Wireless HDTV throughout the home?
An Israeli startup company, Amimon has raised a total of $21 million in venture capital to help fund their chipset designed to transport HDTV around the home wirelessly. This kind of technology has enormous potential, and will undoubtedly spur a huge crop of new products making enthusiasts and custom installers alike very happy. The technology allows for streaming rates up to 3Gbps, which is enough for 1080p HDTV. The standard, dubbed WHDI (Wireless High Definition Interface) could be placed in HDTVs directly, bypassing the need for external boxes. Thus, as with a matrix switch, you could consolidate your sources into one rack and stream them wirelessly throughout the home. The current costs associated with having multiple HD cable or satellite boxes include both a rental and programming fee, and can add up quite a bit if you want to have HD on more than one TV. The ability to cut those costs while still having HD content available to you anywhere in your home is a fantastic proposition. I can’t wait to see this technology mature!
Via Silicon News
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August 15th, 2006 at 3:55 pm
If we ever get 802.11n this will have more bandwidth and is standards based.
August 15th, 2006 at 3:59 pm
802.11n will have more bandwidth than 3Gbps? Wow…I thought it was limited to 200Mbps. The only thing I can see being a problem with 802.11n is the encryption/DRM that may/may not be required to transport HDTV signals wirelessly throughout the house. However, I agree an open standards based method would be preferable.