The open: whdi to pull out the high-definition

The open: whdi to pull out the high-definition

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Over the past few years, a wide range of wireless technology proposals, for now almost ubiquitous (at least in terms of the new HDTV) the HDMI connector, but the dust is just beginning to settle. Some of the recommendations involve squeezing more juice out of the 802.11 n. Others rely on ultra-wideband technology. However, one after another that there are many in the industry is excited by the sibeam, intended to use the 60 GHz band to provide uncompressed high-definition video 4 Gbps. Technology, is embraced by a group of the so-called wirelesshd, received the most public support , including major consumer electronics companies, with Panasonic , Sony, Samsung , Toshiba and LG listed on its Web site, as a sponsor (and other As adoption).

But wirelesshd is still a ways from the consumer's availability, and other recent wireless high-definition technology has attracted some heavy hitters of its own, including Sony, Samsung, Sharp and cable set-top box division of Motorola . amimon the whdi (wireless home digital interface) is different, and many of its emerging competitors, because it is the same design, wireless network, is a technical, blankets home, and most of the competitors in one, the room Solution. whdi, or even operate in the 5 GHz band (such as 802.11 a standard and 802.11 n), but the ones in the expensive bandwidth costs of using WiFi to correct transmission errors. In contrast, whdi is a " video machine " technology, equipment to the video output to send uncompressed high-definition video . , It's survival of the fittest, to place.