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Anyone who’s ever given a presentation with a projector understands this equation:

Laptop + Projector = Rage, Frustration and Finally Tears

Every time the MC, the A/V and I wrestle with my laptop and the projector, I give the same spiel: the technology industry has failed us here. This should be a plug-and-play operation, but it almost never is. It’s a nightmare of adapters, dongles and too many settings (resolution, input, mirroring displays, and so forth).

And it always comes at the worst possible time. At best, you have ten or fifteen minutes to mess about with the technology. In the worst case, you’re doing it while 30 or 100 people stare at you expectantly.

Via Rococo’s blog (a client), here’s my first sniff of the promised land of wireless connection between computers and displays:

Can I get an amen?

This entry was posted on Wednesday, August 1st, 2007 at 11:27 am and is filed under Technology. Tag Testing Project: docking station, dvi, future, projectors, Toshiba, wireless. Photo by . You can skip to the end and leave a response, or trackback from your own site. If you don't see your comment within a day or so, drop me an email. Sometimes my comment spam filter gets overly zealous.