HDTV Over WiFi: Any Hope?

PeteCress wrote:
I can watch ripped movies that reside on my Ultra-6 using an Android tablet over WiFi, no problem. But, of course, anything over 480 (720 or 1080....) does not play smoothly. I'm assuming it's an inherent limitation in WiFi and the only workaround is transcoding from HD down to 480.

pretty much.

From what I've read so far, transcoding takes way too much processing power to be done on-the-fly by a NAS box. Have I got it right so far?

depends on the nas box and it's cpu, the pro6 can pretty much handle it, but lower models have less cpu power.

If so, are there any end-runs to be pursued here? Maybe batch transcoding by some utility that smokes out the HD stuff and converts it in the wee hours of the night - not necessarily running on the Ultra-6.... maybe running on my 24-7 XP box?

not aware of any such, and while it may sound nice, that adds a lot of overhead in converted video using storage space.

Or is this just the way it is until a faster WiFi standard comes into use?

pretty much yes.

There are newer technologies that may help, apples airplay, wireless HDMI, etc.