Review Details
ARIES Home Wireless HD Video Digital Transmitter & Receiver
Product Rating:
Overall Performance |
Product Review (submitted on October 27, 2015):
My parents come to stay with me every couple of months and
love to watch TV. I put a TV in their bedroom and wanted to
set up a cable box however was told I would need to pay an
additional $10/month plus whatever other charges to hire a new
set top box. Seeing as we don't really watch cable unless my
folks are in town I was reluctant to pay the additional costs
so decided to try out this as it would be a more long term
solution.
I received the box and the instructions are pretty basic
although the set up itself is pretty basic too. The box
contains an HDMI cable, 2 units (both clearly labelled as
Transmitter and Receiver), power adapters and an infrared
transmitter. The set up is fairly easy - just plus whatever
you want to transmit into the transmitter and plug in the
receiver at your receiving end. The lights on both boxes will
indicate when the wireless connection has been established and
you will automatically start receiving a picture. Easy as pie!
So what are my reservations? Using the IR transmitter is a
pain to set up. On my cable box it is not very clear where the
IR receiver is so it took my wife and I about 20 minutes of
shouting across the apartment to get it in the right position.
Once you do have it working you are able to control your unit
from the receiver unit which is a great bonus!
The range is not as fantastic as promised. My apartment isn't
huge so it is not a problem however in my parents' house it
is. My father was so happy with the way it worked he made me
buy another unit and set up at theirs when I was home visiting
them. I set one transmitter up in their living room and the
receiver in their bedroom. The distance is no more than about
15ft directly upwards (their bedroom is above their living
room) and the signal is just about OK. If you stand too close
to either of the Nyrius boxes then the signal will cut out. I
understand that there will be interference from other units
such as cordless phones and WiFi although as much as I tried
to compensate for this it has not been overly successful.
Another gripe is that this is great for transmitting from one
room to another but you can't split the signal. For this you
need to buy an additional splitter which works although adds
to the mass of electronic devices I do have.
I do wish it were possible to have multiple receivers and one
transmitter so that the signal could be shared all over the
house although I think this is wishful thinking. Perhaps one
day.
Overall this is a good device although a little fiddly. If you
do have problems their support is below par although with a
little bit of patience you should be able to get everything
working.
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