform also delivers convenient content sharing and screen mirroring via WiDi and Miracast.
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Device does not allow second Widi or Miracast souce device to interrupt existing Widi or Miracast session.
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Display mirroring capabilities are available for select Android mobile devices via Miracast compatibility.
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With built-in WiDi and Wi-Fi direct (Miracast), content from any compatible external device can be wirelessly shared with the TV.
According to Vizio, both DIAL and Miracast will be on all their new connected TV models by end of the year.
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There is no need to use the push button on the side of the PTV3000 unit to switch between Widi and Miracast modes.
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Roku says the new chips in its Roku 3 will allow such wireless streaming later this year using an emerging Wi-Fi standard called Miracast.
Enable 5Ghz Miracast operation with preferred operating channel as channel 40.
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Combined Intel wireless display (Widi) and Miracast a single user interface.
ENGADGET: Netgear PTV3000 updated, supports Miracast-ready Android devices
The PTV3000 also supports Intel's WiDi standard, and actually brought Miracast support in an earlier beta firmware upgrade, though testers saw significant bugginess at the time.
ENGADGET: Netgear PTV3000 updated, supports Miracast-ready Android devices
"The Wi-Fi Alliance's Miracast certification program will allow for easy sharing of video content, regardless of vendor, " said Bart Giordano, Director, Wireless Marketing at Marvell Semiconductor, Inc.
Being able to mirror or stream content from your tablet (as with AirPlay and Miracast) is not the best way to, say, watch a movie on Netflix or YouTube.
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The enhanced SmartShareTM feature offers users the ability to mirror or transfer content from smart devices to LG Smart TVs via a multitude of connectivity options, including WiDi and Miracast.
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By incorporating the BCM43526 and Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Miracast into its newest digital TV products, LG Electronics is ensuring consumers enjoy fast, reliable connectivity between multiple devices in multiple places throughout the home.
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That trend will continue this year as screen-sharing technologies including AllShare and Miracast make it easier for mobile devices to link to TVs, the Port Washington, New York-based researcher said.
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"We are happy to have been involved in developing the Miracast program and to be one of the first companies to receive certification, " said Jessy Chen, Vice President and Spokesman at Realtek.
It's understandable -- Miracast is a very recent open standard that lets you echo the display from an enabled device like a smartphone or tablet onto your TV (think Apple's AirPlay Mirroring).
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"Miracast will play an important role in enabling true seamless media streaming, gaming and content sharing between mobile screens and large displays, " said Ram Machness, director of marketing, Wireless Connectivity Solutions, Texas Instruments Incorporated.
If you don't want to share your tablet, just what's on it, the new support for Miracast makes will allow you to wirelessly beam movies, games or anything else to a compatible display.
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Miracast support for compatible mobile phones and tablets.
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The new sets add features like NFC, MHL and Miracast support to certain models, while the top of the line W900A is its first to use Quantum Dot technology in combination with edge LED lighting.
Many of those nags have been squelched with the new update, though, and you'll also see a single interface for Intel WiDi and Miracast, both PIN and PBC support, 5GHz Miracast operation and faster bootup times, too.
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Many felt that because the new technology, called DIAL (short for Discovery and Launch), is an open standard and already being integrated by a number of large consumer electronics manufacturers, it would replace AirPlay and a similar technology called Miracast.
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"As a leader in N-screen technology, Samsung has introduced AllShare Cast (based on Miracast), which is incorporated into most of Samsung's high-end smart mobile devices including the GALAXY S III, GALAXY Note 10.1, and GALAXY Note II, " said Hankil Yoon, Senior Vice President of Product Strategy Team, Samsung's Mobile Communication Business.
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