Whether you've cut the cord or not, you have probably had times where you wished you could transport video content from one room to another.

I have. For instance, our Verizon FiOS wireless router is in the lower level of our townhouse home. However, my wife and I do most of our watching together, one level up, in the living room. But the TV there doesn't always get the robust Wi-Fi connection I would like. And I don't like to see freezing or blurring.

Also in the lower level are multiple video game consoles, all of which are connected by Ethernet to the router — and have apps that connect to Amazon Instant Video, Netflix and other Net TV providers. In theory, if I could wirelessly beam what's on my game console to my living room TV, I'd have a higher-quality experience.

Luckily, there's a cordless solution to remedy that, a wireless extender. There's several out in the marketplace, but I test drove one of the newest ones, the Kinivo WHD110 wireless HDMI extender kit ($140).

The Kinivo kit promises that its 5 GHz connection can stream video and audio up to 65 feet in open space or up to 40 feet indoors, depending on wall density. I connected the Kinivo transmitter to a Sony PlayStation 4 with the enclosed HDMI cable and plugged in its power cord. Upstairs, I used another HDMI cable (Kinivo includes one) to connect the Kinivo receiver to an HDMI input on the LG display; the receiver needs to be plugged into a power outlet, too.

Once everything was connected, I turned on the PS4 with a controller and powered up the Kinivo transmitter. I plugged the Kinivo's IR transmitter cable into the PS4's USB input and headed upstairs.

I powered up the PS4's Netflix app and watched the Syfy channel's so-cheezy-it's-good made-for-TV-movie Sharknado — it was some homework for a panel I moderated at the recent South By Southwest Festival in Austin. There was no freezing or dropped frames, and the video quality was indistinguishable from standard pay-TV HD performance. Then I switched over to Amazon Instant Video and watched some of History Channel's series Vikings. That looked top-notch, too.

Since I was using a PS4 controller I thought, what the heck, why not try playing a video game, too. I put Call of Duty: Ghosts into the system and started playing. The video was pristine and didn't seem to have any lag in my aiming and firing in one of the campaign levels. Similarly, NBA 2K14 seemed to respond accurately.

If your laptop has an HDMI output, you can also use your laptop as a wireless video source. My laptop doesn't and a USB-to-HDMI adapter worked but delivered glitchy video.

This isn't a totally elegant solution — as my wife pointed out there are cables coming out of the Kinivo receiver — but it definitely adds versatility to your home setup.

And doesn't require any complicated installation, a plus in my book.

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