News - PLAiR wireless streaming HDMI dongle demonstrated

[HEXUS]

This neat $99 gadget is now purchasable and will ship in the first week of April.

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[lowers93]

Have been waiting way too long for this! Amazing!

[Attila the Bun]

Will you be reviewing this promising looking piece of tech HEXUS?

[crossy]

Shame it doesn't stream Google Play movies otherwise it would have been ideal. Looks like I'll have to go down the route of the (proprietary) Samsung All-Share dongle.

[TheAnimus]

Shame it doesn't stream Google Play movies

Got a link for that? Would be interested in knowing its limits.

[crossy]

Got a link for that? Would be interested in knowing its limits.

I'm just going on what's in the FAQ (http://plair.com/faq) plus the description given for the Android app in the Play store:

PLAiR apps let you play photos & videos on your TV using the PLAiR device. You can beam unlimited online videos from one of our partner channels or by doing a simple search through the search box in the channels tab. You can also beam photos and videos that are in your photo/video gallery of your Android device.

Now, I figure that Play movies (at least the rentals) don't appear in the video gallery, and they (Google) aren't one of those "partners" - hence no Play Movies. :'( Adding to that, if it did do Play Movies then I'd figure that Plair would be shouting that long and loud.

I'd love to be wrong though.