Review on 🔌 Hagibis Wireless HDMI Extender & Wireless Display Dongle, 1080P Full HD 60Hz HDMI+VGA Transmitter & Receiver Kit, Plug and Play for MacBook, PC, PS4/5 (Transmitter) by Anthony Lopez

Use: I got a new TV and needed a new entertainment center to fit the TV. My HTPC no longer fit next to the entertainment center, but since the PC also acts as a local file server for my home network, I wanted to be able to store PC settings with the ability to transfer stored music and videos to the receiver/TV locally. Tuning: Tuning was painful! As mentioned earlier, the documentation is sparse. The receiver was easy though - plug in an HDMI cable and a micro USB-A power cable. When you first connect the receiver (with antennas) you are presented with a screen that is mostly (presumably) Chinese - with LITTLE English overtones. The transmitter was much less clear. The instructions say that Power over HDMI might be fine, and I seemed fine. The indicator light was solid and said the connection was established, but there was no picture other than the receiver setup screen. I then tried plugging the USB-C power cord into the transmitter and the solid light got brighter and the device eventually started transmitting. (This came after some other issues with the HDMI output on my computer, which added to my frustration, but testing on another HDMI device showed the issue was computer-related, so if you don't have a signal, be safe to check another device before trying to pair the transmitter and receiver again). So the setup wasn't as easy as it should have been. Setup Part 2: The setup screen provides instructions on how to connect a device on your phone via Wi-Fi and complete the setup. up there. This MIGHT be a necessary step, but I'm completely unsure because of all the other troubleshooting steps. This screen will prompt you to connect the device to your home Wi-Fi network (more on that later), and you can also update the firmware and reset the device, as well as change a few other settings. Connected to wifi, updated firmware, rebooted. At this point everything worked. Every time I reboot, my phone reconnects to my home wifi, but you have to connect directly to the device to access the settings, so I suggest once you're done with the updates, go ahead Go back, select your wireless network, and then "forget" the Wi-Fi connection. Performance: As long as you're not connected to Wi-Fi, video and audio performance is good (not "great" and definitely not as good as a wired network). Connection). However, when connected to Wi-Fi, the device showed Wi-Fi transmission from time to time (or maybe there was some kind of interference?), and I had terrible audio (maybe video too?) glitches. Disconnecting Wi-Fi seemed to fix this issue, but there are still SOME minor hiccups in the audio - the Wi-Fi channel also seems to play a role - the unit defaults to 20MHz, but there are options for that 40Mhz and 80Mhz - I found there were more problems on the higher frequency channels so I left it at 20Mhz by default and had a lot less problems. One thing that's annoying is the lag - in fact, it sometimes makes the mouse difficult to use as the mouse seems to drift. Screen. I've tested different mice, checked batteries, etc. and found that if I plug it back directly into HDMI, the problem goes away. It's weird because I don't notice any lag when watching videos or using the keyboard (not that I use the keyboard a lot), but I don't think they work at all for gaming due to the issue I've only had would with the mouse. It's like moving the cursor close to where I want it and then having to slowly adjust to get it where I want it. One of the pleasant surprises was that this solved a strange problem for me. Since I was using my HTPC for music, sometimes I would drag everything to the TV, then I wanted to turn off the TV when the music came up, but the HDMI card in the computer saw the TV picture go blank and then it muted and the receiver wouldn't play music until I switch the source - since it doesn't have a direct connection from the HDMI port to the receiver and TV, turning off the TV no longer affects the computer/receiver/sound. Ultimately I find this well suited for things like presenting the screen in a presentation where you're most likely looking at your own monitor and using that as a mirrored display. It would also be easy to pass around a transmitter puck if all computers had an HDMI port (or HDMI adapter). It's ok for my purposes and I'll stick with it as I rarely use the machine in a media/entertainment center, but if I use it frequently or primarily for gaming (including game consoles!) I'd look elsewhere Solution.