Anyone tried a wireless home theater in a box?

[kpeercy]

I know Pioneer, Philips and Samsung make them. Anyone tried them?

[57U]

Remember that there is really no such thing as wireless, typically you're just replacing a speaker cable with a power cord that needs to be plugged in, as well as sacrificing audio quality.

[kpeercy]

Remember that there is really no such thing as wireless, typically you're just replacing a speaker cable with a power cord that needs to be plugged in, as well as sacrificing audio quality.

Considering that I don't want to run wire all the way from the receiver to the surround speakers, that's my best option.

[Ratman]

Take into consideration that you will need AC recepticles close to where the speakers will be placed. Otherwise, instead of running speaker wire, you'll be doing the same with AC cords.

What is the reason you cannot run speaker wire?

[gparris]

In many installations, the WWF (Wipped Wife Factor) comes into play for back surrounds. Something about those ugly 14 or 16 size wires freaks them out and the guy has to accomodate hiding the wires as well as the back and/or side surrounds.
There is a new Sony HTiB coming out that uses this method but I have not tested it yet. IMO, if you carefully flatten those 2 speaker wires together and run them either on the baseboards or under the floor (if you have a basement or crawl space) it is a whole lot easier getting those wires to the speakers than finding an outlet and line-of-sight for so-called "wireless surrounds" and in many cases, cheaper.

[Ratman]

There is also 'flatwire' that could be used. It can be easily concealed along baseboards and painted if necessary.

[gparris]

Thanks, Ratman, excellent choice.. but definitely worth it!