<p>No it does not mean you can do anything wirelessly - it is a cable - and it isn't likely to help you stream anything to it either, unless you have a requirement for HDMI devices to share a network connection.</p>

<p>Version 1.4 of the HDMI standard allows for 100Mb ethernet to be transmitted along the cable between to HDMI 1.4 capable devices.</p>

<p>Check out the <a href="https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/HDMI">HDMI wikipedia</a> page for some basic info</p>

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I've noted that the crop of current-gen TVs have an increasing amount of multimedia functionality. Taking this one step into the future, if (in theory) you had a display, NAS (or other storage medium) and an amp / switcher all supporting HDMI ethernet you could likely forego the requirement to have a separate network cable to connect them all together. Single cable streaming! I like the logical step of removing another cable, the final thing we we need is Power over Ethernet over HDMI (PoEoH... 'poweoh'? Sounds like Schwarzenegger trying to pronounce 'power' ;-) - THEN we're cooking with gas.
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<p>What exactly does "Ethernet-capable HDMI cable" mean?</p>

<p>Does this mean I can stream content wirelessly to my projector?</p>

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What exactly does "Ethernet-capable HDMI cable" mean?
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# What exactly does "Ethernet-capable HDMI cable" mean?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2011-10-10)

What exactly does "Ethernet-capable HDMI cable" mean?

Does this mean I can stream content wirelessly to my projector?

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### Answer by username_1 on 2011-10-10. Score: 6 | Accepted answer

No it does not mean you can do anything wirelessly - it is a cable - and it isn't likely to help you stream anything to it either, unless you have a requirement for HDMI devices to share a network connection.

Version 1.4 of the HDMI standard allows for 100Mb ethernet to be transmitted along the cable between to HDMI 1.4 capable devices.

Check out the [HDMI wikipedia](https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/HDMI) page for some basic info

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: I've noted that the crop of current-gen TVs have an increasing amount of multimedia functionality. Taking this one step into the future, if (in theory) you had a display, NAS (or other storage medium) and an amp / switcher all supporting HDMI ethernet you could likely forego the requirement to have a separate network cable to connect them all together. Single cable streaming! I like the logical step of removing another cable, the final thing we we need is Power over Ethernet over HDMI (PoEoH... 'poweoh'? Sounds like Schwarzenegger trying to pronounce 'power' ;-) - THEN we're cooking with gas.  

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