Samsung announces wireless HDMI option for HDTVs
Samsung’s HDTV lineup just got a whole lot more appealing. The company has announced a new add-on option to some of their higher-end HDTVs that will bring wireless HDMI to your living room. The option, which should run about $800 when it becomes available, will be built in the the back of the units, allowing you to connect to a number of other Wireless HDMI-equipped components. $800 is rather steep, but when you’re dropping $4,000 on a 46-inch Sharp X-Series TV, it starts to look a little less daunting. Wireless HDMI provides 1080p picture quality, and is able to broadcast through walls and furniture. Imagine a central component system, including a Cable Box and Blu-Ray Player, all broadcasting to every TV in your house. Sounds pretty great to us and we’ve been waiting for this for a long time. The option will initially be available to Japanese customers only, with a US offering following in hot pursuit. Hurry up, please!
On May 7, 2008 @ 7:59 am, ChrisNYC Said:
No to be a nudge, but I’d still have to open the wall up to bury power, optical sound wire, and my wireless Senheisser headset wire.
(keep the kids sleeping)
But it’s a step forward, and pretty swift.
Pretty soon we’ll have a truly wireless enviornment, with everything cooperating.
Anyone gonna cry a tear if Monster Cable goes under?
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On May 7, 2008 @ 10:17 am, Bryan Said:
Any idea when something like this will be an external device that can be plugged into the HDMI port on the back of the TV?
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On May 7, 2008 @ 10:45 am, ReL Said:
Very nice - I will def be on this bandwagon. So long to those Cable companies charging for those extra set-top boxes…
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On May 7, 2008 @ 11:26 am, Chris Said:
This would totally be a win for me… I just have a single coax running to the flat panel on the wall in my kitchen. It’d be nice to replace it with something that could get a signal “beamed” from my family room, without having to run new wires.
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On May 7, 2008 @ 9:52 pm, one1082 Said:
What is the range? I don’t see it being terribly useful for something like and LCD, plasma or DLP tv. However, if it were available for home theater projectors this would be a massive selling point.
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