You know what's most annoying about
wireless HD solutions? Two things, really. First off, 95 percent of 'em only come out to play at trade shows. Secondly, the other 5 percent require you to refinance your now-worthless home to even procure 'em.
Sewell, a company known for delivering unexpected treasures when it comes to adapters, has just pumped out its very own wireless HDMI media extender. The good news is that it's shipping right now and it relies on 802.11a/n technology rather than WHDI, UWB or any other less ubiquitous option. The bad news is that 15 to 30 feet of cord-free AV goodness will set you back $1,199.95. You can weigh the pros and cons yourself, but we'll be begrudgingly sticking with
coat hangers cheap-o interconnects 'til it becomes just a touch more of a bargain.
posted Apr 7th 2009 6:32PM
$1,199.95???
There's cutting edge, and then there's bleeding edge. And then... there's this?
And then there's Apple. There, I said it!
Cripes, that's a lot of money to avoid cutting into the drywall to hide some cords. Jeez.
Rewiring your house with gold plated Monster cables would be cheaper.
You could probably pay someone to rewire your house while you sit on the couch and eat chips for that much...
You could probably buy a second TV and put it where the cords are for that price.
You could probably buy an overpriced Apple lappy and stream HD for that price.
You could get two chicks at the same time for that much cash.
go on
For that much money I could get a media center at that location. Seriously, I've bought a 25ft hdmi cable from monoprice and did a wall jack to wall jack to another room and it still cost me way under 100 bucks when HDMI was still new stuff. If I was to do it now it would be even cheaper. Heck I've done speakers wires all hidden, power cables for plasma tv...all hidden behind TV. I'm just your average person who can read instruction, anyone can do it. You gotta be an idiot to spend that much money...or even 25% for something like that.
Pfffff.. for that price, I'd buy:
1. Popcorn Hour (~200 bucks)
2. 1 nice HD to fit in (~100 bucks)
3. One of those Wireless Stations, that catch the Wireless signals and converts it into Ethernet cable (so that I could connect the Popcorn Hour) (~60 bucks)
4. A nice 16/9 bargain tv (about 600 ~ 700 bucks)
5. A more or less comfy chair (~ 80 bucks)
6. I still have enough juice to buy some popcorn, drinks, coffee, doughnuts, pizza etc)
If they'd put their bong down for a minute or two they might realize that there's a recession / depression going on, at least here in the USA.
There's always going to be a market for expensive frivolities. Let's face it, this isn't (currently) aimed at your average houshold.
Have Sewell not been to a Fry's recently? The vast majority of tvs are black. Make your crappy product black so people can strap them to the back of the tv, as im sure is the idea.