Intel’s Wireless Display technology is slowly proliferating among laptops, but WonderMedia reckon theirSmartStream system knocks it into a cocked hat. The media adapter uses the company’s PRIZM SoC to stream content via ethernet or WiFi from any notebook or PC, pumping it out on your HDTV complete with two-way communications for controlling the computer even if it’s in another room.
A USB port on the SmartStream box allows you to plug in a keyboard or mouse (or perhaps one of those combination keyboard/trackball HTPC remotes). There’s no hardware to be plugged into the PC, though we’re guessing you do have to install some software; still, unlike Intel’s WiDi you don’t need a certain processor/GPU before you can use it.
WonderMedia also bill the adapter as ideal for wireless office presentations, and interestingly a diagram on their site shows it working with smartphones too. No word on pricing or availability – nor what sort of ports the SmartStream box has, though we’re guessing HDMI, ethernet, and maybe some sort of analog outputs too – but the price to beat is the $99.99 Netgear charge for their Intel WiDi box.