D-Link MainStage TV Adapter for Intel Wireless Display (DHD-131)

by D-Link

• Surf the web from your couch
• View what's on your laptop, on your TV
• Play movies in 1080p
• Full Surround 5.1
• Quick and easy secure setup

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 4.8 x 1.2 inches ; 8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0053XG256
• Item model number: DHD-131
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #47,550 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 23, 2001

Product Description

Make surfing the Web a part of your Home Theater Experience on your HDTV. Instead of crowding around a desk with all your friends just to show them the really funny video you saw on YouTube the other day, wouldn't it be better if all of you sat comfortably on the couch to watch that same video, but on your big screen TV, with popcorn? Watch movies from Netflix, Hulu or any of your favorite movie sites, all from the comfort of your couch. The D-Link Main Stage can do just that. It acts as a bigger, better, HD display for your Intel Wireless Display powered laptop. It wirelessly 'sends' your laptop display onto your TV, enabling you to surf the web, view home movies from your home network, or your laptop, right from the couch, with the push of a button.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Works great, but...(Update, 5/16/2012) February 24, 2012

By ektaylor9274

Amazon Verified Purchase

I love this thing! I had built an HTPC about 6 months ago and was using it to watch and surf the internet on my big screen television when my wife and I decided to buy new laptops. Both laptops came with WiDi support so we bought this and I moved the HTPC into my office as a desktop. It is so much better hitting one button on our laptops and instantly (almost) being online as opposed to having to boot up my HTPC. It was very simple to set up. The only reason I gave it 3 stars is that every time we push the button to start it up it asks to update and the two times we said yes (once on her laptop, once on mine) it stopped working. We finally got it back up and running and now we just always tell it no to the updates out of fear of losing it again.

UPDATE: So, after only a couple of months of minor use (maybe once a week) this thing quit working. Our laptops say that they don't recognize an adaptor. They look for it but don't find it. Once in a while we can get it to work but then it breaks the connection halfway through a movie or video. Very frustrating. So we just bought a new TV and Blu-ray with Hulu, Netflix, Amazon, etc. built in and use that. I have always liked D-link so this is disappointing.

17 of 19 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Very good! December 31, 2011

By Atif Hassan

Pretty simple to setup...very easy to use...the picture quality really good in fact better than my laptop screen as the samsung tv has great colors etc. Tried full 1080p videos from youtube to test and especially the movie trailers were really impressive.

I had to update software version of both the mainstage and intel widi, no issues there.

IMPORTANT TIPS: (copied from intel widi online help available on laptop)
TIP 1:
Q: Can I be watching something on my TV while doing something else (e.g. reading e-mail, surfing the web, etc) on my laptop?
A: Yes. Use the Windows key + P shortcut to select "Extend" mode. You must position the application you want to watch on the TV to the extended display (e.g. drag Windows Media Player past the right edge of the screen until it appears on your TV).
YOU HAVE TO DRAG THE APPLICATION (eg browers etc) TO THE TV SCREEN OTHERWISE ALL YOU SEE IS YOUR LAPTOP HOME SCREEN WALLPAPER.

TIP 2:
If your laptop's native screen resolution is 1920x1080 and you use Intel® WiDi in Duplicate Display mode* you are set
If your laptop's native screen resolution is less than 1920x1080, use Intel® WiDi in Extended Desktop mode* and set the extended screen to 1920x1080

my latest acer aspire 5750 didn't have full hd so changed the resolution setting for 2nd display (samsung display) to full 1080p and could see the difference.

Overall works as promised. Looked around for netgear but found only mainstage at bb, staples etc. for some reason netgear wasn't available.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars GARBAGE July 18, 2012

By AZB

Amazon Verified Purchase

Bought DHD 131 to stream from my sony vaio (core i5 with newer sandy bridge and updated WiDi drivers) laptop to avoid all the wires. This product however is absolute junk, it keeps dropping the connection constantly . I have a good 35 Mbps Internet speed and my new apple tv works like a charm streaming HD even 1080p videos without stutter or dropped connection . I even tried using multiple laptops with newer chipset, updated the firmware on DHD 131, but never got satisfactory performance . Don't even attempt streaming high quality videos as this fails miserably at that.

I was not an apple fan but after using and seeing the change with apple tv, I have to admit I am a fan. I would not recommend D link DHD 131 to anyone. And oh yeah the customer service is also pretty poor as they will blame everything on your Internet speed and would not be of any help...

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Works straight out of the box-Minimal work needed December 20, 2011

By Overdrive5

Amazon Verified Purchase

After reading many reviews, and having experienced Netgear products, I decided to use the D-link Mainstage.

It worked right out of the box. Just connected to the TV and fired up my Intel WiDi program and it was working.

make sure you update the firmware of the Dlink using Intel WiDi program.

I declined to update the Intel Widi to the new version because I read many reviews that it is not a stable version.

Been using it for the past week and streaming has been flawless. I have not checked it for more than 1.5 hours of streaming.

Before you purchase the product, make sure you actually have the Intel WiDi on your laptop!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars WIDI using D-Link MainStage DHD-131 April 24, 2012

By Byron R. Nate

Amazon Verified Purchase

Wanted a way to display pictures, movies, in fact anything showing on my PC to my larger screen TV. Reading several reviews of WIDI adapters on the internet, it looked like the D-Link product would be a good match for my new Lenovo Z570 (Core 7) laptop.

After receiving my D-Link MainStage (DHD-131) from Amazon.com, it was a snap to wire it up with the supplied HDMI cable to my TV. Clicking on the WIDI Icon on my PC instantly found the D-Link WIDI box. After entering the displayed security key, I was immediately connected and amazingly, my current PC display was full screen on my TV. Great color resolution, no hesitation with the mouse and I have yet to find any glitches.

Love it. Perfect right out of the box.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars D-Link, Intel Support Worthless April 4, 2012

By David A. Greenberg

Amazon Verified Purchase

Bought item, followed "simple" set-up. Didn't work. Spent hours with D-link /Intel (re; Widi). Not only didn't they resolve whatever was the problem, but irritatingly demonstrated a sophomoric, holier-than-thou approach obviously to hide their lack of product knowledge. The distributor, Circuit City, accepted return/refund and told me they had unfortunately heard the story too many times. So, I don't know if the product is good. What I do know is how frustrating and childish D-link/Intel are.