Any tablets with WiDi? Yes!

Q. Are there any tablets with wireless display (WiDi) capability available out there?

A. Yes! While they are relatively uncommon, the main Windows tablet with WiDi that I know of is the Samsung series 7 tablet:

Amazon.com: Samsung Series 7 XE700T1A-A02US 11.6-Inch Slate (128GB, Win 7 Home Premium): Computers & Accessories

Samsung Series 7 XE700T1A-A02US 11.6-Inch Slate (128GB SSD)http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006KYY1AU/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B006KYY1AU&linkCode=as2&tag=pixensity-20A lightweight slate computer with full PC capabilities running, the Samsung Series 7 Slate PC (model XE700T1A-A02US) offers all of the features of a full-sized laptop…

There are plenty of Miracast capable tablets and phones out there running Android (Jelly Bean 4.2 supports Miracast natively or AllShare Cast for Samsung), but WiDi is pretty hard to come by in the current generation of Windows tablets! I believe this is mainly due to Windows 8 tablets utilizing Atom CPUs isntead of ‘Core’ CPUs.

Specifically, here are the system requirements that Intel lists:


CPU

3rd generation Intel® Core™ Processor: all mobile processors

3rd Generation Intel® Core™ i7 Processor: 640M; 660LM; 640LM; 620LM; 620M; 610E; 690UM; 680UM; 660UM; 640UM; 620UM; 660UE; 3610QM; 3770T; 3820QM; 3840QM; 2710QE; 2820QM; 2720QM; 2635QM; 2630QM; 2657M; 2649M; 2629M; 2620M; 2617M; 2540M; 2520M; 2510E; 2640LM; 2620LM; 2630UM; 2610UM; 2530UM; 2920XM

3rd Generation Intel® Core™ i5 Processors: 580M; 560M; 540M; 520M; 480M; 460M; 450M; 430M; 580UM; 560UM; 540UM; 520UM; 470UM; 430UM; 2540M; 2520M; 2410M; 2537M; 2430M; 2435M, 2450M; 2467M

3rd Generation Intel® Core™ i3 Processors: 390M; 380M; 370M; 350M; 330M; 330E; 3110M; 3120M; 3240; 3240T; 3217U; 3225; 3229Y; 3220; 3220T; 2310E; 2310M; 2312M; 2328M; 2330E; 2330M; 2340UE; 2348M; 2350M; 2357M; 2365M; 2367M; 2370M; 2377M

Graphics/video card

Intel® HD Graphics

Wireless

Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N 1000, 1030, 2200, or 2230
Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N 2200 for Desktop
Intel® Centrino® Advanced-N 6200, 6205, 6230, or 6235
Intel® Centrino® Advanced-N 6205 for Desktop
Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N + WiMAX 6150
Intel® Centrino® Advanced-N + WiMAX 6250
Intel® Centrino® Ultimate-N 6300

http://www.intel.com/support/wireless/wtech/iwd/sb/CS-031059.htm


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