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The show ended Sunday. Here is the rest of what I saw at CES… To see more, visit Gadgetress@CES 2009

Thanks to a technology called Ultra-Wideband or certified Wireless USB, consumers are now able to stream music and video wirelessly from their laptop to a nearby monitor. While the first products have been around for nearly two years, it looks like they are about to hit mainstream.

And IOGEAR, an Irvine gadget company, is out with the “first to market” wireless high-definition video adapter. Being shown at CES, the IOGEAR Video kit was streaming high-definition video on a nearby monitor. The monitor can be up to 30 feet away. This can handle 720p high-definition video. The product won a CES Innovations award (see image on right).

But it wasn’t as neat and clean as one would expect wireless technology to be. IOGEAR’s kit includes three pieces — one adapter for the laptop, one audio adapter and one video adapter for the monitor. To attach to the monitor, messy cables are necessary. 

IOGEAR’s kit also doesn’t include audio built into the adapter. Video and audio are separate. However, said Miranda Su, IOGEAR’s executive vice president, combining the two is definitely on the company’s to-do list. Click images below for a larger view.

The products will start shipping in two to three months (by March 2009), Su said. The three-piece kit is $349 and also be sold separately.

For more Gadgetress reports from CES 2009, visit gadgetress.freedomblogging.com/ces2009.

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