Wednesday, December 16, 2009

WHDI Podcast: Can WHDI Become the Video Version of WiFi?

For over the top video (and for that matter any home HD video/media) to truly achieve mainstream adoption, it needs to find its way to the TVs in the house either by using the existing home wiring or through cost-effective wireless solutions. We are in the early stages of a battle of home video distribution technologies, with the main combatants being Wireless Home Digital Interface (WHDI), WirelessHD, Utlrawideband (UWB), MoCA, and the latest and most powerful version of WiFi—WiFi N. All of these approaches have some of the same challenges: range and ability to go through walls, ability to transmit HD quality video, ability to broadcast point-to-multipoint so multiple boxes are not needed, and a host of other issues not the least of which are consumer education and pricing. For the full podcast

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