Doug,

There are a few manufacturers (including Panasonic) which make a USB key that will communicate from a laptop that it is connected to, with their projector (if it also has the wireless module), without actually loading any software on the computer. Not sure if that might be what your VP might be thinking of??

******************************************
John D. Lee
Classroom Planning and Design Manager
Learning and Technology Services
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Office: OL-1103
105 Garfield Avenue
Eau Claire, WI  54701
Phone: (715) 836-5635

I have seen Casio projectors with the same feature John is referring to.

Mitchell Copeland CTS-Design, CTS-Installation
UNC-Chapel Hill

From: av-1@googlegroups.com [mailto:av-1@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Lee, John D.
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 9:55 AM
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Doug,

There are a few manufacturers (including Panasonic) which make a USB key that will communicate from a laptop that it is connected to, with their projector (if it also has the wireless module), without actually loading any software on the computer. Not sure if that might be what your VP might be thinking of??

******************************************
John D. Lee
Classroom Planning and Design Manager
Learning and Technology Services
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Office: OL-1103
105 Garfield Avenue
Eau Claire, WI  54701
Phone: (715) 836-5635

We just installed a WiDi system that works extremely well, however it only works with very modern laptops with WiDi enabled.  This probably doesn't help in your situation.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004SBEVSY/ref=oh_o05_s00_i01_details

Alan Valatka | Audio/Visual Systems Engineer

Amica Mutual Insurance Company | Corporate Communications Department
50 Amica Way | Lincoln RI | 02865-1155
Voice: 800-652-6422, ext. 22010 | Fax: 401-334-3572
avala...@amica.com<mailto:avala...@amica.com> | Amica.com<http://www.amica.com/>

From: av-1@googlegroups.com [mailto:av-1@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Lee, John D.
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 9:55 AM
To: av-1@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: [av-1] wireless pc to projector without client

Doug,

There are a few manufacturers (including Panasonic) which make a USB key that will communicate from a laptop that it is connected to, with their projector (if it also has the wireless module), without actually loading any software on the computer. Not sure if that might be what your VP might be thinking of??

******************************************
John D. Lee
Classroom Planning and Design Manager
Learning and Technology Services
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Office: OL-1103
105 Garfield Avenue
Eau Claire, WI  54701
Phone: (715) 836-5635

There was a rumor, once apron a time, that this was going into Windows 7.  This would require all interested projector manufacturers to buy into this technology  as well.

Getting all these parties to buy into such a standard happens about as often as World Peace.

So far, not much luck with either.

-db

From: av-1@googlegroups.com [mailto:av-1@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of VALATKA, ALAN W. (Al)
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 10:03 AM
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Subject: RE: [av-1] wireless pc to projector without client

We just installed a WiDi system that works extremely well, however it only works with very modern laptops with WiDi enabled.  This probably doesn't help in your situation.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004SBEVSY/ref=oh_o05_s00_i01_details

Alan Valatka | Audio/Visual Systems Engineer

Amica Mutual Insurance Company | Corporate Communications Department
50 Amica Way | Lincoln RI | 02865-1155
Voice: 800-652-6422, ext. 22010 | Fax: 401-334-3572
avala...@amica.com<mailto:avala...@amica.com> | Amica.com<http://www.amica.com/>

From: av-1@googlegroups.com<mailto:av-1@googlegroups.com> [mailto:av-1@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Lee, John D.
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 9:55 AM
To: av-1@googlegroups.com<mailto:av-1@googlegroups.com>
Subject: RE: [av-1] wireless pc to projector without client

Doug,

There are a few manufacturers (including Panasonic) which make a USB key that will communicate from a laptop that it is connected to, with their projector (if it also has the wireless module), without actually loading any software on the computer. Not sure if that might be what your VP might be thinking of??

******************************************
John D. Lee
Classroom Planning and Design Manager
Learning and Technology Services
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Office: OL-1103
105 Garfield Avenue
Eau Claire, WI  54701
Phone: (715) 836-5635

We have made this work with a Netgear PTV2000 (HD) as the receiver. The PTV
1000 was the non HD version. The PC must have a second gen i5 or better
chip set , I think called Sandybridge, I could be wrong about the name. The
WiDi appears to work very well, but stand by the two radios running at the
same time will suck the battery away in no time. Once the driver is
activated and wireless connected to the receiver it acts just like a
monitor connected to the PC.  The MAC version Apple TV works well also but
not in an enterprise network with security. The first think the Apple TV
receiver displayed when I connected it at work was to announce that it
would not work on the enterprise network it detected.

Aubrey Bowman
Associate Director, Technical Services
*(Tech Shop,CATV, MultiMedia,)*
Wake Forest University Information Systems
P.O. Box 7408
Winston-Salem, NC 27109
*(336) 758-3902- office*
***bowma...@wfu.edu*