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Wireless HDMI, WiSA or other solutions?

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Hi there. I have a friend who is about to move into a house and he is requesting my assistance in getting him set up with a HT. The first choice is the living room and it is fairly big and this is a two story house so I don't know how we could run drops of any kind. This is Texas so there is no basement and the floor is tile so no carpet to run under. I had my initial look at everything yesterday and the best scenario to me looks like running all the AV equipment into a built in shelf in the wall and maybe putting a glass door over that. We could hang a screen on the adjacent wall and run the front speakers normally. The quandary is running the rear speakers, the projector, and possibly the sub. I know the wife would not like exposed wires but if that is the best alternative we can work with that (I have concealers everywhere).

I am going to recommend an Epson 5040UB for him (I have a 5030 and love it) and I know they make a wireless kit but I am a little confused on its limitations. I think the projector itself appears to be limited to around 10Gbps which means (it seems) that 4K 60fps is out but 4K 30fps is okay. Unless you are competitively gaming I don't know if this would affect watching a movie or not. I know that wireless HDMI is also a thing and I have seen some info on it. Linus from Linus tech reviewed one and it seems to be okay but I can't find a lot on it either. Any suggestions, opinions or more info would be appreciated on how to best get the video over.

For the audio I see a large number of transmitters/receivers that seem to operate on the 2.4Ghz band. I have a set of headphones that operate on this bandwidth and I there isn't any loss afaik. I don't see a lot about them but there are a lot. Here is one from Denon:


Finally I am reading bits and pieces on the WiSA standard. I don't immediately see any products on it and searching on here it seems like it might be something that is coming? It sounds great though. I can think back 20 years ago asking myself why it wouldn't be possible to just send signals wirelessly either before decoding or in such a format so there isn't any loss. There seems to be plenty of bandwidth available for both audio and video.

I am not overly concerned with the audio quality on the rears so if there was a small amount of loss I don't think that would be a big issue. These are the surrounds after all. I think it is much more important to put a good speaker there (as opposed to a speaker you buy with wireless built in) with a transmitter/receiver. or even another pre/pro if need be. Even for the sub (depending on where its sweet spot is) I don't think is a huge issue. Image quality matters a lot, which is why I am searching for more data on the best alternative to a wired cable. Even a wired cable run would be pretty long. I know there are fiber optic HDMI cables but they are pretty expensive.

Thanks!
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WISA still needs an AC power outlet within reach of all of the speakers. So unless he has AC back by where the rear speakers would go... that option is a no go.

Id go with an Ultra Short Throw projector and have that inches from the Screen wall. That would eliminate your need to run a long HDMI, or work with some HDMI wireless solution
WISA still needs an AC power outlet within reach of all of the speakers. So unless he has AC back by where the rear speakers would go... that option is a no go.

Id go with an Ultra Short Throw projector and have that inches from the Screen wall. That would eliminate your need to run a long HDMI, or work with some HDMI wireless solution
Thanks for answering. The back of the room where the speakers (and possibly projector) would go has AC ran so that is not an issue. A short throw projector is a good idea. I will look into that. Although I don't know if I could get as much value for the money. Maybe. You can get a refurbished 5040 directly from Epson with warranty pretty cheaply. I discovered that on this forum when looking for my projector. I could feasibly do wired all around but I was hoping to get more input on wireless solutions and their viability.
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