Hi:
We currently have a home theater which we built in 2007 things have changed a lot since then although we still have a great time watching our current set up with our Marantz 15S1 projector on a 110" Stewart Firehawk G3 Screen along with our Pioneer Elite Receiver. We have theater seats with wireless base shakers to go along with the Dolby 5.1 sound using Atlantic Technology speakers.
When we wired the ceiling we ran a couple of Atlona HDMI cables 1.3b certified (39Ft) and a couple of Cat5e cables all back to the area where our A/V components are located. Never have used the Cat 5e but thought it would be a good idea to put them in.
Everything works great and we have up to 1080P video.
Fast forward to 2016 and 4K (2160P) video with HDR or Dolby Vision is now on the scene and even though content is very limited we can see the day when we would probably want to upgrade our projector to one that will be able to provide us with these increased video resolutions.
Unfortunately we did not run a conduit from the projector back to A/V component area so we can not upgrade the existing cables without tearing out the ceiling and probably the wall where the A/V components and cabinet is located. (Would be a tough one to get my wife to agree to!!)
It would seem to me that our type of installation is probably common and there are many other home theaters that can not upgrade their cables without a significant amount of cost and disruption.
In fact it seems like there is no end to this constant requirement to having to upgrade cables in order to meet transfer rates for these new higher resolutions.
If Direct TV can beam 4K (2160P) video to your home from a satellite located hundreds of miles in the air why can we not send a 4K (2160P) video signal only from our A/V receiver video output to the input of Projector located 20 or 25 feet away?
A wireless solution to be able to send 4K(2160P) with HDR10 or Dolby Vision from an A/V Receiver to a Projector would be a product welcomed by a lot of people in the same situation that we find ourselves in.
I know hard wired is always the best solution but it is 2016 and just seems like this issue should be able to be solved wirelessly.
A/V manufacturers could add a "wireless" output port on their units which a "transmitter" could be plugged into and this would be pair with a "receiver" that is plugged into the HDMI input on the projector. Even if this was a "line of sight" system it would work for most people I would think.
Please let me know your thoughts if this is possible or not.
Regards.
We currently have a home theater which we built in 2007 things have changed a lot since then although we still have a great time watching our current set up with our Marantz 15S1 projector on a 110" Stewart Firehawk G3 Screen along with our Pioneer Elite Receiver. We have theater seats with wireless base shakers to go along with the Dolby 5.1 sound using Atlantic Technology speakers.
When we wired the ceiling we ran a couple of Atlona HDMI cables 1.3b certified (39Ft) and a couple of Cat5e cables all back to the area where our A/V components are located. Never have used the Cat 5e but thought it would be a good idea to put them in.
Everything works great and we have up to 1080P video.
Fast forward to 2016 and 4K (2160P) video with HDR or Dolby Vision is now on the scene and even though content is very limited we can see the day when we would probably want to upgrade our projector to one that will be able to provide us with these increased video resolutions.
Unfortunately we did not run a conduit from the projector back to A/V component area so we can not upgrade the existing cables without tearing out the ceiling and probably the wall where the A/V components and cabinet is located. (Would be a tough one to get my wife to agree to!!)
It would seem to me that our type of installation is probably common and there are many other home theaters that can not upgrade their cables without a significant amount of cost and disruption.
In fact it seems like there is no end to this constant requirement to having to upgrade cables in order to meet transfer rates for these new higher resolutions.
If Direct TV can beam 4K (2160P) video to your home from a satellite located hundreds of miles in the air why can we not send a 4K (2160P) video signal only from our A/V receiver video output to the input of Projector located 20 or 25 feet away?
A wireless solution to be able to send 4K(2160P) with HDR10 or Dolby Vision from an A/V Receiver to a Projector would be a product welcomed by a lot of people in the same situation that we find ourselves in.
I know hard wired is always the best solution but it is 2016 and just seems like this issue should be able to be solved wirelessly.
A/V manufacturers could add a "wireless" output port on their units which a "transmitter" could be plugged into and this would be pair with a "receiver" that is plugged into the HDMI input on the projector. Even if this was a "line of sight" system it would work for most people I would think.
Please let me know your thoughts if this is possible or not.
Regards.