Reply to post: Re: Devices

Don't pay for the BBC? Then no Doctor Who for you, I'm afraid

Cynic_999

Re: Devices

Many modern TV sets can display video streamed over a WiFi network, and display video files direct from a USB storage device, so it is perfectly feasible to have a wireless TV set.

But in general video is very bandwidth intensive, so the portions of RF spectrum currently allocated for local communications would soon become too congested in (say) a block of flats where there is a need to supply a dozen or more separate HD video feeds within a few tens of meters radius, especially if the video is from something like a bluray player or games console that is not as compressed as broadcast sources.

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