These work great

This unit is practicle and gets the job done. I've used several and have no complaints.

It requires a dedicated (non shared) network, which is as simple as a network switch with the transmitter and a number of receivers plugged in.The signal is constantly transmitting so a dedicated TV will display whatever is on this signal. A really solid and reliable HDMI solution. I have only used it for video only signal, no sound.

Love this product. I purchased 4 of them in 2016. They've ran extended security monitors 24/7 since then. In the past couple of weeks 2 of these receivers have failed. I just ordered 2 more replacements from Amazon. Again, this is a great product, but they do have a life expectancy which isn't out of line for the initial cost. BTW: The matching transmitter has been working flawlessly. Thank you Cable Matters!

I purchased one of these units and returned it since it never worked. I ordered another one to replace it and it never worked either. It was tested with a good one from another position. How does this happen? Bad product.

First, these work great, there really is zero config, which is a double edged sword. When they are looking for the transmitter they also have a small overlay so you can confirm they are at least working which is handy when troubleshooting. The picture quality is also very good. A solid 5 stars so far.My install was complicated by some dumd mistakes which were my own fault since if I had read the manual more closely I would have avoided it. The manual says to connect them either via a CAT6 cable directly, or to a "dedicated (not shared) network switch" which my mind just breezed over when I was setting them up. Although I botched the first install attempt, I did manage to get this working without running (more) dedicated cables to every location that needed a monitor.Couple things first about the network I was installing these into:1. The network was flat with no VLANs (at the time)2. There were several locations where monitors were needed, all had Ethernet.3. One location was a switch hanging off another switch.4. All the switches were connected to a single consumer grade wifi router.5. All locations were cabled with regular old cat5, and installing more runs was solidly in the no fun zoneInitially I confirmed these worked by connecting them through a single cable. Then I tried these by just plugging them in to one (shared) switch which worked (but is not recommended), and then I tried connecting a 2nd receiver through a second switch which was linked to the first switch where the transmitter was located. That also worked... however after several hours there were very strange things occurring on the router which was linked to the switches. The strangeness was an elevated CPU load and running hot, with eventually the wifi clients no longer being able to connect. The wifi clients being unable to connect was clearly related to the CPU on the router. All the router problems were due to the HDMI transmitter being on the shared LAN, and stopped once I turned off the all the HDMI transmitters and receivers. Almost certainly it was caused by way too much broadcast traffic, and yep it was dumb to think these would work OK on a shared switch since these operate without needing any setup and don't pull an address from the router/DHCP server. In reality, I got lazy and left things this way while I worked on something else, which then became impossible when the router started to have issues.Since I did not want to run additional cat5 (or 6) to the monitor locations, which were already wired for Ethernet - and using that for their network connection, the only option was to isolate these into their own VLAN. I then decided that since I had one switch on hand that was vlan capable, I would swap an existing unmanaged switch for another (new) vlan capable switch (netgear GS108T), and re-arrange some cabling to keep all these HDMI transmitters and receivers isolated on their own vlan. Now, if I need to add additional receivers, I will need to either connect them to one of the managed (vlan) switches, or add another vlan switch at the remote location, and (802.1q) trunk that to the other vlan switches. Long story short... they did not play nice with the flat switched network - which they specifically warned me against doing in the manaul (doh!), but when they were isolated to their own vlan they seem to be working perfectly. Once it was working again on the managed switch, I checked stats on the port connected to the transmitter and was seeing about 39 broadcasts/min which were between 512-1023bytes, but the receivers only send a couple here and there (most likely when they are plugged in). These also connect to a GigE port at 100/full so I have to question why they call for Cat6 in the manual, but certainly cat6 > cat5 all other things being equal. In the end, they seem to be working fine as long as they are all tucked into their own dedicated switch (as they suggest in the manual) or VLAN, which they can tear up like a pack of angry badgers, just RTM unlike me, and it should be fine.Quick update - I have used a handful of these without issue, they just work which is nice. But I recently found a faulty IR cable on a new one I was installing. I contacted Cable Matters and they were quick to respond and are sending me a replacement IR cable - great customer service!

I have been looking for some way to stream HDMI over Ethernet. After first I was sure about this one but I could beat the price. I already had Cat 5e pre-run through out my house. Now it states to use Cat 6 for the Ethernet run, being that i ran the Cat 5e I really didn't feel like re-running them. I can say that it not only works on cat 5e but it works really well. I have this setup with on transmitter and two receivers all plugged into a cisco switch. TV1 is a 53ft run and TV2 is a 76ft run and transmitter 15ft. I am getting 1080p quality. Audio and video never lost sync. Very easy to install and i like that it includes mounting brackets for all components, making it very easy to intstall behind a TV.

This is a whole-home hdmi distribution scheme that actually works! I have been looking for something like this for a while. I am a recently retired AV tech at a major university, and Network+ certified to boot. Classrooms are all digital these days, and this sort of thing is what I did for years. We used commercial av products that did the job well, but were prohibitively expensive for home use.There are plenty of products that will extend hdmi from point A to point B, but distribution to multiple screens has been elusive in the consumer market. The genius of this product is that it uses ethernet protocol, which means that an inexpensive unmanaged switch will double as a mulitport splitter and extender ( ethernet can go 100 meters on a single run, but when it goes thru a switch, that range starts over again). You must use a dedicated switch because it uses a broadcast address and would swamp any other devices attached, but I am using a $25 5 port switch and it works well. As for installation, I have the background and tools to do it myself, paying someone would raise the cost a good bit.I split the signal at my dvr, and send it to a switch, and from there to 3 other screens in the house. I pulled CAT5A cable thru the attic, fished it down the walls and punched it down on RJ45 jacks myself. Cost was $180 for a transmitter and 3 receivers, $25 for a splitter, $25 for a switch. I already had a box of CAT5 cable on hand. To do this with the commercial products I used in the past would have been $1800 or so.Here is a very important thing to know: For best results, the source signal and the target devices should match. A 1080i source should go to 1080i targets. Otherwise, you must reply on the target device being able to scale the image correctly, if it can do it at all. This is why some people may have poor results, in my opinion.I am pleased with his product and recommend it. I did NOT receive any incentives for this review and paid full price. I just like the product.