Also Noted: WHDI emerges

Jim O'Neill — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:23:21 -0400

Chipmaker Amimon’s alliance with Sony and Samsung to support its Wireless Home Digital Interface technology is likely to move the industry forward even as it puts the consumer electronics giants at odds with another technology they support, WirelessHD. “Interestingly, both of these companies have veterans from the HDMI [high-definition multimedia interface] industry,” one expert said. “Both companies understand what it takes to put an industry standard in place and are modeling theirs after the HDMI group. ... People are enamored with wireless technologies, and the ability to send video data from your DVD player or set-top box to the TV is the holy grail of wireless video communication.”

Source: TelephonyOnline