Overall—It really works, much to my skepticism about it. There are however, a few drawbacks. The biggest being range, in my experience 1 room over and that was all it took. The next, possibly a design issue, the box itself gets very hot. I mean for something that operates more or less like a router, why does it get so hot? On idle it gets fairly warm. With use it easily reached 95+ degrees. In my use case, only the receiver gets hot, not so much the transmitter. If it weren’t made of plastic you’d easily burn yourself handling it after use. I personally don’t believe this is good for its longevity. Of course, this is assuming that my unit isn’t defective and your typical unit doesn’t experience this. Due note, at the time of writing i wasn’t able to locate my infrared thermometer and I used a different thermometer that is most certainly not meant to be used in this way. The actual temperature is certainly higher. On the brighter side of things, this thing is definitely useful. Moving around from 1 room to the next with a connected device is great. In my case pairing a game console to it makes moving from living room to bedroom or den to let kids watch tv is great. Performance—As mentioned above, in my use case, 1 room distance was all that was needed to have issues. To better explain, that distance is about 10ft with a sliding glass door between the rooms. The transmitter sitting on top of an entertainment center in an open living room and receiver on a shelf in the other room. As for obstacles, there’s the glass, a tv panel, and the shelf’s particle wood framing. Usability—So how well does it transmit picture quality? Packaging and product description says 1080p but in my use case the image quality is slightly degraded. As I’ve stated in other reviews, my house possibly has a lot of interference from other wireless devices such as mesh WiFi routers, multiple smart hubs, subnet WiFi networks, a multitude of zigbee/z-wave smart devices, and many smartphones possibly creating more noise from Bluetooth and other radio signals. That said the end result is closer to a washed out 720p image. If you game, a heavily driven story based game is acceptable, much like platformers and indie games. Movies/streaming is also an acceptable quality unless your needs require that the result be cinema quality. Where I do have an issue is during fps multiplayer matches such as call of duty, fortnite, etc. Besides image quality, there is a slight bit of latency that is very noticeable. NOTE: the images included are of little help as the banding is created from the screen. Screen capture images will be updated in comments. Other thoughts—An integrated power button would of been great to have. It would of made coping with the heat issue much better. Having to unplug it every time from its jack makes it possible to have the cord drop into the narrow spacing behind our entertainment centers. Conclusion—at this price point it is a bit hard to swallow considering the short distance a real world setting provided. A 2 story home would probably not be a very good fit unless it is used on the same floor.

I bought this so I could take a portable TV outside to watch on my patio. Previously I was using an extra long HDMI cable that I would pass out the window, but I moved my Directv box to the second floor and that became impossible. I used the Directv app on my iPad but the app is horrible (always crashing, not showing all the channels I get). I tried this extender and I couldn’t be happier. The transmitter is in the second floor bedroom and I have never had an issue. No lag, no dropped signal, no worries. Signal is rock solid. I attached a board to the back of the TV (using the screw holes for attaching a wall mount) and mounted the receiver and a power strip to that. The TV and receiver plug into the power strip so all I have to do is to take the TV outside and plug in the power strip and everything comes on. It takes less than 30 seconds to pair, and I’m watching TV. I also velcro attached an extra remote to the back and can easily change channels using the IR repeater. When it’s time to come in, I unplug the power strip, pick up the TV and bring it inside. No wires, no mess. Couldn’t be easier. I did notice that some of the negative reviews said the unit stopped working after a while so I paid an extra $25 for a 2-year Best Buy warrantee so I’m covered for the next 2 years. I’m very happy with this purchase.