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Philips Sets Flat-Panel TVs Free with U.S. Launch of Wireless HDTV Link

Started by Shane • Oct 21, 2009 • 6 posts
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Philips Electronics (NYSE:PHG, AEX: PHI) today confirmed U.S. retail availability for its much-anticipated Wireless HDTV Link (SWW1800/27) that uses innovative technology to wirelessly deliver superior high-definition TV picture quality (up to 1080p) without ruining the aesthetics of the home. Unsightly wires are a digital burden of the past with the Philips Wireless HDTV Link which replaces the cables that connect the HD cable set-top box, HD satellite receiver, Blu-ray player and gaming console to a HDTV.

Just in time for holiday gift-buying, Philips Wireless HDTV Link is currently available for...

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Shane,

This is a great announcement! No more Cables? This will be great for projectors....though it's not gonna make the Cable suppliers very happy! I had no idea that the wireless signal could carry so much information!

Is Technology great or what....I would think that someone like Philips would make a transmitter/receiver combo to work with everyone's equipment....yes?

Magoo
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Well unless it's built into the TV, you still have to have the receiver attached to the TV somehow via a cable. So having a completely integrated solution is ideal.

At CEDIA this year in September, Wireless sets were also being shown by Sony and LG ... so they're coming!

- Shane
#4
...and near lossless was a term used at a CEDIA press conference.

Take wireless with a grain of salt and know that still, to this date, they have not been able to fully duplicate the bandwidth of using a cable.

I would not recommend it for a performance user yet those are few and between, so, for how most people use a TV and the sizes they are buying - they will think it's great. Bear in mind distance and location play a huge role in how well the wireless system performs.
#5
Any suggestions for a good wireless set-up for the "rear, behind-the-head" speakers. I live in a church parsonage and the Trustees don't approve of drilling holes, my wife doesn't approves of running wires, even under rugs, so I've got to find another way.
Sandy