Terk Technologies Leapfrog LF-30S Wireless 2.4 GHz A/V Distribution System

Rating:
Summary: Great if you are not a videophile
Review: We have an 802.11g wireless network at home, which is to say we have ANOTHER transmitter broadcasting at the same frequency of this A/V Distribution System. As a result, due to the fact that the Terk transmitter is more powerful than my wireless router, when I first turned on the A/V dist. system I could not use my wireless network, because the computer I have wirelessly connected to the network could not find any networks... i.e. it does not know how to deal with the "network signal" from the A/V dist. system. This was easily solved (thanks to Doug for the tip) by switching over to Channel 2 (there are four channels available to broadcast over).

Otherwise, it was a true breeze to set up and very inexpensive compared to wired options, if you need to run cables over more than 16 feet or so. However, if you are VERY critical about video quality, know that this wireless "bridge" will degrade quality a little bit. If you have anything remotely similar to HDTV, for example, it will kill the quality because it only uses composite video or coaxial (HDTV requires component or DVI). But if you are not overly critical about perfect video quality, this is more than enough, and will save you probablyt some $200-$400 in cable costs and installation expenses to get the video signal wired. I must clarify that I didn't run the audio signal through, since I was only using it to bridge the gap between our receiver (which has its own speakers) and the video input for our digital projector at the oposite end of the room.

Rating:
Summary: Wow!! Surprise-- this really works!!
Review: We recently remodeled our kitchen and as part of the remodel we added an LCD TV. We have TiVO on our main TV and wanted to be able to watch taped shows in the kitchen without the hassle (and expense) of buying another TiVO box and subscription.

We were skeptical about this product (especially the claim that the remote would work with it) -- but -- to our surprise (and delight) this thing really works!!

Set up was a breeze and it works fine. Great product for the price!!