Radiospire wireless HDMI chipset

So you've got a rad high-def set with 1080p resolution and HDCP-compliant HDMI inputs. But we're betting what you don't have is a wireless HDMI chipset from Radiospire to help you send uncompressed 720p or 1080i programming at up to 3 Gbps. Radiospire created the chipset for OEMs so we're waiting to see who will be the first to pick it up, but the technology wisely uses the 3.1 to 4.8 GHz bands so the signal doesn't get crossed with those anemic 802.11a, b, and g transmissions. We'll be watching for a 1080p flavor in the second half of the year, and hope they up the output range beyond the current 15 feet.

[Via HDBeat]

[Jason @ Feb 11th 2006 4:45PM]

WHAT?

[Jimmy @ Feb 11th 2006 4:55PM]

Great for people with media center PCs that hook them up to their tv.(I'm not one of them, I'm only 13). Because instead of putting the PC way over by the TV, you could put it next to the couch or something so when you want to connect an ipod or something like that via USB or put another disk in or something, you don't have to walk across the living room. I think wireless HDMI will be great!

[nizzy1115 @ Feb 11th 2006 5:22PM]

I believe that it is intended for more use of rather paying $100 for a 4 foot hdmi cable and being forced to keep your components under your tv, that now you will be able to put your compents in your closet away from everything and just have a nice tv hanging on your wall in the middle of the room with no other clutter.

Now my question is, this wireless signal can send hdmi uncompressed to your tv at upto 3 gb/s. Is it really that much harder to do wifi this fast too? I would much rather see it there than hdmi, but hdmi wireless great none the less.

[peteremcc @ Feb 11th 2006 5:36PM]

While handy, this isn't much use until we have batteries capable of running a screen like this for a couple of hours.

Perhaps that is possible now, i'm not sure.

But once it is then you have a really good product, a portable monitor, like a tablet pc, without the parts inside (meaning it has desktop power).

With a standardised wireless technology you could use remote desktop when outside your house.

[Geoff @ Feb 11th 2006 8:24PM]

While I don't think this is intended for having a completely wireless portable 60in hd display like I think was being hinted at in a previous comment, I do see this as being great for both having less wires and to connect a tv to something like a media center/vista pc. The reason, at least as I understand it, for not having wifi that works at 3Gbps speed would be lack of range. I couldn't expect the wireless signal to have more than a range of a few feet unobstructed. Kind of like the problems with 802.11a, good speed and bad range.

[Jeff @ Feb 12th 2006 12:31AM]

Okay, how is the sound going to get from your components to the speakers that need to be near your display? Just run the friggin' wire. Most people will have to pay a pro to mount the set anyway (if it's being hung on the wall).

BTW, please don't pay $100 for an HDMI cable. That's just a big box store getting the money from you that they didn't make on the set. You can get a quality HDMI cable for $25-$50 depending on length.

[furtim @ Feb 12th 2006 4:37AM]

nizzy, I'm guessing that the one of the reasons for the difference is that WiFi is expected to cover a wider area and to operate with more competition from other devices. Both of those factors limit your maximum speed.

[G-ZUS @ Feb 12th 2006 10:58AM]

I'd love to be able to stream videos from my computer to the living room TV without having to have my computer physically hooked up to it.

http://musobs.blogspot.com/

[Tfelder @ Feb 13th 2006 6:07AM]

Ermm... kinda cool, but at 3GBps it must have a pretty high-powered sender - aren't they scared the waves might fry people's brains? :p

[Tfelder @ Feb 13th 2006 6:07AM]

Ermm... kinda cool, but at 3GBps it must have a pretty high-powered sender - aren't they scared the waves might fry people's brains? :p

[Alex @ Feb 13th 2006 11:31AM]

There should be a DVI or VGA variant of this technology for regular computer monitor use if the signal and image quality proves to be up to snuff. I would really love to have a wireless monitor about 15' away from my computer to watch videos off of my computer on without having to dish out for an HDMI display...

[Jon H @ Feb 13th 2006 11:54AM]

This really makes sense only for HD projectors on the ceiling, or for HD panels at tradeshows or other commercial installations - especially if one transmitter could be used to feed HD video to multiple displays.

[EricE @ Feb 14th 2006 6:56PM]

If there was an HD-SDI to HDMI converter in the miz, it seems like it could be really handy for on-set monitoring in TV and film production. Nice cheap way to send a signal from the camera to multiple devices for client, directors, etc.