Review Details

ARIES Home Wireless HD Video Digital Transmitter & Receiver

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Product Review (submitted on October 27, 2015):

I have been looking for a device that would transmit a high definition TV signal from a cable/satellite box to a TV for years. Every one I found would either only transmit standard definition or would only use you LAN to transmit to a computer and the people that owned any of them told me none were worth owning.

When I saw this Nyrius NAVS500 I was very skeptical of it but knowing Amazon's great return policy I took the gamble. I was not disappointed! This thing is much more than I had expected. At first I thought it worked perfectly right out of the box but then I noticed I was not getting audio at the receiving TV from some stations. This upset me until I realized my problem was the old HDMI cables I was using. If you use this unit with HDMI devices that are not HDMI 1.3 or higher standard you may experience problems of lost signal and/or loss of audio.

After replacing the cables I was still having trouble when I used an HDMI splitter to split the signal to the TV at the cable box and to the Nyrius transmitter. The splitter said it was HDMI 1.3 standard but others were reporting the same problem with the splitter so I sent it back and ordered one that had reviews that said they did not have the problem. It works just great now.

I was really surprised to find the remote extender works flawlessly. I have never had one that worked as advertised before, but with this one I can set the extender in front of the cable box if I am using it or in front of the DVD player when I am using it and can control either with its own remote at the receiver end just as if I were in the room with the box, (with the exception of physically putting a DVD in or removing a DVD from the player of course). :-)

I have tested the distance and was able to connect at a distance of 50 feet and going through four walls. I did have to place both the transmitter and receiver high enough that other objects like furniture, appliances, and people were not in the way but after doing that I had no trouble. When I moved the receiver another 15 feet to a distance of 65 feet I was unable to receive a reliable signal. It would drop and then reconnect. I do believe I could get more distance if I were not going through so many walls but I have not tested that yet.

If you buy this unit make sure all of your HDMI hardware is up to HDMI 1.3 standards or better. The splitter I tried first was "HDMI 1x2 3D splitter v1.3 HDCP 2 ports switcher 3 4 5 8 PS3 XBOX360 DVD Blu-ray". Even though it claims to be 1.3 it is not. I returned it and bought a "[ASIN:B0012N089W 2-Port (1-in, 2-out) HDMI Certified Amplified Splitter w/power]" and everything worked. I use nothing but "BlueRigger High Speed HDMI Cable with Ethernet" cables. I am sure there are others that are just fine but I know these are as advertised and at a reasonable price so I stick with them.