Home wireless video developments

The use of 60 GHz for home video networking moves a step closer with plans to incorporate SiBeam chips in an HD TV and Blue-Ray player, while the WHDI Consortium is moving ahead with plans for 5 GHz.

EE Times reports that at the Consumer Electronics Show, Vizio Inc. will announce plans to use the 60 GHz chips from SiBeam Inc. in a high definition TV and Blu-ray player that will ship in June. The startup claims the U.S. TV maker's move is a sign its technology is leading a hotly competitive race to enable wireless video in the home.

Read the full EE Times article 'Vizio puts 60 GHz in HDTV, Blu-ray drive at CES'
http://www.eetimes.eu/semi/222100258

Earlier in December, the WHDI Consortium announced it has completed a spec for a second generation of the 5 GHz technology from startup Amimon. It promises to carry high definition video up to 100 feet and through multiple walls at maximum data rates up to 3 Gbits/second using a 40 MHz channel. The 60 GHz approaches are typically limited to about 10 meters with limited penetration through walls.

See the EE Times article 'WHDI group announces spec for 5 GHz wireless video'
http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml;
?articleID=222000941

Wireless Home Digital Interface (WHDI)
http://www.whdi.org/

SiBeam - Wireless Beyond Boundaries
http://www.sibeam.com/