ViewSonic WPG-150 Wireless G Presentation Gateway lets you wirelessly connect your laptop or desktop PC to a projector or monitor. The WPG-150 supports resolutions up to 1024x768 for your presentations and 640x480 for video in motion almost DVD quality, as demonstrated clear. animations and slide transitions ensure your rapid presentation never misses a beat. With 802.11b / g wireless effortlessly takes your presentations anywhere. Experience dynamic, interactive meetings when you easily change presenters without swapping cables. Download the driver software from the disk. You do not need to install devices prior to the meeting. The WPG-150 supports any projector, LCD or widescreen TV with a VGA or DVI.
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Ronaldo
I teach at a school where several of us share the same projectors. WE bought the wpg-150 to save wear and tear on our computers by constantly plugging and unplugging the cable. Our cable is heavey and we fear it may eventually damage the connection on the computer. The Viewsonic gateway is easy to install. You don't even need a cd! The software downloads directly from the unit itself. My only major complaint was going to be that the wireless audio hookup to play sound didn't work... turns out I didn't have it plugged in all the way! Now our only issue is one computer doesn't seem to configure itself well. The image seems to overlap... we're working on it. But even with these minor issues I would recommend this unit. In fact, I'm about to order another one for the other classroom.
UPDATE - The overlaping image problem was solved easily by changing the resolution of "monitor 2" in the windows setup. I've already ordered the second gateway!
Not usable for critical work
Despite reading a number of unfavorable comments (which proved accurate), this thing looked like it might be just what I need. My wife and I run a custom photo studio and use a good projector for showing pix to clients. Also I am a Photoshop instructor and use the projector in teaching. Both applications would be enhanced by ditching the cables from the computer.
First I discovered that the complaints about the software are all true:
The WPG-150 is assigned as the sole device on the system, so switching to the internet quickly is not possible. Worse yet, the thing allows you to "disconnect" without actually breaking the link, so the whole LAN is hung until all devices are restarted. OK fair enough I can remember that one trap, but then it gets WAY worse. Enabling encryption causes a conflict with the Windows XP firewall, and a nice sign comes up that says "connection rejected by WIN firewall". I found a way around that that involves connecting devices in a specific order. Still usable but a pain, UNTIL I looked at the image!!
The image quality is very poor. Not even close to the photo quality I require. It appears that although the hi res setting is 1080x768, it is actually up-ressing from a lower quality. Not only is there a large loss in detail but the image is actually blurry. To verify i wasn't doing something stupid, I ran a comparison: we have 2 Lacie 324 studio monitors for photo prep that are calibrated as close to identical as we can get (using a Munki and the touch-up controls) I hooked up one direct to the computer and the other thru the WPG-150. The difference was obvious and large. It wasn't even as good as VGA.
This thing might be OK for a situation where it never gets turned off and swapped for another device, AND the primary material displayed was text and saturated color graphics. It's of no use to me.
Good for presentations
As far as a presentation device, it worked great. I could display IE, Media Player without any issues. As a presentation goes, the fact that it changes the sound output works well since it will keep your laptop from distracting as a small sound source.
I was hoping to use it as a Media Extender(which it isn't). There were two limitations in this goal. 1, Media Center 2005 is not supported to be displayed by this. 2, It requires the output of sound to be it instead of your host PC's speakers. Both of these should not be a problem for you if you are looking for something to make it possible to hook into a projector you cannot stand next to.
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