Will we ever have wi-fi TV Signal?

Jivesinger

I_have_spoken wrote: »

No. Think about it. If your loft aerial feeds into a transmitter that sends the signal to a box plugged into the TV's standard aerial socket then you are re-broadcasting terrestrial telly and that needs a license.

But, as mentioned already, you can buy a gizmo that takes your signal from a set top box and passes that to a matching gizmo elsewhere in the house. This one is HDMI but there are similar devices for SCART.

It isn't re-broadcasting the aerial signal but would do away with the coax (and I'd be surprised if it needs a licence - I couldn't find any mention on the web page).
http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/aei-digisender-hdmi-wireless-digital-video-sender-kit-a55kz

kwikbreaks

Things like that have been around for years. The 2.4GHz ones will screw up your and your neighbours WiFi but there are 5GHz ones around. They used to be pretty poor quality and sent the signal in analogue form so were subject to interference (such asWiFi and microwave ovens). If you do get one make sure it includes an IR receiver and retransmitter so you can operate the remote box with your remote control - in days of yore there were some that used a wired link for that.

IMO you'd do better looking at internet based "Smart TV" options. If you want proper HD quality you may well be unlucky with most content.

lukerichardson40

We have done away with coax in our house. There isnt one anywhere. This is by accident, not design.

Renovating the house we never used the ariel, just watched everything on the ipad. When we were re-wiring we totally forgot to put any points in.

We got a TV and got apple TV to go with it (which is brilliant) and have never had the need for coax. So long as there are 2 sockets (1 for TV and 1 for apple TV) we can move it anywhere. We dont watch much TV at all so this suits us.

hjibds

Not in the near future I wouldn't imagine, you can't transmit the required data over wireless over any practical distance. Until there is enough bandwidth for this to be possible it's not going to be practical for what your looking for. With HD becoming quite prevalent now and 4k starting to emerge in hardware it's going to make things harder as we want higher and higher resolutions.

Also as we know there is lots of interference with wireless, it would be pain if all the TVs in the house went if everytime someone turned on the microwave.

neilwoods

Before digital TV came in, there was an analogue aerial sender, plugged into mains and aerial socket, then sent signal to another box attached to TV.

Can do something similar now, does require a freeview box and video sender. Would not surprise me if someone does come out with a freeview box with in-built sender. Or create some form of powerline tech to work.

They are working on using light bulbs to transmit wifi signal, so why not incorporate other items into it.

buglawton

Existing technology for a wireless connection is rather clumsy, not as elegant as say, Bluetooth is for audio.

I have a case where I'd like to be able to site a portable TV flexibly without a lengthy aerial table trailing from the wall point and without video senders and all their clutter around. Doesn't exist. Be nice if such a system did exist using Homeplug type tech.