<A href="http://www.audioholics.com/news/editorials/PhilipsDraft80211N.php"><IMG style="WIDTH: 65px; HEIGHT: 100px" alt=[tinfoilhat] hspace=10 src="http://www.audioholics.com/news/thumbs/tinfoilhat_th.jpg" align=left border=0></A>Philips just announced a deal with French semiconductor company Metalink Ltd to supply 802.11 draft-N chipsets for new Wi-Fi consumer electronics products. Philips will integrate Metalink's draft-N technology into its home entertainment equipment including PVRs, HDTVs and Digital Media Adapters. The 802.11n protocol will offer speeds in excess of five times that of existing wireless protocols 802.11 a/b/g and will be capable of meeting bandwidth demands of high definition video and multi-channel audio. Independent testing, however, has demonstrated problems getting existing draft-N products to talk to each other. New information shows even more serious problems. It seems current draft-N routers are operating as wireless signal jammers. [Read More]
