WHDI Geforce GTX 460 from Galaxy Microsystems gets release date, more pictures
Some time back we covered news about Galaxy Microsystems coming out with new video card with WHDI support. Finally we know that this video card will be GTX 460 and it will go out to the market this October.
Now instead of getting expensive HDMI cables and putting them all around the house you can just get WHDI receiver, plug it into your TV and have HD video transferred from your PC up to 30 meters of distance. Also you’ll get less than 1 millisecond of latency for the HD video so you’ll be able not only watch video but also play PC games from on your HD screen. One issue that concerns me here is that for playing video games you will need to get wireless mouse and keyboard which even with bluetooth connection are limited to ~10 meters. Still I guess gaming setup should work within one floor as far as your walls are not blocking wireless connection.
WHDI technology on Galaxy Microsystems GTX 460 video card will be enabled by AMIMON – electronics start up headquartered in Herzlia, Israel. From the images of video card it is visible that antenna dongle is inserted into each component output of video card. WHDI antenna dongle looks similar to ones you can see on your wireless router.
Also according to photos released by Galaxy as part of the shipment you will get black and yellow receiver box to connect to your TV. It hard to judge about the size of it from the photo provided but I guess it will be about the size of wireless router and shouldn’t take much space on your set top box stand.
We’re looking forward to see this device in stores and see how it perform in real life tests.
Pricing for this card is still unavailable.
Date: October 3, 2010
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