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Microsoft Wireless Display Adapter £26.50 at Microsoft Store

£26.50 Microsoft Store8 Jan 16

Source: HotUKDeals | Deals > Technology

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similitude

8 Jan 16

Great device, works fine with Windows 8 and 10,
No lags up to 1080p, struggling with 4K but still good piece of tech.

Can get Topcashback or Quidco too. TCB has already tracked for me...

- Samba123

Latest comments (61)

mike_6480

13 Jan 16 #61

Received mine and set it up. Works great. Thanks OP

kurai

11 Jan 16 #60

Received mine today - works with my sender devices (Windows laptop, Windows tablet, Android tablet, Android phone) a lot better than the Fire TV Stick does, and is not limited to specific "cast enabled" apps like Chromecast.
Works great for full desktop/screen mirroring & video playback is fine up to 1080p.

I'm not terribly interested in streaming games to it but thought I'd give it a go anyway, just to see how it coped.
Looks like it's capped @ 30 fps maximum - sending it any source below that it's fine, beyond that it struggles, starting to get laggy and generating artifacts.

drbrainsol

8 Jan 16 #27

Did anyone use this to play FHD video files? Is a 3 hour movie watchable without tinkering with settings etc? Any obvious ghosting/stuttering/desync of sound and video?

haritori to drbrainsol

9 Jan 16 #59

I couldn't even stream a 480p video without stuttering in the video.. everything else was flawless, just video would not play nice.

shadders139

9 Jan 16 #57

Hmm, so are people sold on this for use a wireless HDMI for lag-free video streaming? And don't laptops these days come with an Intel WiDi thing pre-installed, that does the same thing?

trogggy to shadders139

9 Jan 16 #58

The Intel WiDi's no good without a receiver.
This is a receiver.

shadders139

9 Jan 16 #56

I think he means this review (which is 1 year old): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJYakV1sLEw

The guy originally did a review of the product, where it performed terribly. He then got a different unit, and tried it again, and it worked great the second time

pnaylor39

8 Jan 16 #55

great device . bought it from Amazon warehouse deal @£38 which thought was good. this even better. mirrors pc screen. Slight response delay when have number of USB devices connected, given alternatives trailing cables/ other mirrowcast device limitations still beat option. Powered by USB so need one on TV near hdmi or seperate USB power source. word of warning gets hot so unplug when use

colourpie

8 Jan 16 #54

Or you could use a usb type phone/tablet charger to power it.

Meathotukdeals

8 Jan 16 #49

OK guy did an update . 1 yr old now but that vid looks ok

tfish to Meathotukdeals

8 Jan 16 #53

1 year old?

bev1505

8 Jan 16 #52

My TV only has 1 hdmi port so I have a switch. Unfortunately the switch is quite far away from the back of the telly where the USB is. Could I plug a extension cable into the TV's usb and adapter so I can power the adapter through the tv's usb port.

Also, will this adapter work with a Samsung tab a? I would like to mirror games and a movie. I am assuming my Lumia 640 will work. Lol :smile:

chrisroth

8 Jan 16 #51

Sky blocks output from sky go when using a hdmi cable from an iOS device, presumably to stop people creating a kind of sky box (and not buying a real one from them). Would be surprised if this works but maybe Android can't be locked down in that way?

markrich

8 Jan 16 #50

Just bought one for the office. Will use on the presentation screen in meeting room alongside the Apple TV for the Mac users.

fishmaster

8 Jan 16 #48

Should be obvious why you can't, check the connections on this device :smiley:

Ivoryspike

8 Jan 16 #22

I have a couple of these and they work just great with streaming a film over to a TV, sync was just fine. They did used to have an issue before the firmware was updated i believe.

Meathotukdeals to Ivoryspike

8 Jan 16 #47

Anyone picking this up see fishmaster's link about 5mins in. Guy tries video and looks like it updates on the tv every.2 sec!

Was considering this for video from Stream 7. Not now till I see updated FW version.

X28HVT

8 Jan 16 #46

Great deal, ordered one but really tempted to order another. Good find!!

wakkaday

8 Jan 16 #45

Does this automatically connect to the screen or do you have to manually select each time

w_orbit

8 Jan 16 #40

I want something like this from my SKY box to the TV in the bedroom, so I can wall mount the TV and have the sky box sat somewhere else without trailing HDMIs ??

OFI to w_orbit

8 Jan 16 1 #44

Probably better running a small device with Sky Go. These Miracast things aren't suitable

haritori

8 Jan 16 #21

Had one of these its great for browsing etc.. but any streaming video had serious jumping issues, i found using Chromecast tab cast on chrome was much better for streaming.

faisal_uk to haritori

8 Jan 16 #43

Interesting to see peoples experiences with this.
I have a chromecast and FireTV stick (still in the box!) - so I thought a 3rd device would be overkill, although I do want to try this out at some point.

I have a Surface Pro and found that you can stream videos to a chromecast using an a chrome plugin called Videostream Link Here

Video compatibility may be a bit hit and miss (with high res files) but it worked well with a 720p MKV file. No sync issues and you could choose the output format (720p, 480p etc..)

For those saying video streaming does not work well, they it may be that your Windows device is not a good enough spec to handle the video mirroring.
Also it will probably be pointless trying to play a game via this method - just plug in cable if you want lag free gaming!

mans1

8 Jan 16 #29

Could I plug this into my TV, run Kodi on my laptop and beam across movies and tv shows etc?

I only stream up to 1080p.

Thanks

Teasy to mans1

8 Jan 16 #42

Probably, or you could just open Kodi on the TV from your laptop as the TV will show as a second display on your laptop once the wireless adapter is setup.

MBeeching

8 Jan 16 #41

Has anyone tested this on a 900 series Nvidia card?
I would prefer to leave my Intel/motherboard GPU disabled.

Bazzzer

8 Jan 16 #7

Absolute rubbish!!
Mine didn't work with Windows 10.
Sent back!!

Smoking173850 to Bazzzer

8 Jan 16 #30

My wireless Xbox one controller adapter didn't work with Windows 10

Teasy to Bazzzer

8 Jan 16 #39

It does work with Windows 10, it was likely either your wireless adapter or graphics card that weren't compatible. Took me a while to get it working with my PC. In the end I had to enable the integrated Intel graphics to work alongside my AMD R270x so that the Intel integrated graphics could handle the wireless display (R270x didn't support it).

OFI

8 Jan 16 #38

Great price, not expecting great things from streaming but will be useful anyway. Tried the Firestick with Miracast and that didn't cope well.

Tsung

8 Jan 16 #37

No Lag?. depends on the environment you are using it in. Got one in the office and there is noticeable delay between laptop + Tv, also occasional slight glitches due to the amount of wifi equipment in the office.

Took it to a trade show, the day before the show started, no glitches what-so-ever. But didn't want to risk it playing up on trade days so went back to a really long HDMI cable.

It's good for what it is; watching video's and desktop stuff it will work just fine. Playing games, I think I wouldn't bother risking it.

micksom

8 Jan 16 #36

It is a Dell XPS 4k (9350) that I am using too. Is this the same version as yours? Also, I'm assuming that to reduce the lag you changed your screen resolution on your tv to 1080, or would this help?

Michael

mixtlupus

8 Jan 16 1 #35

I really have no need for one of these at all... Ordered, Thanks OP lol - Heat Added :smiley:

micksom

8 Jan 16 1 #8

I tried the victsing adapter from Amazon and the lag was Terrible. My laptop does have a 4k screen but I changed the resolution to 1080. Given that I changed the resolution on laptop should this have resolved the lag issue? Should this work?

similitude to micksom

8 Jan 16 #34

Tried on Dell XPS with 4K - no issues at all, but like i said it lags on 4K vid on youtube as example. For all office work - perfect tool!

adam0812

8 Jan 16 #33

theoretically, could i buy two if my pc has no wifi?

fishmaster

8 Jan 16 #32

Yes as this is for a direct wifi to wifi connection, no router required. So directly from the wifi transceiver on the device you want to stream from to this device connected to your display device.

fishmaster

8 Jan 16 1 #31

For anyone confused how to connect this up as in "This has a USB to HDMI, so how's that wireless". The USB is there for power, look at 1:45 in this video to see how it's connected and used >

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syYQvHSYW9M

mike_6480

8 Jan 16 1 #28

Thanks OP, I've ordered

adam0812

8 Jan 16 #26

i see my desktop doesnt have wifi so guessing this is useless?

adam0812

8 Jan 16 #11

cool, never heard of this before. So could i beam a game from my PC to the living room? Its says no lag in the description but im guessing you would need a fairly monstrous wifi connection to make gaming over this pleasant?

sharzam1 to adam0812

8 Jan 16 #12

if you want gaming consider a Steam Link or a Nvidea Shield TV.

brian129 to adam0812

8 Jan 16 #13

Wifi is direct from device to this adapter, no need for a router but there's still a tiny lag when I used it.

bobjohnson to adam0812

8 Jan 16 #14

There is some lag, I can notice the sync is slightly off with video sometimes (sound before video) but it's not too bad for occasional use and I mainly use it for work.
It doesn't use your wifi connection, it creates it's own Wifi network between your device and itself (Wifi direct) so you can use it in hotels etc. without wifi connection.
Note that your PC must support Miracast or this isn't going to work. But this means you can stream from android/other devices that support Miracast, not just Windows.
I'm having some issues with mine though, worked fine on my Surface Pro 3 but since upgrading to the Surface Pro 4 I haven't been able to get it to connect.

23423rsfasfasdfasdf to adam0812

8 Jan 16 #24

I tested one briefly with a Dell Venue Pro: it was set up point-to-point between the tablet and the display adapter (i.e. not via your home network). The dongle is capable of 802.11n - so as long as your laptop/tablet has 802.11n or 802.11ac it should have sufficient bandwidth (It should work with older 802.11a/b/g, but no idea how well it would work at the slower speeds).
It worked brilliantly: virtually no lag (only noticeable if I held the tablet right beside the TV for comparison, but in practical terms: no noticeable lag at all).

Though, from the reviews everywhere there are a lot of people who were not so fortunate. I wonder: what laptop/tablet are people using that did have problems? what spec. CPU (are they Atom?)

glynthomas to adam0812

8 Jan 16 #25

The whole point is it doesn't use your wifi connection

Samba123

8 Jan 16 #23

Thanks OP - heat added and order placed. :smiley:

blammo

8 Jan 16 #20

Might be Quidco/Topcashback too

montana78

8 Jan 16 #19

cool. my laptop had i7-5600u & HD5500 gpu

montana78

8 Jan 16 #16

will this work on any laptop/desktop to any TV's with HDMI?

forcedv to montana78

8 Jan 16 #18

I think it only works with devices with Intel Graphics support.

http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/graphics-drivers.html

montana78

8 Jan 16 #17

Brilliant Gadget but house is getting a bit full with all these gadgets.. Chromecast, WDTV Live, Fire TV and so on. Heat added.

Istanbul_Kop

8 Jan 16 #15

Have this and as others have said...it's rubbish. Lag, dropouts, connection issues. For anyone thinking about using this for any type of gaming...no way. Used on Surface 3 Pro and a number of Android phones and tablets.

Walshinho

8 Jan 16 2 #10

If you have windows 10 you can stream from you Xbox to it anyways?

format

8 Jan 16 #9

seems to be able to do whatever a chromecast does (since it has miracast) plus has native windows support, so you can select it as if it were a 2nd screen. not for me as i've already discovered chromecast is inferior to an android stick/box plus my shield can stream games which this stick apparently cannot without lag, but seems a great buy for easy in-home streaming.

jasonli

8 Jan 16 #5

noob Q

I got a chrome cast v1

what can this do that my chrome cast can't?

BetaRomeo to jasonli

8 Jan 16 2 #6

Use Wifi Direct to create a direct link between the source and screen, removing the need for a local wired or wifi network.

Your Chromecast is for streaming data across a network. This adapter is more like a wireless HDMI connection.

Both have their pros and cons.

Manbag

8 Jan 16 #4

Ordered, thanks!

newsliner

8 Jan 16 1 #3

Got one of these - they're great. I use it with the continuum feature of the 950XL, and it's faultless.

danfr

8 Jan 16 #2

great deal!!!!!! perfect for my surface pro 4

Starkiwi26

8 Jan 16 1 #1

hot! i just bought 2x.
checked camel, the lowest at amazon is £36.99