HDMI via wireless

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#302112 29-Oct-2022 17:46

Please move if in wrong forum

I am in the process of moving from my own house to a retirement village where there are severe limitations on what I can do.

In my current house I have a sky box in the lounge. The HDMI output from the Sky box went to an HDMI splitter with one splitter output going to the lounge TV via HDMI cable and the other splitter output to a TV in the bedroom also via an HDMI cable.

In the retirement villa I cannot run an HDMI cable to the bedroom, so I would need to transmit the HDMI wirelessly. The distance is 8-10 metres.

My question is, which is the best product to use, remembering that there is a splitter in the link.

Thanks

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#2989582 29-Oct-2022 19:02

Happy to be proved wrong but I doubt that this can be done

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#2989585 29-Oct-2022 19:34

It can be done.

This from Google

Can HDMI be transmitted wirelessly?
Sometimes it's not convenient, or even feasible, to run an HDMI video cable between your video player and your TV or projector. A wireless HDMI video transmitter solves that problem, allowing you to send an AV signal wirelessly across the room or through walls to another location.

I just don't know which device is best

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#2989586 29-Oct-2022 19:36

Wireless HDMI exists. https://www.pbtech.co.nz/product/KVMATN0829/Aten-VE829-5x2-HDMI-Wireless-Extender--1080p--30m

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#2989587 29-Oct-2022 19:42

There is the Sky Pod coming which works over regular WiFi and may be a solution for you perhaps? https://www.sky.co.nz/products

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#2989621 30-Oct-2022 09:37

You mention in another post that you only have 2 Ethernet outlets by the TV, do you have another Ethernet outlet in the bedroom?

You might be able to do HDMI over Ethernet.

Do you have your own data or are you using the village's data?

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#2989622 30-Oct-2022 09:45

I didn't know you could do that.

The village provides the satellite dish and all the wiring, but we are free to chose our own providers.

Yes I have an outlet in the bedroom, however I intended to use that for the smart TV

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#2989629 30-Oct-2022 10:15

Most HDMI over Ethernet adapters only use the Ethernet cable as a means to transport a proprietary signal between them. This is fine for situations where cable is already installed and you just need to use it to send the signal from one place to another directly.

However, if you want to send the HDMI signal over the network, then you'll need to have HDMI over IP (internet protocol) adapters at each end. These are usually more expensive than the basic HDMI over Ethernet ones. The big advantage with these is that you can put them anywhere on the local network, or to use a network switch if a lack of ports are an issue (I saw you were asking about how to add more ports in another conversation thread).

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#2989635 30-Oct-2022 10:58

+1 for hdmi over ip. that would likely be your best option.

must be OVER IP and not over ethernet. you'll need IP so you can use switches etc when needed.

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#2989662 30-Oct-2022 14:49

I thought sky had a couple of new devices - one of which uses internet only. Wouldn't that be the best option here? Just have the internet only device in the bedroom.

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#2989703 30-Oct-2022 18:48

reven:
+1 for hdmi over ip. that would likely be your best option.

must be OVER IP and not over ethernet. you'll need IP so you can use switches etc when needed.

Hi Can you advise what one of these devices looks like (ideally a link)? Is it like a transmitter / receiver type of setup?

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#2989709 30-Oct-2022 19:51

@mailmarshall yep, separate transmitter and receiver units.

Transmitter goes at the source location (sky box for example), and the receiver is at the destination location (TV).

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#2989715 30-Oct-2022 20:23

Awesome thank you! I only have one RJ45 outlet in the bedrooms and in some cases I have a switch coming off the single port (for apple tv, computer etc). Will the HDMI over IP still work if coming off a switch ?

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#2989764 30-Oct-2022 20:49

mailmarshall: Will the HDMI over IP still work if coming off a switch ?

As explained in an earlier post, yes, as it uses standard IP network traffic.

But make definitely sure to get an HDMI over IP setup, and not an HDMI over Ethernet one, as these use proprietary signals that won't work over the network.

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#2989769 30-Oct-2022 21:27

Wireless HDMI can definitely be done - we successfully did it for several years until I sold the gear here on GZ in 2019, after we changed our HT system.

https://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=77&topicid=249500

Iogear still make this stuff but as a later model which can handle 4K. That wasn’t available when we originally bought ours. It can be bought on Amazon and will ship to NZ. Sky Go also wasn’t around back then.

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#2989770 30-Oct-2022 21:27

why not just use skygo in the bedroom and the regular decoder in the lounge? you are already entitled to it being a sky customer with a decoder

if that doesnt do the trick then look at the other options

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