Brite-View HDelight brings WHDI to laptops and netbooks

We've been following WHDI's story for quite awhile now, and Brite-View looks like it will be one of the first to bring the wireless HD technology to laptops with its HDelight. The setup is pretty self explanatory -- you've got a larger-than-we'd-like box that hooks up to your laptop via HDMI and then a even larger box that attaches to a monitor or HDTV. The Brite-View guys had a demo running at the Netbook Summit, and we found ourselves quite impressed -- thanks to the second-generation 5GHz WHDI chip, there's no noticeable latency when streaming 1080p video from the laptop to the larger display. According to Brite-View, the delightful product (sorry, we had to) will ship this summer for some amount under $150. Not a bad deal, but even if the quality is better than Intel's WiDi, you really can't beat the convenience of having the technology built-in to your laptop -- though, WHDI's CEO promises a similar solution by the end of the year. Jump on past the break for a quick video of the HDelight in action (and the full presser, too).

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brite-View's 'HDelight' Will Wirelessly Transmit Uncompressed 1080p Digital Content from PC to TV at San Francisco's Netbook Summit

Turn Any PC with HDMI Ports into HTPC and Wirelessly Stream Netflix and Hulu to Any HDTV

SAN JOSE, Calif., May 20 /PRNewswire/ -- brite-View's HDelight (BV-1222), a 1080p wireless PC-to-TV transmission kit, will help users finally achieve the dream of enjoying all digital content from the Internet, a computer hard drive, game machine or home network on HDTV. brite-View will display the HDelight at the WHDI™ (Wireless Home Digital Interface™) booth (#303) at San Francisco's Netbook Summit on May 24-25, 2010. The HDelight will officially launch in July 2010, and the price is expected to be under $200.

The first solution of its kind, the HDelight is not limited to use with specific PC or HDTV models. Provided the PC and HDTV have HDMI ports, the HDelight can air bridge the two and transmit uncompressed, 1080p high-definition content from computer to TV with no noticeable latency. brite-View is targeting later in 2010 for the release of another multi-room solution, which will be fully compatible with the WHDI standard.

Featuring AMIMON's wireless module (the technology that is the foundation of the WHDI standard), brite-View's HDelight is an affordable and flexible 1080p wireless PC-to-TV transmission kit. Users simply connect the HDelight's transmitter to their PC's HDMI port, and the receiver to the TV's HDMI jack. Consumers are then free to enjoy content from any source, not just the traditional set-top box or DVD player. The market responded well to the brite-View Air HD (BV-2500), and the new HDelight kit will build on that success.

"brite-View products are user-friendly, affordable and feature the most advanced technology," said Robert Lo, CEO of Xpike Innovations, which owns the brite-View brand. "The HDelight lets users enjoy online entertainment on the big screen. This will be a whole new experience for PC users, especially since Netflix will soon begin streaming 720p HD content."

The HDelight is ideal for three major uses:

* Entertainment: Wirelessly streams Hulu, Netflix and YouTube, and has a no-latency feature that will give gamers the "rush" of experiencing PC gaming on a large-screen TV.
* Communication: With Skype installed on the computer, HDelight brings Skype's recently launched five-way video conferencing to larger displays.
* Information: Students of online education are no longer bound to the computer screen. The HDelight enables better learning experiences on a large-screen TV.

For those who cannot attend the Netbook Summit, brite-View has also released a YouTube video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhzVo62ifjI) showing the HDelight in action, working seamlessly with the HDMI-ready PC and TV in a living room setting.

About Xpike Innovations, Inc®
Xpike Innovations, Inc. designs and manufactures consumer electronics that spice up your living room without breaking the bank. Xpike Innovations is a leading provider of home networking applications, online media access and digital home solutions, including full-HD media players/streamers featuring torrent download, powerline Ethernet adapters and 1080p HD wireless transmission kits. Backed by nearly 30 years of electronics industry experience, Xpike Innovations products provide rich Internet-based multi-media user experiences for consumers to enjoy with their HDTVs.

brite-View™ is a brand owned by Xpike Innovations, Inc.
Wireless Home Digital Interface and WHDI are trademarks of WHDI LLC. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are those of their respective holders.

www.brite-View.com

[Unit333 Posted May 27th 2010 3:56PM]

It will be pretty cool once that is built into laptops...

[htd Posted May 27th 2010 4:20PM]

@Unit333 maybe a cardbus card that wont stick out much would do?

[Information Central Posted May 27th 2010 4:47PM]

Too bad this would leave Mac users out in the cold. GJ, Apple.

[DoctarPeppar Posted May 27th 2010 4:01PM]

Needs to be integrated into a dongle...if they can shrink it down to the size of a flash drive that connects to your HDMI port and just hangs off a little -- that would be awesome!

[CRA1G Posted May 27th 2010 4:02PM]

I hope something like this, hooked up to a ceiling mounted projector, becomes standard in every conference room everywhere.

[LANjackal Posted May 27th 2010 4:04PM]

I think I'll stick with me 12' HDMI cable, thanks.

[Quick6 Posted May 27th 2010 4:05PM]

Hey this would be pretty cool connected to a phone using hdmi out. Put the addapter on a belt clip, like a mic, and use your phone to give presentations.

[dougpy Posted May 27th 2010 4:18PM]

Thank god none of the dozens of signals emanating from our laptops is in any way harmful to us.

[weirdo557 Posted May 27th 2010 6:24PM]

@dougpy
dozens? maybe 2 or 3 at most

[mnhthebest Posted May 27th 2010 4:20PM]

Until they sort out the 2 seconds(!) lag, i will forget about it.

[Khav Posted May 27th 2010 4:24PM]

@mnhthebest What video were you watching? The one in this article shows very little delay if any.

[Hilltop Posted May 27th 2010 4:26PM]

@mnhthebest

if you would have read the article "there's no noticeable latency when streaming 1080p video from the laptop to the larger display" or watched a few seconds of the video clip you would have realized there is not 2 seconds of lag

still a non-existent use-case for the product though

[The Dead Marxist Trio Posted May 27th 2010 4:25PM]

So there's no reason I can see to think this wouldNt work with a desktop right? I don't want to move my tower into the living room, but i want to be able to use plex/xbmc. (I'd control it via iteleport vnc or a remote app)

I'm assuming this does video and audio as it's hdmi right?

[Quick6 Posted May 27th 2010 4:35PM]

@The Dead Marxist Trio Does it support HDCP? Or do you even need it to?

[shinobu Posted May 27th 2010 5:44PM]

@Quick6
just found on the website. it supports HDCP 2.0

[southmetrotechmn Posted May 27th 2010 4:32PM]

Much better than WIDI, WIDI sucks, it's laggy, doesn't work properly at all times, and sometimes just play won't work at all. If this gets built into laptops, then WIDI will have so much competition. I found one that does video only that is a USB dongle, forgot brand, but works pretty well but still was around 150, so this would smoke that as an option.

[palehorse Posted May 27th 2010 4:33PM]

When I can hang my TV on the wall with just a single power cable, I'm in.

[xtasi Posted May 27th 2010 4:35PM]

@sshating I use my laptop for Hulu. I either can use this, walk to the tv (hdmi cables are 6ft) or get a wireless keyboard/mouse. Yes, having it built in to my laptop would be nice, but I already have a laptop I bought late last year. "built in" aint happening after the fact. Besides, do you carry your TV with you? (you mentioned it makes it non portable).

[Smkmn13 Posted May 27th 2010 4:39PM]

@palehorse
HDMI 1.5...?

[joe2010 Posted May 27th 2010 4:42PM]

it's a bit larger is probably no fans inside in transmitter and receiver, and that makes sense.

i had an asus eee keyboard and the noise from fan inside the receiver was too loud to stand and i returned it.

[sonofdeath Posted May 27th 2010 4:48PM]

I've been waiting for something like this and I think I will buy this if someone can confirm whether or not his will work with my PS3. When my wife is watching TV on our big screen and I would rather play my PS3 I end up not playing because I don't want to have to move my PS3 somewhere else. I would also rather not have to have a really long HDMI cable stretching from my PS3 to where my monitor is. Since it says there was no noticeable lag, I wonder if I could indeed use this to play games on my Playstation.

[joe2010 Posted May 27th 2010 8:24PM]

@sonofdeath

i think this is possible according to the press release as long as the distance between your PS3 and monitor is ok within its transmission range

[Information Central Posted May 27th 2010 4:54PM]

Uncompressed 1080p at 24 FPS would be 150 MBps. Even if they could losslessly compress to 50%, 75 megabytes per second is not happening over wireless. What are they talking about?

[tosvus Posted May 27th 2010 7:34PM]

@Information Central Depending on the frequency you can easily reach into gbit sec range

[Information Central Posted May 29th 2010 1:59PM]

It would be interesting to know.

[dds1043 Posted May 27th 2010 4:55PM]

That is way to big to be a real option for WIDI. Should be an usb dongle or hdmi dongle powered by usb.

[n12960 Posted May 27th 2010 5:54PM]

i have brite-view's air hd wirless hd video transmission kits for a while and i acutally have my hp nb connected to one of its input (it has four inputs at transmitter) via hdmi. through the ir blaster i can remotedly use my hp in the other room with hp's rcu. this configuration works great to me. though air hd is at 1080i, it doesn't matter to me. i got air hd at $329 (but now it's $279), and i think this hdelight thing can range from $150 to $180 that's reasonable.

[tosvus Posted May 27th 2010 8:13PM]

This product isn't optimal for hooking up a laptop to a tv, but using it as a permanent hookup between a desktop htpc and a tv, or a receiver and a projector would both be great!

[dosguy Posted May 27th 2010 9:57PM]

The video shows the laptop within arms length of the TV. Wonder how well this thing works from across the room, or if the signal drops when someone walks by.

[hnb Posted May 29th 2010 12:05PM]

Just wondering if this gadget can work as stand alone setup with my processor's hdmi ouput... Less cables with a cleaner room!