For many Americans, Sunday is not just a time to spend with family and friends — it’s Football Time! All of a sudden, space becomes a premium as family and friends appear out of the woodworks.
If you have more than one HDTV, we have the solution to a crowded living room! Our brand new Wireless 3D HD Digital Kit allows you to view the game in two rooms simultaneously, and without wires!
What games are you planning to watch? Who are you rooting for? We would love to know how you think this device would make game day reach a whole new level of awesome. Let us know here in the comments, on Facebook or on Twitter.
The Wireless 3D HD Digital Kit is now available at Costco.com!
*Distances may vary depending on environment; solid objects such as steel, concrete and brick may view shorter distances
With skyrocketing tuition costs and a seemingly endless number of tablets, computer accessories and smartphones, not to mention the astronomical costs of college text books, students are looking to save anywhere they can. And while giving up breakfast and lunch in favor of a nightly pizza buffet may seem like a good choice, there are better things for a student’s wallet (and health).
Computers are a mainstay in any dorm room or college apartment, often running non-stop for 4-5 months at a time as students work through and endless stream of term papers, critiques and other projects. Students are practically required to have their own computers, but the peripherals that go with them can easily be shared.
Spend time researching IOGEAR and you’ll quickly learn we are pushing the envelope when it comes to implementing wireless PC to TV streaming and WiFi network adapters as a means of accessing and sharing content. But despite our love for the elimination of cable clutter, sometimes getting a device to connect via WiFi just isn’t an option. Maybe it’s your apartment building with thick brick walls or a country estate where the fifth bathroom can’t get a signal. Whatever the reason, it’s worth considering affordable options like a Universal WiFi N Adapter (GWU627) that give Ethernet enabled devices hope for accessing a home’s WiFi network with data rates up to 150Mbps and a range of 320 feet.
“Convergence” is one of those budding buzzwords that marketers and even scientists use when describing the prolonged combination or mixing of various entities. The blending together of traditional and social media is one example as is the simultaneous inward movement of eyes towards each other.

While the market is slowly making a rebound according to CEPro’s State of the Industry 2011, both existing and new homeowners are still looking to maximize their dollars. The funds might not be in their budget for lavish vacations in faraway lands, resulting in more families spending time together at home. In doing so, their meeting place often tends to be in the family room, on comfortable couches and in front of large HD televisions.
In the previous post, we made the argument that it’s time to redefine the meaning of TV because on-demand services , media center applications, gaming consoles, Internet connectivity and more are changing what can be managed and consumed with a TV. However, to benefit from all this magical convergence, proper AV accessories are required.
Jim Louderback says that “…the average American household may have three TVs, but many, many more screens,” when contemplating a survey by Nielsen that revealed that the average American home has 2.93 TV sets. Consumers want to watch the programming of their choice, when they want and where they want. The use of digital video recorders (DVRs) and services like TiVo have illustrated consumers do follow specific shows, but don’t want to be confined to the original air date of those shows. Furthermore, the ability to stream content on-demand to PCs and other devices has opened yet another door for those who want to watch programming.
With Microsoft’s ambivalence and a set of open source tools available to hack the Kinect motion-control gaming system, unchecked enthusiasts with creative, industrial and entrepreneurial motivations are increasingly using the technology and their imaginations to explore new applications.
From laptops to iPads, Blu-Ray players, gaming consoles and other devices, we surround ourselves with an increasing number of components, cluttering our living and entertainment rooms with cables and black boxes. While some consumers are happy to live with high-tech inspired decor, many others just want the performance without the visible hardware.
Fortunately, one of the greatest innovations in home entertainment over the last five years has made cable and black box clutter obsolete. Wireless HD streaming, once littered with endless buffering, colorful scroll bars and interrupted audio, has made great strides on the back of research and development by companies like IOGEAR.
Of course, not all wireless HD streaming products are created equal, and settling for an untested, low-end solution can result in the same problems mentioned above, or worse. IOGEAR spent countless hours in the lab developing the most reliable solution possible, and the result…Ultra-wideband (a.k.a. Wireless USB or UWB).
This new radio technology can be used at very low energy levels for short-range high-bandwidth communications by using a large portion of the radio spectrum – 3.1GHz ~ 4.8GHz (WiMedia Band Group 1). By using this frequency, our Wireless Audio/Video Kits have a minimum level of interference with other wireless signals such as WiFi, Bluetooth, or cordless phones.
As mentioned, wireless HD streaming is an ideal solution for eliminating cable clutter, but if signal clutter is wreaking havoc and interrupting your wireless HD streaming, there’s really no convenience at all. Our wireless products may not clean up the clutter in your closet, but they can reliable make your entertainment more accessible.
If you could eliminate one cable or wire in your home, which would it be?
A faulty home theater setup can be one’s worst nightmare. There are many reasons to make sure home entertainment electronics are assembled and connected properly since dangers and hazards can range from fires to electronic device blowouts.
Did you know that many homeowners are still snaking wires throughout their home, which may cause unintended dangers beyond one’s imagination? Our IOGEAR team wants to keep our readers safe, so we have some great suggestions on how you can avoid an unintentional fire or an appliance to blow out due to the outlet configuration.
