Connecting a Volla Quintus with a monitor
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The device page https://devices.ubuntu-touch.io/device/algiz/ says that the Quintus can be connected in a wireless way with a monitor.
Does anybody have any experience with connecting (in a wireless way) a Quintus with an external monitor? Or does anybody have experience with connecting a monitor with a Quintus or has any ideas about this topic?(I heard that miracast monitors are generally supported, but I am not sure if it is a good idea to buy a miracast enabled monitor and find out the possible problems or possible drawbacks later)
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Wireless display/Miracast in general isn't ideal for something interactive because there's usually noticeable input lag. It's mostly used for consuming media.
As for Ubuntu Touch, the compatibility is a bit hit and miss so it's hard to tell if it'll work on your monitor or adapter. It may also depend if the port works well with wireless display. Known adapters that works "well" are the Microsoft ones.
I personally wouldn't recommend buying a monitor just for this. I don't even know if there are monitors that has built-in feature like this unless they have features like a TV. You can look for adapters however. In any case, do not expect a good experience with it especially thinking you can use it like a desktop.
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@kugiigi : Thanks for your reply!
I will buy a monitor anyway in the near future and I do not need it necessarily for interactions. It would be no problem for me to buy one that is compatible with the Volla Quintus. But this implies that I can find a monitor that works or a monitor/adapter combination that works in physical shop and they let me test it with the Quintus. -
On the page https://devices.ubuntu-touch.io/device/algiz/ the wireless connection is listed as "working". So I think that someone must have tested a wireless connection between at least one monitor or monitor/adapter combination and a Volla Quintus. So at least this monitor or monitor/adapter combination works for sure without testing on my side.
Does anybody know, how I can find out, which combination was tested and thus produced the check sign at the topic "Wireless external monitor" on the page https://devices.ubuntu-touch.io/device/algiz/ ?(Or is it unrealistic to think that this was tested? )
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@musicologist - I have never tested with this device, but generally the Microsoft Wireless Display Adapter (both gen1 and gen2) works well with most UT devices that support Miracast.
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@TotalSonic : Thanks for the answer!
