WEBVTT 00:00:07.359 --> 00:00:15.200 today I'm going to be doing an unboxing of something that's a little bit different from what I usually talk about 00:00:12.240 --> 00:00:22.760 on my channel this is the mivia and what it is is essentially a way of wirelessly 00:00:18.880 --> 00:00:25.560 transmitting uh HDMI data to your TV 00:00:22.760 --> 00:00:28.760 from your Mac okay so let's go ahead and we'll have a look at the back this 00:00:26.640 --> 00:00:32.640 actually won the best of show award at the at Mac World 2011 00:00:30.480 --> 00:00:38.120 so here you go brings your Mac screen to HDTV via Wi-Fi and you can control your 00:00:35.600 --> 00:00:41.920 Mac from the TV Okay so we've got like kind of a wirelessly looking symbol 00:00:40.399 --> 00:00:45.840 we've got kind of a wirelessly looking symbol and a wirelessly looking symbol 00:00:43.520 --> 00:00:49.920 it all goes here and then you are able to control it from your TV so your Mac 00:00:48.120 --> 00:00:54.039 doesn't even actually have to be in the same room it works off Wi-Fi actually 00:00:52.600 --> 00:00:59.160 here we can have a look at the Mac PC requirements really quick so it requires 00:00:55.680 --> 00:01:01.680 a dual core 1.4 GHz or better requires a 00:00:59.160 --> 00:01:08.479 graphics card with 128 Megs of RAM or more so pretty much anything in the 00:01:03.559 --> 00:01:11.159 recent past uh macOS 10.5 plus okay 00:01:08.479 --> 00:01:14.560 here's some recommended models excellent uh oh well okay apparently works on PC 00:01:13.159 --> 00:01:20.040 as well look at that with Vista or Windows 7 okay well that's that's neaty 00:01:18.560 --> 00:01:23.960 all right wirelessly bring the Mac screen to the TV with synchronized audio 00:01:22.159 --> 00:01:27.799 even remotely operate your Mac from the TV with standard USB keyboard and mouse 00:01:26.240 --> 00:01:31.680 also works as a home wireless access point that's cool and support for PC 00:01:30.040 --> 00:01:36.320 sender for Windows 7 inista 3 additional software okay let's open this up and 00:01:34.640 --> 00:01:41.280 have a look at it so the first thing we find inside is 00:01:39.439 --> 00:01:44.399 please visit us for the latest drivers and firmware updates and manual 00:01:42.560 --> 00:01:49.360 downloads hey that's great advice isn't it don't use this please visit us for 00:01:47.079 --> 00:01:52.920 the latest thank you guys I appreciate that there is a quick installation guide 00:01:51.320 --> 00:01:56.399 so since I'm actually curious about how to install this we are going to take a 00:01:54.479 --> 00:02:00.439 closer look for a change all right before you start there are four setup 00:01:58.039 --> 00:02:04.680 possibilities you can use Ethernet so that's going to give you the best 00:02:02.039 --> 00:02:10.479 performance versus using Wireless all right next is using a power line adapter 00:02:08.599 --> 00:02:13.959 power line provides very good performance I mean really it's it's 00:02:12.319 --> 00:02:17.400 almost right up there with wired if you have good clean power in your house and 00:02:15.480 --> 00:02:21.239 if you have a decent power line adapter so that's another good recommendation 00:02:19.640 --> 00:02:26.360 partly Wireless that is reasonable performance 00:02:24.800 --> 00:02:31.640 okay so if a wireless connection is preferred you can connect your home 00:02:28.160 --> 00:02:35.160 access point and MC via cables and 00:02:31.640 --> 00:02:36.959 access either from your home AP or from 00:02:35.160 --> 00:02:40.800 mivia okay and then there's purely Wireless which is basic performance you 00:02:39.040 --> 00:02:45.920 can also try setting up mivia as a wireless client to your home AP via AP 00:02:43.519 --> 00:02:50.879 client mode however the setup is more complicated and vulnerable to any 00:02:47.760 --> 00:02:52.239 interference in the Wi-Fi signal okay so 00:02:50.879 --> 00:02:59.239 they give you a bunch of different options for how to use it and the video quality actually can scale with how good 00:02:56.400 --> 00:03:02.640 your connection is so let's go ahead and see what we've got in here in terms of 00:03:01.120 --> 00:03:06.599 accessories there's a box oh wow it's a lot smaller than I 00:03:05.040 --> 00:03:11.519 thought look at this picture on the outside of the box looks like huge 00:03:09.360 --> 00:03:15.000 doesn't it looks like the size of like a big home router but it's not at all okay 00:03:13.840 --> 00:03:22.159 so why don't we let's check out the accessories first oh 00:03:19.239 --> 00:03:25.920 boy lots of different adapters so I will be 00:03:23.280 --> 00:03:29.959 needing this one that is actually a pretty neat way of doing this um rather 00:03:27.959 --> 00:03:34.040 than create International versions of their product they create one skew make 00:03:32.400 --> 00:03:40.519 sure it's got everything you need make sure that this is compatible with either 00:03:36.080 --> 00:03:42.400 120 volt or 240 volt and then boom you 00:03:40.519 --> 00:03:46.360 just clip in your thing if you're not planning on traveling anywhere in the 00:03:43.840 --> 00:03:49.760 near future then you just throw these out because you clearly don't need them 00:03:48.120 --> 00:03:55.560 and you just use the one you need okay so that's just an AC to DC adapter and 00:03:52.760 --> 00:04:00.239 that will plug into the mivia obviously I'm going to be having to do a follow-up 00:03:58.040 --> 00:04:05.560 video on this one showing you guys it's performance in the real world I'll 00:04:02.280 --> 00:04:07.959 use I'll borrow a Mac from cameraman and 00:04:05.560 --> 00:04:13.640 uh we'll probably demo it on the tech tips TV right behind me which does use 00:04:10.159 --> 00:04:15.200 HDMI so it's got kind of a slick looking 00:04:13.640 --> 00:04:19.720 mirror finish on it and it's got a couple of antennas 00:04:16.959 --> 00:04:24.080 here here we are all right so we'll go ahead and 00:04:21.919 --> 00:04:26.840 throw those on there pretty neat looking little box 00:04:27.080 --> 00:04:33.520 actually but basically what you can do hold on I'm just going to finish up 00:04:31.520 --> 00:04:41.199 getting this all assembled here and then I'll talk a little bit more about it 00:04:37.960 --> 00:04:43.120 okay all right power button on the front 00:04:41.199 --> 00:04:46.639 on the side you see some of the housing on the other side you see some of the 00:04:44.320 --> 00:04:50.720 housing this feels like it's made of aluminum that would be my guess but uh 00:04:49.000 --> 00:04:55.080 you know it feels very very solid it's got some some heft to it it doesn't feel 00:04:52.680 --> 00:04:58.320 cheaply made at all you got rubber feet on the bottom so wherever you put it 00:04:56.560 --> 00:05:01.720 down it's not going to well if you put it down on a cloth then OB L it can move 00:05:00.360 --> 00:05:05.400 around but if you put it down on something that's not a cloth then it's 00:05:03.840 --> 00:05:10.039 not going to move around at all all right on the back we have our Ethernet 00:05:07.880 --> 00:05:13.080 port so that is the way to get the best performance you can also use that 00:05:11.440 --> 00:05:16.440 Ethernet port with a powerline adapter that works very well as well then we 00:05:14.960 --> 00:05:20.360 have wireless so you can use the Wireless in those two different ways 00:05:18.000 --> 00:05:25.160 that we outlined before you have a USB port so you can use that to plug in a 00:05:22.240 --> 00:05:30.000 standard keyboard mouse um Hub whatever the case may be you can use that to 00:05:27.600 --> 00:05:33.319 wirelessly control your Mac even if it's not in the same room as you like if you 00:05:31.520 --> 00:05:37.000 are using a powerline Ethernet for example your max upstairs boom use that 00:05:35.319 --> 00:05:41.000 to control it and then we've got the HDMI out and that's going to go out to 00:05:38.880 --> 00:05:44.919 your TV and finally we have a power in so I'm actually very excited to try out 00:05:42.960 --> 00:05:50.479 this product stay tuned guys and I will be showing you the mivia in action