Warpia StreamHD Wireless PC to TV Full 1080P

I really really really want this product to work for me. Received it today and have spent a few hours configuring, once I got beyond the wife's perplexed stare and questioning what is it and why do we need that?Hardware and Setup:HDMI cableDell Vostro Laptop (4 gigs Ram and intel core 2 duo with intel graphics which meets minimum hardware req).Note: both cores run from 70 - 80 percent usage when playing video !! hot, hot, hotNote: I received a warning that my laptop could not display the 720p. But my HDTV is 720p capable.Lessons Learned:1. Do not install driver from CD! Go to WARPIA website and install current driver from their website. This fixed the issue of video not playing (avi movie on hard drive, Netflix streaming from internet). No videos worked using the drivers on the CD!!URL: [...]2. Netflix studdered !! (ahhh, the disappointment !!)i) Adjusted direction of usb transmitter - receiver to achieve optimal pairing (line of sight). You can check connection via the Wireless USB Display. This seemed to reduce the studder. For example, wave your hand in front of the usb transmitter, netflix will studder.ii) Reduced hardware acceleration; not certain for sure if this improved anything really (I did not notice a difference between increasing and decreasing the performance and quality toggle in the graphics GUI).Result = achieved reduction in studder to make if viewable, but not perfect.3. Play around with the Display Link Manager to fully understand functionality wrt display management. I have the video displayed on my HDTV and my laptop displaying my desktop. This is what I hoped to achieve with this product.4. Windows Media Player is superior in color and quality compared to using silverlight which I checked using both google chrome and IE. Winamp and Win Media Player are similar in quality. I will check quality on receiver and report back with findings.Final thoughts.1. Equipment runs hot2. Colors on HDTV are 'ok'3. Netflix studder, but achieved acceptable viewing through troubleshooting.4. Allows maximum control and is superior in my opinion to other competing products.- Easy and direct control of laptop to fully configure the media you want to display. Only limited to the capability of your laptop hardware, OS and software.- Allows for multitasking.- No need for another remote control the family doesn't understand how to use (hehe).5. Use a media player for viewing netflix and other videos streamed from the internet to achieve best color and quality.For now, I will keep the equipment to continue to optimize to see if Netflix is 'ok' to watch. Alternative solution may be to go with a new intel core laptop that has the Wireless Diplay (WiDi) built into the cores. But, compare $140 vs. $600 - $700 for new laptop and WiDi receiver.For now, a 3.5 out of 5 stars due to difficulty in set up, the netflix studder, but still a solid solution for those who fully understand its capabilities.Update: Studder is due to lag in CPU usage. Hence, you do need a very capable CPU to reduce lag and studder.Update: Returned product; I just could not get it to stream avi movies seamlessly, including Netflix. Perhaps it was my laptop, but concluded I would return and use the money elsewhere in my search for the best solution.

I wanted a device that would enable me to stream TV shows (mostly from CBS) to my TV (without using a cable, which I am already doing). I have a Dell E5500 Latitude with XP Pro (about three years old) and a Sony Bravia KDL 40V2500 (five years old?).From my research it appears ALL the three or four brands of wireless USB PC to TV adapters get hot and ALL of them have some issues. The reviews usually break down that one third of people love the devices, one third hate them, and the other one third are across the board. It's interesting that many of the negative reviews appear to originate with equipment not appropriate for the set up or goals that seem wildly optimistic given the level of the current technology. If money were no object, I'd be buying a WIDI enabled laptop and TV but I don't think Santa is up for that this year....My Warpia arrived last night and I followed the instructions to a "T" in order to try to avoid some of the negative problems noted in some of the reviews. The install went cleanly but if I had been in a hurry I think there would have been problems. I say this because, over the course of the 15 minute set up, my laptop prompted me to restart no less than three times. It appears Windows might have been updating USB drivers in the background but I'm not absolutely sure. Once the laptop sat for a few minutes with no more prompts I was off and running.Immediately I launched IE and ran one of the November CSI shows I hadn't seen yet. My laptop to TV spread is only about 15 feet and there were no issues with signal until I decided to check if the USB dongle was hot. It wasn't but when I grabbed the dongle, it blocked the signal. My bad..... Was able to reconnect without issue.The issue I have that I will work with over the next few days is the quality of the picture. I know what the VGA to TV quality can be and, so far, we're not close yet. Primary issue seems to be pixelation, which at times was very bad, and an occasional herky jerkiness to the feed. We are in no danger of hitting the advertised 1080 capability yet. LOL!At the moment, with a 15 minute set up time and a one hour TV show in the bag, I feel the device is about what I wanted. I will post an update when I a have more feedback.

I've had this device for about 5 months now to connect my PC to my Sony Bravia LCD. I used to have the PC connected to the TV just via a standard VGA monitor cable and it was fine. This setup has higher resolution, but video DOES lag a bit. I had to get an upgraded video card that was compatible with this device, but that was only about $50. The transmitter and receiver are in direct line of sight, literally nothing in the way. Video is OK on it, but not great. I have both my PC monitor and the TV set at 1280x1024, but i can't get the output to the TV to fill the whole TV screen unless i use the "wide zoom" setting on my TV .. it just blows it up a bit and it looks like it loses some resolution. I do have an older PC that JUST meets the windows Aero minimum specs, so this may be the issue in getting a non-choppy video feed to the TV. The LCD TV is about 6yrs old now (works perfectly though), so maybe my TV just doesn't like this device too much. Anyways, it's OK for watching basic stuff, but for anything where there is a lot of fast movement forget it.One ANNOYING thing is does is when the PC turns off the display to save power, then you come back and move the mouse and wake up the screen.. the PC monitor comes back instantly .. then your screen goes blank .. then it comes back on.. then it goes blank .. then comes back on .. then goes blank once more .. then back on. This is what it does as the USB adapter tries to re-connect to the TV receiver thing. It's SO ANNOYING. YOu can't use any power saving features unless you are OK going through that process every time you want to use your PC.Bottom line, it does work, but i feel this is still version 1.0 of these types of video transmitters and they will get better. But as an alternative to having a whole cable box, Apple TV, whatever, setup, this is the best way to get content from your PC to your TV.