Wireless HDMI

tazzzZ

Any1 know much about this? i have been looking into it a little bit and most of what i find is a bit dated. but from what i have found any wireless hdmi connections have to have the receiver in full view of the transmitter.

what i am looking for is a wireless hdmi connection that will work over an average sized house and does not have to have the receiver and transmitter in full view of one another. also if the transmitter can transmit to multiple recievers that would be ideal.

basically i wanna see what the pros/cons would be of using this over a media streamer or small form factor pc. or if this is even a viable option.

Overheal

Virtually all if not all Intel Core i processors have this capability, under the moniker WiDi, or Wireless Display Technology. These work with optional receivers such as the Netgear Push2TV Adapter to bring you wireless HDMI. Check for the logo.

Unfortunately the specification while becoming an accepted standard very quickly, can still only be considered ver. 1. Since it operates at ultra high frequency (60ghz) the laptop and the receiver need to be in the same room, and more or less in line of sight at a range of optimally no more than ten feet. It will be some time before a version 2 becomes available, hopefully with those capabilities. The good news though is that WiDi is relatively inexpensive to implement so it's likely they will continue the trend even though right now it's more or less a toy.

tazzzZ

Yea I have seen all of that alright. And a few other options but all require line of sight. Even found 1 that u can be 20 meters away but u still have to be in line of sight. Agh well guess this isn't really a viable option just yet. Thanks for the reply

CyberDave

Any further developments on this? Have been looking at some options, but don't know the best one. Can anyone recommend the best Wireless HDMI option, for Mac?

Overheal

CyberDave wrote: »

Any further developments on this? Have been looking at some options, but don't know the best one. Can anyone recommend the best Wireless HDMI option, for Mac?

Airplay, via Apple TV. Check their website to see if it works with Mac, I know it definitely works with iPad, though I'm not at all sure how it works technically. By my reckoning it just streams the data over not the raw video raster like WiDi does.

CyberDave

What hardware do I need to hook up to my TV to get this to work? The Apple TV? or are there others that do the same, with less restrictions than the ATV?

Overheal

Most boxes would probably work but for a Mac setup ATV would be the simplest

http://www.apple.com/appletv/airplay.html

http://www.apple.com/appletv/

the airplay option only seems to be for iOS devices currently. The ATV itself uses a tailored version of iOS 5. However it can still pull content stored on your PC.

Other devices you want to use should be DNLA Certified Players (or Preferably Renderers, which are harder to find). DNLA players can find and access shared files on your home network. Renderers meanwhile can also receive a Push from an enabled PC. ie. I could sit on my PC and Push a movie over to my TV. On most DNLA players though you have to go to the TV/Box to pull the content, which is marginally less convenient. Think Roku, Boxee, WDTV, etc.

CyberDave

Is it still possible to get Boxee working with the new Apple TV? and if it is, can it play all file types or still just .mp3 .mp4 .mov?

Overheal

CyberDave wrote: »

Is it still possible to get Boxee working with the new Apple TV? and if it is, can it play all file types or still just .mp3 .mp4 .mov?

the filetypes I do not know. You could ask the eggheads in here,

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=113

You would use a boxee as a complete seperate entity? I guess I don't understand the question. Boxee is more for netflix and things, it's it's own thing. Apple TV is much the same thing but with features that allow it to fornicate with iOS stuff.