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Sony and Samsung have become members of an HD consortium that is working to send HD video signals wirelessly from a single Set-top box (STB) wirelessly to screens placed aroundthe home. The new consortium will consist of Sony, Samsung, Motorola, Sharp, and Hitatchi – and will develop a standard around tech from a company called Amimon – which they are calling WHDI (Wireless Home Digital Interface).
As many of you will know that have tried to stream video, and perhaps HD video around your home, it’s actually reasonably difficult due to the super-high bandwidth requirements – added to the fact that video “data” must be delivered on-time, consistently in order, for the user experience not to suffer. Personally, I’ve reverted to the new revisions of powerline networking, which supports up to 200Mb/s transfer rate (in a newly-wired property), to satisfy the need for transiting video around.
Anyhow, let’s wait and see what this WHDI standard comes up with – you can expect reasonably about 12 months delay before hardware starts appearing – once that’s in, then you gotta buy it, and probably upgrade/tweak the wireless devices in your house!
[Via: news.cn]
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Ben Robinson
Ben is a 10+ year veteran of the Mobile industry – starting his career when SMS was a still a relatively new concept for most people (!), he has now consulted on everything from bleeding-edge Mobile content, to the next-gen accessories you might view it on. As a result he has a broad and deep knowledge in numerous areas of Mobile – from network operators to device vendors, to infrastructure and middleware vendors (not to mention content delivery) – and has worked for companies in all of these areas! He is based in the UK, a hotbed of activity for mobile, and recently became a father for the second time – as oppose to in his younger years when he was happy spend time tweaking all manner of mobile devices to 'nth' degree, he now looks for services and hardware that provide the most efficient, compact, and reliable improvements to his already manic life! It’s his opinion that Mobile solutions should be there to help to make your life better – if a particular solution (be it service or device) isn’t doing this, he believes you need to ask the very important question of why you continue to use it... His focus at IntoMobile is mainly on Mobile content, services, and infrastructure, particularly as regards the UK market – and with the occasional look at devices. Additionally, using his extensive experience in the industry, he will provide commentary on the industry at large, with regular (and hopefully thought-provoking) articles.
