Miracast?

[Megalith]

Can someone explain Miracast to me? Apparently, Miracast-supported devices will allow you to send or project whatever it is displaying to another, yes? Does this mean you could use Miracast technology to duplicate, say, your Windows desktop to a Miracast-supported tablet?

 

[Vega]

I've tried two Miracast devices, they both suck. Ton's of bandwidth problems, stuttering, dropped connections etc. I wouldn't even recommend bothering with it.

 

[AFD]

I set up my recent build for Wi-Di and occasionally use the screen-mirroring and "Throw" feature on my Sony Xperia handset, which are similar technologies to Miracast. They are neat and useful features, but have limitations. Watching a movie wirelessly seems to work fine, but actually controlling the transmitting device is nearly impossible.. there is just too much lag. For example, when you move the mouse cursor, you will not see this movement on the wireless display for a long time.. the delay is just too large to use it in this manner.

 

[450]

What are you trying to use it for? As a mobile gaming platform like nvidia shield - I don't think it'll work. But as a movie watching device it should be fine.

 

[rudy]

Miracast is a sort of tragedy of a standard very much like HDMI CEC. Good idea but letting every company do their own implementation and so on turned into a disaster. You never know if your device will work with another device, you never know if the bandwidth will be good enough. And everyone has a different program implementing it so its likely not many people will know what it looks like on your device. When ever something like this starts to happen IMO the only way forward is if the OS companies themselves adopt and implement the standard so that it doesn't make sense for the individual companies to waste their time doing their own implementation.

I have used it a little here and there to throw video or pictures to a TV but now days with an HTPC hooked up and cloud storage there is rarely a time where its faster and better to use miracast then to just go look the video up on the HTPC.

 

[Megalith]

Okay, good info. I was originally intrigued because I thought I'd be able to duplicate my Windows desktop on my OLED tablet...

(I know that there's an Android app that allows you to do that, but I thought Miracast might be a simpler, faster solution.)

 

[AFD]

Okay, good info. I was originally intrigued because I thought I'd be able to duplicate my Windows desktop on my OLED tablet...

(I know that there's an Android app that allows you to do that, but I thought Miracast might be a simpler, faster solution.)

If you're watching video, then go for Miracast or WiDi (fairly fluid motion, but delayed). For viewing/controlling your desktop on your tablet, then try out the Splashtop or MS Remote Desktop apps instead (closer to real-time, but frame rate is too low for video).