Gefen has released a new kit called the Wireless for HDMI 60GHz, an extender that’s able to stream uncompressed HDMI 1.3 audio and video to any remote display wirelessly. In other words, it’s a kit that’ll let you place your Blu-ray player up to 30 feet away from your HDTV and connect them without having to string out 30 feet of cables.
That’s the long and short of it. It gives you flexibility without the cable clutter. It’s like one-way Wi-fi for your TV.
To make it all work, the Gefen box comes with a pair of sender and receiver units. You plug in your HDTV to the receiver, while the set-top box (in our case, the Blu-ray player) plugs into the sender unit. The user—that would be you, if you’re interested—powers on both units and pairs them using dedicated reset buttons, and that’s it. The kit can stream 1080p HD video with 8-channel digital audio, and can connect to other displays like computer monitors with resolutions of up to 1920 x 1200 via a DVI connection.
The price for neat, cable-free, wireless HD connections? $1,000. (Ouch.) The potential to configure an awesome home entertainment system? Pretty good, with the way you can hide stuff from view, leaving only the HDTV in front of the couch.
Tags: Gefen, Home Entertainment, Set Top Kits, Wireless and Networking
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