I wanted to use WiDi on my Samsung Series 9. WiDi is an Intel specific technology that enables one to wirelessly transmit both the video & audio of their display to a HD television at 1080p. The TV needs to be either equipped with a WiDi receiver built in or it needs to have a WiDi receiver attached to it.
Here’s the instructions for using the Intel WiDi functionality.
http://www.intel.com/support/wireless/wtech/iwd/sb/CS-031109.htm
NEEDS A NEW WIFI+BT+WIDI ADAPTER
This is the weird part about the Samsung Series 9: They list WiDi as a feature however the wireless network adapter I got in my unit was a Broadcom BCM943225HMB Wifi N Bluetooth mini PCI-e Card. This does not work with WiDi even though the rest of the hardware does.
To use WiDi, it’s not enough to just have an Intel processor/chipset with WiDi support on it. You have to also have an Intel Wireless Adapter with WiDi support. WiDi in our case, requires an Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6230 (~$30) or similar Intel Wireless Networking adapter with WiDi support. I believe that most people would specifically need to get the 6230 model because it’s the PCI-E mini card from Intel that supports WiDi and both Wireless 802.11b/g/n AND Bluetooth. The 6200 and prior models lack Bluetooth, which I assume is a requirement for people that want to use Bluetooth UC headsets, mice, tethering, etc.
Like I said, my Samsung Series 9 shipped with a Broadcom 802.11b/g/n WLAN+BT PCI-E Mini Card so to get this to work, I would need to open the case and swap out the socketed Broadcom PCI-E mini card with the newly acquired Intel 6230.
And while I was in there, I might also add 4GB more of RAM into the extra DIMM slot.
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