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Miracast

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  • 22-08-2014 8:45am
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    PaulieC
    Registered Users Posts: 6,190 ✭✭✭


    Has anyone found a good Miracast USB stick that can be used with W8.1 ? I am just sending back an EZCast stick I got yesterday on Amazon, horrendous yoke altogether.

    Has anyone had decent success using anything else ? I basically want to be able to a) mirror movies form my tablet and b) mirror my desktop when working


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    Fingleberries
    Registered Users Posts: 3,385 ✭✭✭Fingleberries


    PaulieC wrote: »
    Has anyone found a good Miracast USB stick that can be used with W8.1 ? I am just sending back an EZCast stick I got yesterday on Amazon, horrendous yoke altogether.

    Has anyone had decent success using anything else ? I basically want to be able to a) mirror movies form my tablet and b) mirror my desktop when working
    Not an immediate solution, but it seems like Microsoft may be testing and getting ready to release just such a device.


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    theothernt
    Registered Users Posts: 875 ✭✭✭theothernt


    PaulieC wrote: »
    Has anyone found a good Miracast USB stick that can be used with W8.1 ? I am just sending back an EZCast stick I got yesterday on Amazon, horrendous yoke altogether.

    Just curious, what's terrible about it ?


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    Coconut Joe
    Registered Users Posts: 47 ✭Coconut Joe


    LIGHTNING wrote: »
    Odd article as it says you need a HDMI port which my 8.1 tablet doesnt have but then it says it will work with Windows Phone devices. Not sure how many on the market have a mini-HDMI port???

    The HDMI is on the TV, not the source device.


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    g0g
    Registered Users Posts: 2,780 ✭✭✭g0g


    I'm still hoping the Airtame actually happens and is decent, but you might be waiting a while! I love that it would support so many operating systems!


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    PaulieC
    Registered Users Posts: 6,190 ✭✭✭PaulieC


    theothernt wrote: »
    Just curious, what's terrible about it ?

    The software is horrible (subjective I know), the setup is finicky, but most of all it didn't actually work. I managed to share my desptop once, but could not cast a movie as the connection kept timing out


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