Samsung Demoes Ultra-Wide Band Wireless USB Technology [CES 2012]
We had a chance to hang out with Samsung at CES and they were on hand to show off some of the wares that you don’t see in the news everyday. One of those things is Ultra-Wide Band Wireless USB. While this technology is definitely not exclusive to Samsung they are one of the few firms coming close to putting these technologies into working, practical solutions.
They showed us wireless mirroring from the Samsung Galaxy Tab to a capable television unit. It’s just as if you were plugging your phone up using some sort of video-out cable (such as a microHDMI cable). We were showed a jet racing game being played on the tablet and mirrored to the television. Latency is said to be less than 14 milliseconds and the slight lag was noticeable. It still looked great, though.
We imagine this will be great for easily watching high definition videos on your television without having to deal with the clutter and inconvenience of cables. Admittedly, Samsung’s setup was a bit impractical as they used an external device to feed video to the television but they do have plans to shrink the technology down into a size that fits on a mobile motherboard. Grab a look at the quick gaming demo in the video above.