Entertainment Systems, TVs Going Wireless

Wired.com reports from CES in LAS VEGAS: A jungle of cables dangling from the back of a television detracts from the beauty of any home entertainment system. That's why some manufacturers are making some of their premium TV sets wirelessly interact with other entertainment devices.

At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Panasonic and LG both showcased flat-panel, high-definition TVs bundled with wireless systems.

Both companies' wireless systems appear very similar. Panasonic's TC-P54Z1 television is sold with a SCZT1 wireless receiver box. You'd connect devices such as your Blu-Ray Player or Xbox 360 to the receiver, and on top of the receiver is a transmitter that wirelessly outputs to another receiver on the TV.

LG's 47LH85 wireless system (above) works the same way. And both companies say their wireless systems transfer perfectly uncompressed data up to 30 feet away from the TV.

Neither company provided a price estimate, but since these are 47 to 55-inch TVs we're talking about, I'd guess somewhere around $3,000.

Panasonic said its wireless home entertainment system is shipping June or July. LG did not have a ship date but said sometime 2009.

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