Wireless television is a general term for sending photos, videos, and other media from a smart device or computer to a television without cables.

A wireless TV connection, sometimes also called a cordless TV connection, can be established using a variety of wireless solutions, ranging from wireless USB and HDMI devices to sending data over a Wi-Fi network.

Here's everything you need to know about how to watch TV wirelessly in your home or workplace, and which types of cable-free solutions are the most popular.

Wireless HDMI is a wireless TV solution for connecting devices such as a DVD or Blu-ray player to the television without using HDMI cables. This method typically requires the use of two specially designed wireless HDMI devices, one of which is designed to transmit a signal from the media player and the other to receive and send it to the TV. These are commonly referred to as a transmitter and a receiver.