Overview
Belikin as a brand has always been associated with routers, cables and switches and also has its range of bag packs. But that’s not it, the company has now stepped into the wider world of electronics with the launch of their new Wireless AV-to-HDTV Adapter. Belkin’s ScreenCast AV 4 offers wireless solution to your wired HDMI problems. If you have a home theater or a projector, you might have been tangled in the wires before and also must have fought with the resolution and connectivity problems. Belkin’s ScreenCast AV 4 gives a full resolution media streaming without the hassle of any cables. The product connects to all types of devices like Blu-ray players, gaming devices and other HDMI AV devices. The ScreenCast AV 4 consists of a transmitter and a receiver that works without any wires. The transmitter is connected to your source device through the HDMI port and the receiver is connected in your HDTVâs or Projector’s HDMI port. That’s all you have to do to get elegant, hassle-free entertainment with the advantage of wireless connectivity.
Price and availability
The Belkin ScreenCast AV 4 has been introduced and explained but the product is yet to hit the stores. According to the market sources, the ScreenCast AV 4 is likely to be available for sale any time in December this year. An official date has not been told. The exact price of this product according to the Belkin’s official website is $249.
What’s great?
Belkin’s ScreenCast AV 4 comes with 4 HDMI ports and you can easily connect it to your HDTVs though the receiver. But that’s not the only thing the ScreenCast AV 4 takes care of. With providing you with wireless hassle-free image projection it also supports 1080p resolution which means that you can watch our high resolution movies with it. The product also gives you a 5.1 surround sound capability to make sure that you do not miss on any of your home theater features. This device is great for TV’s with internet capability. It allows you to use applications like Netflix for downloading movies or Pandora for pictures and more. Another smart feature of this product is that it gives you the power to control all your devices through an infrared emitter.
This means that you can control and alter the setting with your existing remote control even if the device is inside a cabinet or in another room and you really do not have to point the remote to the device’s face to operate. The Belkin ScreenCast AV 4 works on a 5GHz wireless spectrum and gives you full resolution Blu-ray video streaming. This is a great device especially for those people who have their HDTVs mounted on walls or embedded in sleek fashionable cabinets.
What’s not so great?
Belkin claims their product to be the highest quality HDMI AV adapter available in the market. Well, the product will likely have good competition with already selling adapters manufactured by companies like Vizio and Rocketfish devices. The ScreenCast AV 4 seems a well designed device with almost all the required features but the price of this product is higher than what was expected. I mean you can easily get a device with all these features under $200 or even lesser. It’s a matter of quality and trust which will be sorted out after the product has spent some time in the market. Other than the price barrier, the product features seems good.
Things to watch out for
The Belkin ScreenCast AV 4 wireless adapter comes with all the necessary features. If you compare the competition, Vizio XWH2000 Universal Wireless HD VIdeo & Audio Kit and Rocketfish 4-Port Wireless HD Kit are very well capable of providing a reliable wireless HDMI connectivity proving that the technology is well revised in these products. If you are buying the Belkin’s ScreenCast AV 4 wireless adapter, you are spending more for the infrared blaster output that allows you to control your devices from almost anywhere in the house. ScreenCast AV 4 is a newer, faster device and spending a little extra will not go to waste if you have a requirement for the extra features it has to offer.
Verdict
The Belkin ScreenCast AV 4 wireless HDMI adapter is a compact, fast and immensely useful device. Well, you might say that you don’t need a wireless adapter but nobody like wires running through their walls. When you have an HDTV especially with internet capability, you would definitely want this device to be paired up with your screen.
