We had a look in to these a while back.
They all seemed to use an applet on the client side that basically takes a snapshot of the screen, jpeg's it or whatever, uploads to the projector for display. Don't expect to run full motion video. Some projectors run a PCMCIA type wireless card in them, but only work with specific cards, don't expect to use just any PCMCIA card you have lying around. The problem we found is that if someone comes in to the office and wants to use the projector, you'd have to go and install the applet on their laptop before they can use it. We wanted to find some way of autoloading the necessary software on to the laptop without requiring IT helpdesk being involved, so we had a look and came across the Addlogix Echoview, which is a neat device you attach to any projector's DVI or VGA port. You scan for available wireless networks from your laptop and find the Echoview wifi network, connect to it, fire up IE and it immediately prompts to download and install the necessary software. Quite smart, much easier for visitors. Unfortunately you can't browse the web on your laptop via WIFI when using the WIFI on the projector. There's also the new support with Vista for Microsoft certifed wireless projectors, but didn't find any available at the time we were looking, so we plumped for the NEC LT380 which works quite nicely and is fully featured. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 11:36 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; NT System Admin Issues; Steve Burkett Subject: Super OT - Wireless Projectors Anyone have any experience with wireless projectors? I need one and don't know crap about them. Recommendations rock. === CONFIDENTIALITY AND DISCLAIMER NOTICE This e-mail is intended only for the addressees named in it. The contents should not be disclosed to any other person nor copies taken. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the sender and do not necessarily represent those of Stemcor unless otherwise specifically stated. Stemcor does not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this message nor responsibility for any change made to it after it was sent by the original sender. You are advised to carry out a virus check before opening any attachment as Stemcor does not accept liability for any damage sustained as a result of any software viruses. You should be aware that Stemcor reserves the right to read incoming and outgoing emails. === ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
