WirelessHD Group Formed by Industry Giants

[Audioholics]

LG Electronics, Panasonic, NEC, Samsung, Sony and Toshiba today announced that they are working as a special interest group called WirelessHD to develop a specification for a wireless high-definition digital interface (WirelessHD or WiHD), that is intended to enable high-definition audio video (A/V) streaming and high-speed content transmission for consumer electronics (CE) devices. In addition to actively promoting the new format throughout the industry, WirelessHD will present the format available for adoption as soon as the specifications are completed in Spring 2007. The group intends to specify the unlicensed, globally available 60 GHz frequency band, and enable wireless uncompressed high-definition, high-quality video and data transmission. It is first targeted to be built into HDTV's as well as a wide range of audio video (A/V) devices, both fixed location and portable.

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[Nomo]

It's nice to see some of the big boys playing well together.
Time will tell if they can sit down at the table and not throw their toys or spill their applesauce and Spaghettios in the manner of the HDDVD Blueray debacle.

 

[davo]

Boo hoo, poor microsoft has been left on the bench. I think the other brands have learnt to get it together from the start.(finally)

 

[captain_tinker]

I can certainly see a market for this idea, let's just wait and see if it can pass the by all the lawyers without getting shut down or greatly handicapped due to piracy fears. Then once that is done, will it end up being the stereotypical flashing 12:00 VCR problem with a lot of consumers who just will not be able to figure out how to connect their new wireless HD DVD player to their 100" wireless HD plasma? What about remembering the wireless password etc? Will they write it down like many do, or will it require that it be so complex that it renders it utterly useless to most people? I dunno. I like the idea, but after so many other technological / legislative nightmares at the hands of these same big boy companies, I am left rather apprehensive, and perhaps a tad cynical about their ability to really make it worth the time and effort and ultimately money to even bother with it. Then come the marketers, how will they spin it to make it even more incomprehensible? How will they overhype it?

-capT

 

[westcott]

I am sure it will be available right about the time analog is truly dead!