Best Video Sender on the market

Hi, ive currently got sky multi room - main box in the living room is a hd box with a wired internet connection, second box is a wifi hd box in the playroom. Looking to get sky in one of e bedrooms also so looking for a good quality video sender using th ellayroom setup as the source. Years ago I had a video sender and it was flakey to say the least - looking for recommendations based on personal experience. The tv in the bedroom will be a smart HD tv and would prefer an all in one sender (not sure if you could get true HD via the sender - although technology has no doubt improved since I last used one) with built in remote control functionality so I don't need to mess around with magic eyes etc. Distance between source and target is pretty much one floor up, directly above each other so 3 metres top. the last unit I had was infared- are there units on the market that use wireless as I have a fast broadband connection? Just looking for any unit that can deliver decent performance - suggestions very much welcomed... thanks in advance

There is a way of doing this by wifi in HD, and it also works to anywhere in the world you have an Internet connection. The process is call placeshifting and a Slingbox 350, HDFury3, HDMI splitter and Amazon Fire TV as the receiver are necessary, for the best performance in full HD. Receiving equipment can also be by a computer via its browser, iPad's and iPhone's by an App. The whole cost is expensive, costing approximately £350. Even though the picture quality is excellent and doesn't suffer any dropout the process for setting it up is complicated, and remote control process awkward because of a 3 second delay in pressing the remote controller key functionality and picture changing. The Slingbox 350 doesn't have wifi, so you either need to use home plugs to connect that piece of equipment or wifi client, such as a Apple Airport Express at the Sky HD box. I'm just mentioning this because says an AV sender isn't available by wifi ;-)

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