See The 10 Best WiFi DVD Players on Ezvid Wiki ►►
Fact #1. DVDs claimed the video crown from VHS tapes for a few reasons. While magnetic tapes degrade somewhat quickly, physically imprinted optical storage lasts much longer. DVDs also won't be damaged or erased by local electromagnetic wave sources like magnets or X-ray machines. Reading and writing is much faster with digital media. On top of all that, DVDs are much cheaper to produce and distribute than most analog media.
Fact #2. Corded setups have drawbacks. Cables can be prone to signal bleeding and shorted connections. Troubleshooting a bad HDMI connection could mean crawling behind your big-screen TV and checking each individual plug. In order to solve the widespread problem of cable clutter, it makes sense to look to another massively popular digital standard: wireless networks.
Fact #3. Most homes have a WiFi router that they use to browse the internet. Some DVD players are capable of utilizing these same home setups to deliver a video feed to any device on the network. Other units use proprietary broadcast languages to send video over the air to specifically paired devices.
Fact #4. WiFi DVD players are restricted to the moderate speeds of home WiFi. A huge amount of bandwidth is needed to accommodate a raw video feed. Because of this, transmissions over standard wireless networks often use some kind of compression to make the files smaller. This is fine for most content, but the most visually intricate movies may require an uncompressed signal.
Fact #5. Remember when buying video equipment that these technologies advance rapidly. It's important to make a choice that you can continue to scale up in the future using better accompanying equipment. No matter your choice, at least you won't have so many wires to plug in.
Fact #1. DVDs claimed the video crown from VHS tapes for a few reasons. While magnetic tapes degrade somewhat quickly, physically imprinted optical storage lasts much longer. DVDs also won't be damaged or erased by local electromagnetic wave sources like magnets or X-ray machines. Reading and writing is much faster with digital media. On top of all that, DVDs are much cheaper to produce and distribute than most analog media.
Fact #2. Corded setups have drawbacks. Cables can be prone to signal bleeding and shorted connections. Troubleshooting a bad HDMI connection could mean crawling behind your big-screen TV and checking each individual plug. In order to solve the widespread problem of cable clutter, it makes sense to look to another massively popular digital standard: wireless networks.
Fact #3. Most homes have a WiFi router that they use to browse the internet. Some DVD players are capable of utilizing these same home setups to deliver a video feed to any device on the network. Other units use proprietary broadcast languages to send video over the air to specifically paired devices.
Fact #4. WiFi DVD players are restricted to the moderate speeds of home WiFi. A huge amount of bandwidth is needed to accommodate a raw video feed. Because of this, transmissions over standard wireless networks often use some kind of compression to make the files smaller. This is fine for most content, but the most visually intricate movies may require an uncompressed signal.
Fact #5. Remember when buying video equipment that these technologies advance rapidly. It's important to make a choice that you can continue to scale up in the future using better accompanying equipment. No matter your choice, at least you won't have so many wires to plug in.
- Category
- Hardware
Sign in or sign up to post comments.
Be the first to comment