Another wireless HDMI casualty: Belkin cancels FlyWire

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This is dissapointing but really not all that surprising considering just how long it’s been since this was announced. No doubt the complexity and ever changing HDMI specification couldn’t have helped Belkin’s cause…nor the MSRP which was pretty absorbant. Hopefully this technology can be revived at a more reasonable cost.

 

C|Net

The FlyWire was introduced at CES 2008. The unit was a transmitter/receiver combo: the transmitter toggled between multiple audio and video sources (HDMI and analog), which were then wirelessly beamed to a receiver. Since the tiny receiver required only AC power and utilized a single HDMI output, it could be stealthily mounted behind wall-mounted flat screens or ceiling mounted projectors, eliminating the need for long unsightly cable runs. At one point, Belkin was mulling two versions: an initial high-end, multiroom-capable $1,499 version for multiple AV sources, followed by a less pricey single-source transmitter.