AMIMON, Motorola, Sony, et al. join hands on wireless HD standard
By Darren Murph 
posted Jul 23rd 2008 12:49AM
posted Jul 23rd 2008 12:49AM
Leaders in Consumer Electronics and Wireless High-definition Video Delivery To Discuss the Next Wave of Wireless Audio/Video Connectivity
Santa Clara, Calif. – July 23, 2008 – AMIMON Inc., Hitachi Ltd., Motorola Inc., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Sharp Corporation and Sony Corporation today announced the formation of a special interest group to develop a comprehensive new industry standard for multi-room audio, video and control connectivity utilizing Wireless Home Digital Interface (WHDI™) technology. The group's intention is to complete the new standard in 2008.
A key ingredient of WHDI technology is a revolutionary video-modem that operates in the 5GHz unlicensed band to enable robust wireless delivery of uncompressed HD video (including 1080p). WHDI allows secure, encrypted HD video delivery through multiple rooms and other potential signal obstructions, such as people and furniture, while maintaining superb quality and robustness with less than one-millisecond latency.
The objective of this special interest group is to enhance the current WHDI technology to enable wireless streaming of uncompressed HD video and audio between CE devices such as LCD and plasma HDTVs, multimedia projectors, A/V receivers, DVD and BD players, set-top boxes (STBs), game consoles, and PCs. The new interoperable standard aims to ensure that CE devices manufactured by different vendors will simply and directly connect to one another.
"WHDI technology complements other wireless and wired standards with a new class of connectivity within the home," said Dr. David Lee, the founder of the HDMI™ standard and a member of AMIMON's board of directors. "WHDI's connectivity matrix introduces to consumers new possibilities to enjoy their high-definition entertainment network."
"WHDI delivers the robust performance that wireless connections must have to meet and exceed consumer demands," offered Dr. Paul Moroney of Motorola. "This new standard will help ensure optimal video delivery in the home."
"The development of the new standard will ensure that when consumers purchase CE devices and take them home, they will enjoy a fast, easy and hassle-free wireless connection that delivers the highest quality," said Dr. Yoav Nissan-Cohen, chairman and CEO of AMIMON. "The WHDI standard's objective is to enable an enriched customer experience with multi-vendor interoperability."
WHDI is a trademark of AMIMON, Ltd. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are those of their respective holders.
Ho. Lee. Crap.
I want this in my home. Now.
Does your home resemble the one in that model? If so, god bless.
I need that set up in my home.
Actually i got something similar(I think). Without 1080p though. Media extender.
So why isnt this breaking news or a featured news?
When someone breaks that HD encryption, the whole neighborhood will know what weird fetishes you got going on at night.
right! lol
i can't help but think of all the way this can be hacked over and over again. for good and bad.
Well, in terms of encryption, count on at least two more groups being intimately and permanently integrated into this wireless SIG: the MPAA and RIAA.
This is actually some pretty exciting news. Let's hope it doesn't "get swept under the carpet". That just wouldn't be cool.
iPod, iPhone, iMac, iBook, iZune, iMacBook, iMacBook Pro, iMicrosoft, iWindows, iXbox 360, iPS3, iAirport, iDell, iIntel, iTV and iMac Mini compatible you think?
no
anyone else read andres comment as Louis Black
haha
interesting how Panasonic is not part of this consortium.
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"Unlike Wi-Fi, which has a longer range but slow transfer rates, UWB and WHDI both work only within a 30-foot radius, with the former operating at 480 megabits per second and the latter at speeds close to three gigabits, according to Amimon."
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Amimon, interesting. Never heard of them before.
http://www.amimon.com
Very much video focused but it would be nice to see these chips make it to Walkmans, much like BlueTooth, except for higher rates of uncompressed audio (and great battery life, eventually...I hope).
30 foot radius?
how many repeaters am I going to need, and are they going to end up 10 feet apart between every floor, and every second room?
It's not that hard laying cable around the edges of rooms under the carpet, even through walls is really easy.
And like someone said before, your neighbour is watching your porn, how badly you suck at video games, and your obsession with britney spears singles.
AMIMON goes NOM NOM NOM
AMIMON, Motorola, Sony, et al. join hands on new way to triple cancer cases.
HD signals from all over the apartment building pounding through my brain 24/7. Oh boy.
so all cases of cancer are caused by radio waves?
id be more afraid of pesticides and preservatives than radio waves.
I didn't say "all cases," did I?
I'd be more afraid of PUTTING WORDS IN MY MOUTH, YOU LITTLE ROACH.
sounds good to me, no more untidy wires or getting the drill out and wrecking a wall in the name of hiding cables
I love that picture just for the inclusion of the PS3 boomerang.
LOL, I thought I was the only one to notice that...
I really liked the way AMIMON tramsmit the signal. As the distance increases signal degrades like analog. Most significant bits are given priority over least significant bits.
www.amimon.com
This house looks likes a magnetron to me
I ment Microwave, Magnetron is the dutch word for it
No kidding.
"...the overriding goal here is to "enhance the current WHDI technology to enable wireless streaming of uncompressed HD video and audio between CE devices such as LCD and plasma HDTVs, multimedia projectors, AV receivers, DVD and BD players, set-top-boxes, game consoles and PCs."
Isn't that supposed to read:
"...the overriding goal here is to put Monster Cable out of business."
LOL...
Seriously, though. Bring this on. Bring this on NOW!!!
Everything about this goal just rings beautiful. So if there's any chance that we can eliminate every cord we have (except for maybe AC cords and speaker cables - don't know when we'd be able to rid ourselves of those), then I am ALL FOR IT!!!
I cannot STAND cables, and the less we have, the better. Nothin' like nice clean setups with barely a cord in sight. Everything chattin' with no wires. Now that's a future I can get on board with.
AC and Speaker cables are the ones I want to get rid of the most. For the majority of people, your entertainment system is fairly centrally located to each component. For example, your TV, game systems, DVD player, audio receiver etc are all located in the same entertainment center. Cables for those aren't the end of the world.
I would be much more interested in being able to put a speaker anywhere in my room without having to run a single wire to it. I mean come on, how much data is there actually going through a speaker cable? I have seen a few wireless speaker solutions, but they are all small, crappy systems that sound horrible. I want some nice wireless floor or bookshelf speakers. If anyone knows of any, please let me know.
Dave @ Jul 23rd 2008 5:56AM
I would be much more interested in being able to put a speaker anywhere in my room without having to run a single wire to it.
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I feel much the same. The solution for now has been Walkman and/or PSP with full-size headphones, in any room I happen to be in. Perhaps can be called a primitive set-up (and a different experience to speakers) but it works wonders for me.
what is this? a house made for ANTS!?? I hope the real house is at least 3 times as big!
yeah...i was thinking the same thing when i read thirty feet and saw everything in that "house" was in direct line to the tv
"For most of us here, at some point the sensation of breaking the news embargoes takes hold and turns into something else, something much more like an addiction."
In an blog post, John Hinshaw - CIO of Boeing, talks about the emerging global networks and how the integration of services can and will lead the World forward. You can find his post at: http://www.internetevolution.com/author.asp?section_id=518&doc_id=138081&f_src=flffour
So... firing squad over gallows for you, then?
if this article was on giz i guarantee sony would be first in the title since they hate sony and want to make it seem like sony is the only company pushing this technology. well, i just visited giz and not to my surprise sony was listed first in the title. lol.
I wonder which competing format Toshiba will be supporting?
Turn your house into a microwave oven. Details at 6.
Ya! No shit.
Why does the nose of an airplane have a warning not to stand in front of it?
Why does a microwave oven have a safety switch?
Why is the medical community screaming about cell phones and brain cancer?
Go ahead, use some common sense. Set your "mm wave" camcorder in your lap right by your nuts and blast 60ghz into them while you watch your home made vids. The boys at NEA, Foundation, and US Venture are really going to be pissed when the FCC prohibits all those "mini radar equipped" camcorders and flat panels because they cause cancer.
And I'm hearin' it's gettin' looked at!
If an 800mhz cell phone can fry your brain, what do ya spose a 60ghz micro radar will do to ya long term? What was that average daily watch time for a child? 5.7 hours was it? Talk about long term exposure!
Not to worry, these boys have money. They'll just make a political contribution (actually their lobbyist will thereaten a big contribution to the opposing candidate) and the public will never hear about it.
Do ya just love the American way?
Think I'm full of shit?
Good.