Netgear's Push2TV wireless TV adapter caught nonchalantly hanging out in the wild

Interested in getting prepared for all your Wireless Display (WiDi) needs? Looks like Netgear's Push2TV wireless TV adapter is already on the shelves of at least one Best Buy, right in front of a $99 price tag that matches the press release from before. The back of the box photo, seen after the break, doesn't shed any new light on the device. Unless you're really into (near term) future proofing of your wireless display needs, it might be best to wait for a few more options when it comes to fancy-schmancy new compatible machines.

[Thanks, Colin]

[mmauve Posted Jan 13th 2010 3:52AM]

The cable coming out of that TV is long enough to reach the laptop. Just saying lol.

[Oli D Posted Jan 13th 2010 4:37AM]

@mmauve But you can take the laptop anywhere, and what if your laptop doesn't have HDMI?

[mmauve Posted Jan 13th 2010 4:58AM]

@Oli D

Well chances are if my laptop doesn't even have an HDMI port, it doesn't have the embedded technology for WiDi anyway, so this product would still be useless. According to the website, a requirement is "Intel® Wireless Display powered by 2010 Intel® Core™ Processor Family"

I don't think this product is meant as an alternative to not having an HDMI port, so much as its an implementation for an impending technology soon to be widespread.

Seriously though, that cable is the length of an anaconda lol.

[benjin Posted Jan 13th 2010 9:35AM]

@mmauve
Found the manual online
http://www.scribd.com/doc/24659092/Netgear-Push-2-TV-Manual

resolutions displayed:
1280x720
1280x768
1280x800

It pushes audio too. Not too shabby.

[rederikus Posted Jan 13th 2010 4:10AM]

I went to the Netgear site and here's the link http://www.netgear.com/Products/Entertainment/DigitalMediaPlayers/ptv1000.aspx

[Konrad Posted Jan 13th 2010 4:35AM]

Commenting because there's no 'view posts' button next to the 'log out' button.

[Oli D Posted Jan 13th 2010 4:37AM]

@clinio You deserve to be strung up and lashed with pythons until you cry goat's milk.

[Barbaric Posted Jan 13th 2010 4:46AM]

I don't thnk the price is out of line and I'm sure it will drop soon. Five years ago I paid the same for a leap frog system. Basically the same thing for standard def signal. Had a composite video and left & right audio in jacks on the transmitter. Reciever had composite video out and left & right audio out and a built in rf adapter for coax out. It was a 2.4Ghz signal. It showed up as "linksys" if you scanned for available wi-fi with a psp but you couldn't join the network. It also had a built in ir tx-rx with a wired blaster attached to the transmitter so you could control the source box from the reciever. Cool thing was you could get additional recievers and broadcast to more than one tv.

[Ops Posted Jan 13th 2010 5:42AM]

so only 3 laptops that can do this, what a waste of money and technology.

now if they would have had a usb device that plugs in, but this gets an

EPIC FAIL award for 2010

[gadgetfanboy Posted Jan 13th 2010 1:16PM]

@Ops

Yes, just like USB was an epic fail when only three of the newest machines on the market had USB ports. go back under your bridge, troll

[wossy Posted Jan 13th 2010 6:35AM]

a good idea but just needs to wait for laptops to catch up.

[Scooterde Posted Jan 13th 2010 8:04AM]

Solution is already here: Intellinet Wireless Projector Server. Works with any laptop over WiFi and plugs into your via HDMI.
http://bit.ly/6ljj98

[fastm3driver Posted Jan 13th 2010 11:34AM]

@Scooterde Awesome, only 7X as much with less supported formats.

[Scooterde Posted Jan 13th 2010 2:34PM]

@fastm3driver my bad, wrong model. http://bit.ly/6aVrWp yes, 3x the price (on the Cables Online site) but actually works with the tech we all have, rather than worry about Intel compatibility. Does H.264 and offers resolutions up to 1920 x 1440. Looks like a win to me.

[scoobydooby Posted Jan 13th 2010 8:26AM]

Willing to bet that 100's of these get purchased.

Then returned the next day.

There is nobody in the Best Buy store that understands this kind of technology, so they'll sell them to anyone, whether they have WiDi or not.

[hahaFACE Posted Jan 13th 2010 9:40AM]

Can't wait to hear the horror stories from this one. Guy comes home from college to visit the family, shoes off the cool new WiDi device he brings with him. Family enjoys a wholesome movie before bed Friday night streamed from guy's laptop. Saturday morning, the rest of the family is up, just finished breakfast, guy wakes up as most of us do and decides to spend a little "private time" on his laptop. Meanwhile, downstairs mom reaches for the remote to turn on the TV to check the weather...

[hahaFACE Posted Jan 13th 2010 9:41AM]

@hahaFACE

Bah! Shoes = shows. Another good story ruined by poor spelling.

[AlexNC Posted Jan 13th 2010 10:16AM]

I concider myself somewhat tech savy and I'm so confused. How do they expect the general public to figure this out ... So will my new CULV SU7200 / Intel 4500 run this?
(Asus UL30A)

[virus123456 Posted Jan 13th 2010 2:29PM]

@AlexNC

i dont think it can run.. it needs core i3 ,i5 or i7 processors

[possum5 Posted Jan 13th 2010 2:40PM]

that'll be perfect when it hits $29.99

[ayuda Posted Jan 22nd 2010 12:14PM]

How you pronounce the Wi-Di? I we call Wi-Fi as Y-Fi probably I guess Y-Di (Why Die?).... lol . Any way amazing technology entire family and frieds enjoy it and also possible to use it like a quick standup presentation to friends or team so that they can watch clearly on the big HDTV rather than crowing around the laptop. Very very cool and useful tool for anyone thinking on presentation or even teaching to the kids. I bought this free with Toshiba Satellite E205 Notebook which it self on sale for 899 in bestbuy.