Webtop to Netbook (NOT Lapdock)

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OBJECTIVE:
Webtop from Atrix 2, via standard HDMI, to standard laptop HDMI input.

PROBLEM:
Most HDMI ports on laptops are output only.

SUGGESTED SOLUTION:
HDMI to USB or HDMI to IP converters. not sure this even exists


Update to this post:
The original product link was in error (pointed out by "IceFragmatic"). As suggested by IceFragmatic, most USB video INPUT for laptops/netbooks, are intended as capture devices, although I am not sure what he means by "due to DCHP", regarding HDMI being a very rare capture source.

Has anyone attempted this?

The item you link to is USB to HDMI...again outout only.

You would need to use a capture device (which for HDMI is very rare due to DCHP)

Why not just buy a cheap screen with DVI and/or HDMI input?

I know that for the last few years, that there have been a small handful of expensive giant laptop PC's that provide for HDMI INPUT (yes, input), but there are as yet no netbooks or UMPC's that have a means to provide this .... would you agree with that statement?

(this is interesting from a hardware perspective, not necessarily from a business strategy perspective)

You're better off just using a VNC server program on the phone and a VNC client on the netbook while connected to a solid wifi. That will allow you to control the linux environment running on your phone from your laptop and doesn't require expensive video capture hardware. One does not simply use one's netbook as a monitor.

Sorry, should have referred to HDCP (not DCHP).

HDCP is a copy protection protocol used to stop digital copying of comercial DVDs and some TV streams.
The movie studios and owners of the HDMI licences do not want HDMI recorders without some form of protection to stop copying of DVDs. If this copy protection did not exist you could make perfect copies of DVDs and BluRay. Therefore HDCP has be introduced. This makes HDMI input/recorders useless for anything but home-made movies (and therefore not a big seller).

Your homework is to read the following....
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-9870317-1.html

John