RF-Link AVS-5811 5.8GHz Audio and Video Transmission System with IR Repeater
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Customer Review: Great Product!
Summary: 5 Stars
After reading previous reviews, both good and bad, I decided to give this a try, although I was a bit skeptical. Nonetheless, this was the only a/v sender-receiver unit that worked on 5.8 ghz that I knew of. I will say one thing though, the IR mouse is a bit tricky, being that the instructions are not too clear, but it does work once you have both uhf antennas in the proper position. Make sure the uhf antennas form an imaginary a 90 degree angle (one straight up while one is flat) within the line of site between the transmitters. All I know is that I get a crystal clear picture from my Directv receiver into a guest bedroom that is approximately 40-50 ft. away from it with two walls in between without the need for additional drilling in my home or paying for a satellite box that I will not be using on a daily basis. I can also operate the satellite box flawlessly using the remote from within the guest bedroom area. Who knows, I may want to expand my system in order to send a signal to a tv in my backyard when I'm entertaining outdoors. I guess I'll need to pay for an additional receiver, but well worth the price! Word to the wise...you get what you pay for. DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THOSE CHEAP 2.4 ghz UNITS THAT ONLY GIVE HEADACHES WITH EXCESSIVE INTERFERENCE FROM PHONES, MICROWAVES, ETC. This is the way to go!Customer Review: WOW....what a great device!
Summary: 5 Stars
When I was doing research on the AV Sender/Receiver I looked at many different brands. I chose this one specifically because it was a 5.8Ghz and wouldn't interfere with my wireless network or my home phone both of which are on 2.4Ghz channels. I had to mount in an odd area of my daughter's bedroom. She has a very large special order loft bed that is shaped like a house and made out of very thick MDF. She has a TV in her room but was watching it thru a window in front of the house on the top bunk which was very awkward for her. I had an extra 7 inch lcd monitor used for a portable dvd player so I hooked up the reciever to her tv/dvd player and then mounted the monitor on the underside of the roof area in the top bunk so that it can be pushed flat and adjusted for her viewing. I then hooked up the reciever to the monitor and tried it out. I asked her what movie she wanted to watch and put it in the dvd player and when the movie started playing on her new little tv she was so excited. The picture was perfectly clear with DVD or TV signal. The sound was excellent. My daughter was HAPPY that she could watch a movie in comfort. I'm thinking of getting another one of these devices for my spare bedroom for guests to be able to enjoy cable in that room. I could not be happier with this device.Customer Review: Works as advertised
Summary: 5 Stars
I ordered the AVS-5811 after reading the other reviews. It works just as advertised. I have the transmitter connected to a Cox digital box in the living room, and the receiver to an ATI input adapter (which connecets to an ATI HDTV Wonder card in my PC) in the bedroom. This allows me to view digital TV on my 19" CRT monitor, and record on the PC hard drive.
Setting it up was very simple. It works through 5 "walls" (including the wood of the built-in where the TV and digtal box reside) between the two units. The transmitter and receiver were factory set to the third channel (there are four total, each operating at a slightly different frequency around 5.8 GHz), and there was some interference. But changing both to the first channel solved this problem.
The IR mouse was my biggest concern based on the reviews, but turns out, it works very well. I had to make sure that it was placed in "line of sight" to the IR sensor of the digital box.
The quality of the picture is approximately DVD quality (although the ATI HDTV card may be upscaling the signal). In a few months, the evolution of technology will give us a product which transmits HD video, but until then, the AVS-5811 will suffice.
Customer Review: Awesome technology. Great for what it is.
Summary: 5 Stars
I was not excited to pay an additional $15 a month to have a cable box in our bedroom to watch TV. I was looking at Roku, WDtv, etc but really just wanted the live TV+DVR I was already paying for in my bedroom. After looking for a solution a few months I stumbled upon this gadget.
I was skeptical as to how well it would work but now I'm a believer. It was super easy to hook up and worked immediately. You do not need to be technically inclined to get it going. The signal and sound are great. Granted, we're in a small condo and the signal doesn't have to travel that far but I'm still impressed with the quality. It's not HD but I'll give that up to have no wires running through the house.
Another HUGE bonus is that if I want to play Xbox and my wife doesn't feel like watching me cuss and ignore her she can watch TV+DVR in the bedroom since the Xbox and DVR are hooked up to the same TV.
The system works with your DVR's remote from wherever you set up the receiver. We have a Logitech remote so it makes it even easier. I set up a 'Bedroom' option on the Logitech and one button turns on all the proper devices for bedroom television viewing.
Go'on 'en getcha one'a these.
Customer Review: Amazing Reception
Summary: 5 Stars
I wanted to move my TV to the other side of the bedroom and not wanting to tear up my walls or have ugly visible wires stapled to the wall I started looking for alternatives. Best Buy advised me they used to offer a wireless transmitter but it wasn't very good. Then on Amazon I came across the RF Link and was impressed by the reviews so I decided to splash out.
The transmitter hooked up nicely to the TV and the receiver likewise into the cable box and it took longer to get it out of the box than it did to get it working (good job it's easy because the instructions are terrible).
The TV is in an armoir and the cable box is hidden away in a peice of furniture so there is no visible clutter. The reception is amazing, the remote for the cable works just great by pointing it at the reciever with a really fast response. Best of all microwaves, telephones and other assorted devices have no impact on the reception. I even moved the tv three rooms away for a test and it worked superbly.
All in all this is a cheap high quality method of having great quality wireless media around your home or office. Another reviewer calls it the best electronic gizmo ever, I can't argue with the description.