EETimes takes a look at the three main competitors for transmitting HD signals wirelessly: WirelessHD, WHDI & UWB. Going to be a while before they're consumer-ready, but it'd sure be nice to do away with that rats nest of wiring...

"Transmission of uncompressed 8-bit-color, 60-frame/second video requires 1.4-Gbit/s data in 720p resolution, 1.5 Gbits/s at 1080i and 3 Gbits/s at 1080p. A data rate of at least 80 Mbits/s is required to transmit compressed video."