wireless hdtv's

Just a few years ago I saw that over 20K! Shocking what some would pay for wireless.

Mainly samsung and sony. Seems like there is some kind of usb dongel
thats used on the hdtv and bd player so they can communicate but thats
about as far as i got. I'll keep researching so i can better understand. Seeing ethernet ports as well. Don't know how all this stuff marries together. Maybe hardwired is still the way to go.

Looks like it just wifi's the the video to a computer monitor and you hook a bridge to that for it to work and I did not see anything about audio. The slingbox can be used with computers or directly pluged it into the HT stuff to boadcast.

Panasonic plasmas tvs are very nice, I got a 54"g10 a few weeks ago and I am very happy. I had a Sony SXRD for a few years and the plasma replaced it's spot as being 'top dog' in PQ, the plasma even uses less power then my RPtv, who would think. The Only thing I do not like is the speaker sound could be better, but I have a 5.1 system to make up for it.

If you do think of getting the Z line ( the wireless one) wait for some reviews to see how good it really is... The PQ should be the same as the V10 but the wireless could be buggy... but the new pannys can be updated easily.

without having to plug my laptop into it. Reading about samsung hdtv's, as a reference, which they have an ethernet port and use
they're usb dongel for wireless connection to router. Looks like
the ethernet port is used only to update the hdtv. Through the usb
dongel wireless connection to router you have to use something called
pc share manager to view certain files on your pc. Don't understand
this. Just want to use hdtv as a monitor. The panasonic that's being
described can do this through wifi? Maybe i want to play a blu-ray
disc on my laptop and have it displayed on the hdtv. I guess audio
is another issue though - getting audio to a/v unit. The sling box/
catcher would handle all this? Seems like all this stuff could be
handled through wifi type connections. I guess i'll figure it out
someday. Thanks for everybody's input.

You should have said that your notebook is also your bluray... Yes Slingbox sends audio and video.

I do not know about the USB port on Samsungs , I think they offer other things like Netflix VOD. For my panasonic the g10 ( also applies to the V10 & Z) I can hook a USB bridge to make it wireless and I can then get Amazon VOD, stocks, weather, Youtube and someother stuff. I am sure that I can not wifi my notebook to it that way, I just run a cat5 from the tv to the router.

Are you just going to be running one line to the tv???
Notebook to tv and that is it??
Do you have HDMI out??
You have an attic??? If yes just run a longish HDMI up the wall to the attic down the wall to where the tv is. It is not a long distance. You could do a few things, as long as you do not rent the place. Like get a HDMI to cat5 and glue the cat5 along baseboard and make so it looks like it blends in to the baseboard, run it under the house, in the walls, drill a small hole from one room to another and run the line.

Built in wifi just becoming available to blu-ray players and hdtv's.
Network connections limited to going to specific websites. Trying to
avoid any type of adapters and extra components. I'll switch gears
and just concentrate on hdtv's and blu-ray players. Maybe a dedicated
desktop, in close proximity to a/v components, would be more suited
so you can leave things plugged in. No plans for that right now. I'm
still learning. Thanks for your help. Going to take me awhile to
figure this stuff out. Stream through computer or hdtv or blu-ray player. Very confusing to me at this point. Then you throw your
surround sound into the mix. Has my head swimming.

I have learned much here.

I found by studying here i don't regret my purchases like i used to
in the past. Right now i'm going to focus on the blu-ray players
since they seem to be the hub to hdtv and surround system. Seems
you can stream from both the hdtv and blu-ray but i need the sound
to pass through to the receiver and the video onto the hdtv. Right
now lg seems to have the only player with built in wifi (no dongel).
I'll also be looking for usb on the front panel to connect laptop
or digital camera to the blu-ray for watching home movies made on
camera (camera records hd movies). Need lots of flexibility and
easy access to plug in laptop and camera. Not sure how the hdtv will
pass sound onto receiver if i plug these devices into it (2.1 or 5.1)?
Think that only works when audio comes through coax connection. More
to figure out.

haven't you ever had performance issues from less than up to snuff issues? I feel the desire to go all wireless is excessive. If you can make the world work for you completely wirelessly, more power to you. I'll just stand back at the moment & wait.

It seems you are introducing what is likely to be the weak link in the chain.

Too many variables at this point in time. Too many other devices
needed that will eventually be built in. My situation is pretty
simple. Everything is in the same room. On another note, i did see
that the "Onkyo TX-SR607" has an hdmi input on the front panel.
Makes easy access for plugging my camera and laptop into and passing
hd video and video onto future hdtv. Not going to focus on wireless
so much. Right now laptop and printer is wireless. I think that's
good enough for now.