As
you all know, we've got kind of a thing for gadgets 'round these parts. Sure, we can be critical and even mocking of
certain products, but in the end, a gadget is a gadget is a gadget, right? Well, that's true only if it works. Meet the
wireless iPod dock by Adimos, which promises to stream video content from a 5G 'Pod to the display device of your
choice. Does it use WiFi? Nah. Does it use Bluetooth? Negative. RF? Nope. IR? Try again. We'll stop right there,
because you could name every single wireless standard and still not come up with Adimos' proprietary ADM200 that is
required for streaming from your PMP. Does your TV support ADM200? Another big no right there, because only an unnamed
European manufacturer has commited to including this tech in their sets. Oh well, it's nice to dream.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Statik @ Jan 5th 2006 6:33AM
Its a great idea, but wouldn't the video quality be pretty average? Considering its going from a small screen to what might be a huge lcd screen?
d2crew @ Jan 5th 2006 7:03AM
How fucking pointless is this?
jask @ Jan 5th 2006 7:11AM
Open standards, please. The device of my choice? How? If there's only one brand supporting it.
jask @ Jan 5th 2006 7:19AM
H.264 video: up to 768 Kbps, 320 x 240, 30 frames per sec., Baseline Profile up to Level 1.3 with AAC-LC up to 160 Kbps, 48 Khz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4 and .mov file formats
MPEG-4 video: up to 2.5 mbps, 480 x 480, 30 frames per sec., Simple Profile with AAC-LC up to 160 Kbps, 48 Khz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4 and .mov file formats
That's what iPod can reproduce as apple says... Not very interesting for a nowadays living-room.
JinKazama @ Jan 5th 2006 8:03AM
Well that's just brilliant...I can just see that board room
"Hey a wireless ipod dock, that's a brilliant idea...let not use any of the popular wireless methods, let's create our own and get support from a small time euro company and shoot ourselves in the foot"
Trentblase @ Jan 5th 2006 10:25AM
#3 - I'm guessing it will be able to decode higher-def video directly off the ipod's HD.
Evan - A wireless protocol that doesn't use RF? Sounds mighty fishy to me... Does it use quantum teleportation?
Laura @ Jan 5th 2006 3:21PM
Am I the only one that thinks this thing is a little big?
MrMiles @ Jan 5th 2006 5:19PM
I got all excited for a moment and thought that this may be a WiFi dock not for transmitting video and music, but for synchronising wirelessly with iTunes.
I have an iPod that is constantly connected to my hi-fi, and I'm that lazy that I find plugging it into my PC a real pain. I'd love to have a dock plugged into my hi-fi that could automatically and wirelessly update my pod without me lifting a finger. Is there any such thing out there?
x23 @ Jan 6th 2006 6:04AM
"H.264 video: up to 768 Kbps, 320 x 240, 30 frames per sec., Baseline Profile up to Level 1.3 with AAC-LC up to 160 Kbps, 48 Khz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4 and .mov file formats
MPEG-4 video: up to 2.5 mbps, 480 x 480, 30 frames per sec., Simple Profile with AAC-LC up to 160 Kbps, 48 Khz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4 and .mov file formats"
that is what the apple page says. however it has been found out that you can run video with higher resolutions in MPEG-4 mode... up to a maximum pixel number... that is... the 480x480 = 230400 pixels. you can use different ratios and keep it under 230400 and it will work.
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20051028114426640
the comments has a ton more info on good setting combinations to use.
Joe Smith @ Jan 10th 2006 1:28AM
I managed to take a look at this unit and the picture quality was surprisingly good on a regular TV (non-HD) given the limitations of the encoding. It looked much better then connecting the iPod directly to my TV.
There were 2 pieces to this device, a transmitter (which the iPod was plugged into) and a receiver which hooks up via standard audio-video cables to the TV's auxiliary AV input. It was an interesting demonstration with the best part being there was no configuration required to get it working. There is also a USB port on this which I suspect can be used to sync with iTunes but that is just a guess.
BTW, these guys only make the chip that transmit the video wirelessly over 802.11a/g and what they showed was only an application reference design.