Gigabyte SkyVision WS100 WHDI Caster Review

Seeing how the Skyvision kit gets on is really a case of plugging it in and playing with it for a bit. When it comes down to seeing how the latency fares in comparison to a direct wired connection I setup the kit with my Xbox 360 and took to playing a bit of Rockband 3 and my wireless guitar which has a an automatic audio visual calibration tool built into it. With both the kit installed and a direct connection, I went through the calibration process a number of times under each setup and noted the average audio and video latency that there was between the guitar and screen. Whilst this is not the most accurate method of testing, it does give a good indication of how well the kit is working.

I found that with everything out of the box, installation is as simple as it looks, plug in the transmitter and USB for power and then the receiver and off you go. Anytime I get a good enough excuse to break out RockBand, I will and when comparing the difference in average latency between the SkyVision kit and a fully fledged wired connection, I was pleased to see that I get a difference of 1ms on the audio side and 2ms on the video. Now I know that some people will now be saying that this isn’t the same as the <1ms latency that the kit claims to have, and they’re right it isn’t, however, what has to be taken into account is that is this is only a rough indication as we don’t have any full fledged facilities to test the systems latency. Further more, the latency times shown within Rockband are from the guitar through to the Xbox then onto the screen, therefore some slight variations are to be expected.