what is SiBeam ?

hi ,
i have red in the link below that the G73JH supports SiBeam which ( as i understand ) is a wireless HDMI ,does the new G73JH has this feature like as built-in ?
source :
Asus Integrates SiBEAM WirelessHD Into G73JW And G53 Notebooks - HotHardware

 

No, they released the laptop without it. It was promised a while back, but a little before release they announced it wouldnt be included.
And yes, its basically wireless HDMI.

 

thank you

 

Don't you get some sort of Wireless HDMI if you upgrade to the Intel 6200N wireless card? I'm not sure about that but I thought I saw that on the product page at Intel where I downloaded the drivers for my 6200N.

I could be wrong. It wouldn't be the first time.

 

With the 6200 and 6300's you can set up MyWiFi which is basically a PAN. It can also be used to set up the card as a wifi hot spot. In essence you can transfer data wirelessly, but not HDMI.

Asus does have their new WiCast which is a pretty cool. It requires some hardware, but overall is pretty small and comes with the hardware needed to wall mount it. This will work on any laptop with HDMI.

Here is the Asus info about it: WiCast: Wireless 1080p Broadcast for Much Less

 

Ya but its not even nearly as nice as having it integrated into the laptop...
You have to pay extra for it (and its not cheap), its 2 pretty large boxes and it takes up two usb ports too...

 

I looked up that PAN again. I have the Intel 6200N and the drivers from the Intel site. I see nowhere in any utility on my laptop to set up an Intel My WiFi or anything like that. I also googled this and don't see any instructions or tutorials on how to set it up.

 

Just thought I would share how WiDi is implemented by the notebook manufacturer I work for.

The Intel 6200 and 6300 WiFi Adapters are integral components in the WiDi (Wireless Display) product. WiDi is primarily an Intel innovation, at least in the implementation on the notebooks my company manufactures. It also requires specific graphics drivers certified by Intel, as such, this ussually means the graphics chips are NOT discrete - meaning they are Intel Integrated Graphics not "ATI/AMD or nVidia" GPUs. There is also an Intel Wireless Display software component that is required. The only non-Intel hardware component used, is the HDMI WiDi receiver. It's the box that plugs into the HDMI port on the TV/Flatpanel. We test with a Netgear product certified by Intel.

It is my guess, that ATI/nVidia are not persueing the WiDi technologies, as it would require Intel to re-certify each and every driver release for WiDi - Since driver releases are so frequent, this would probably lead to a significant delay in each driver release. And/Or require WiDi users to stick with a single driver and ignore newer drivers.

In Peace and Agape,
Trav...