Digital Home Thoughts: Intel Wants You To Cut The Cord

"On one end of the connection, you have a notebook. That notebook sports an Arrandale-based processor (Wireless Display employs the integrated HD Graphics engine), a current-gen Centrino-branded wireless adapter, Intel’s My WiFi software pre-installed, and Windows 7. At the other end sits Netgear’s Push2TV adapter with an HDMI cable running to your TV. In between? Nothing but air."

Intel is promoting it's Wireless Display technology. What is it? It is a system that allows you to stream video from your computer, presumably a laptop, to a box that's attached to your TV. Seriously? I suppose it might have some value if the adapter was integrated into the TV itself, but since you still have to hook up a box to the TV, I wonder why it would not be better to hook up one of the billions of media players, many of which even have wireless adapters built in. Chances are it would even provide better quality video. I kind of see this as making the whole watching videos on your TV a bit more complicated than is necessary. Can anyone think of a use for this that is not better served through a dedicated device?