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Wireless Video Under $900: Vcore, Mars 4K or Mars M1 Enhanced?

By Letus Corporation

Wireless Video Under $900: Vcore, Mars 4K or Mars M1 Enhanced?

You do not need a four-figure system to stop running HDMI cable across the floor. Hollyland has four ways into wireless video for under $900, and the right one depends less on specs than on what you already own: a phone, a monitor, or neither.

The four options

OptionPriceYou watch onRangeLatency
Vcore$219Your phone (HollyView app)350ft / 100m~65ms
Mars 4K Kit$399A monitor you already own450ft / 150m0.06s
Mars M1 Enhanced Kit$799Its own 5.5" touchscreens450ft / 150m0.08s
Mars Transmission & Monitoring Kit$859Included 5.5" monitor450ft / 150m0.06s

You have a phone: Vcore

The Vcore Wireless Video System plugs into the camera over HDMI and into your phone over USB-C, and turns the phone into a 4K30 monitor through the HollyView app. It weighs 220g, sends to up to four phones at once, and its 5150mAh battery runs about six hours — and doubles as a power bank. Proxy recording and RAW/JPEG transfer make it useful for getting clips to social media straight from set.

It is the cheapest way in, and for a solo creator or a client who wants to watch on their own phone, it may be all you need. It is HDMI-only on the camera side.

LOWEST COST

Vcore Wireless Video System — $219

Vcore Wireless Video System

Phone becomes a 4K30 monitor, 350ft, up to 4 phones, 6-hour battery that doubles as a power bank.

See the Vcore Wireless Video System →

You have monitors: Mars 4K

The Mars 4K Kit is a transmitter and receiver in one box, ready to feed the monitors already on your cart. It carries 4K UHD at 0.06s latency — close enough to real time for a focus puller — and has both SDI and HDMI, so it works with a mirrorless camera and a cinema camera alike. Broadcast and decimal-point frame rates are supported, which matters the moment you deliver to a broadcaster.

Need a second monitoring position? Extra Mars 4K receivers are $209 each.

IF YOU OWN MONITORS

Mars 4K Kit (TX + RX) — $399

Mars 4K Kit (TX + RX)

4K UHD, SDI + HDMI, 0.06s latency, broadcast frame rates. TX and RX included.

See the Mars 4K Kit →

You have neither: Mars M1 Enhanced

The Mars M1 Enhanced is a transceiving monitor: one unit can be a transmitter, a receiver or a monitor. Buy two and you have a complete wireless link with a 5.5" Full HD touchscreen on both ends. It runs HollyOS, so settings sit where you expect, and has HDMI and SDI.

The Mars M1 Enhanced Kit is that pair in one box at $799, with D-Tap power cables and screen protectors for both units. Remember that a single M1 Enhanced on its own is one end of a link — not a complete system.

One Mars M1 Enhanced is a monitor. Two of them are a wireless video system.

You want everything in one case

The Mars Video Transmission & Monitoring Kit combines a Mars 4K transmitter and receiver with a Mars M1 Enhanced monitor (1,000-nit, Rec.709), plus a rosewood handle, monitor hood, straps, mounting hardware and a carry case. Camera-to-handheld-monitor in one purchase, with nothing to hunt for separately.

COMPLETE KIT

Mars Video Transmission & Monitoring Kit (5") — $859

Mars Video Transmission & Monitoring Kit (5")

Mars 4K TX + RX, 5.5" 1,000-nit monitor, handle, hood and carry case.

See the Mars Video Transmission & Monitoring Kit →

Quick decision

  • Solo creator, phone as the monitor: Vcore.
  • You already have monitors, or need SDI: Mars 4K Kit.
  • Owner-operator, wants two identical units: Mars M1 Enhanced Kit.
  • Starting from scratch, wants one box: Mars Transmission & Monitoring Kit.

Need more range, brighter screens or more receivers? Compare the Pyro range in our Pyro monitor guide and the full line in our wireless video transmission guide.

Buying from Letus35. We are an authorized Hollyland dealer and every order ships from Portland, Oregon — no state sales tax, so the price you see is the price you pay. Tell us your camera and what you shoot, and we will confirm the right model before you order: WhatsApp or contact form.

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