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Intel Launches Wi-Di

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the clear-streams dept.

Barence writes "Intel has launched a new display technology called Wi-Di at CES. Intel Wireless Display uses Wi-Fi to wirelessly transmit video from PCs running Intel's latest generation of Core processors to HD television sets. Televisions will require a special adapter made by companies such as Netgear — which will cost around $100 — to receive the wireless video signals. Intel also revealed its optical interconnect technology, Light Peak, will be in PCs 'in about a year.'"

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  1. Great! by Errol+backfiring · · Score: 3, Funny

    Why didn't I think of that? First, kill off all TV signals and force people to use cable companies, then invent a system to ...
    transmit TV signals!
    Brilliant!

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    Nae king! Nae laird! Nae yurrupiean pressedent! We willna be fooled again!
  2. Wi-Di by hcpxvi · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... when you could LIVE?
    bada-bing-TISH! Thank you ladies and gentlemen, I'll be here all week.
    Seriously, though, did their advertising people not spot what a silly name Wi-Di is?

    1. Re:Wi-Di by stupid_is · · Score: 3, Funny

      In Newcastle, UK, Wii is pronounced "Why-aye"

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      -- Intelligence is soluble in alcohol
    2. Re:Wi-Di by dmayle · · Score: 2, Funny

      What a great joke! You're so Wi-Di...

    3. Re:Wi-Di by JeffSpudrinski · · Score: 5, Funny

      Discussion of how to pronounce it reminds me of the little-known trivia about how the inventor of SCSI wanted it to be pronounced as the "Sexy Interface" rather than the "Scuzzy Interface".

      -JJS

  3. Re:Let me guess... by asylumx · · Score: 2, Funny

    Shielded with tin foil?