AMIMON releases wireless HD chipsets
by Erik Hanson 
posted Aug 29th 2007 at 1:15PM
To help clean up that rat's nest of cables behind your AV rack, semiconductor company AMIMON is now shipping its Wireless High-definition Interface (WHDI) chips to manufacturers. Loewe and Funai will be demoing WHDI products such as wireless HDTVs and high-def DVD players at IFA in Germany next week, following up on the WHDI-equipped projector prototype Sanyo showed off at CES. The chipset supports streaming uncompressed 1080p over the unlicensed 5GHz spectrum -- with worldwide compliance up to 1080p / 30fps -- at ranges up to 100 feet (30 meters) and a latency of less than 1ms. Let's hope you can handle the dust bunny apocalypse you'll release from behind the stereo.
Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Matt @ Aug 29th 2007 1:47PM
Well, dust rabbits... but I can't wait to exterminate.
BestSnowman @ Aug 29th 2007 1:56PM
My question is if they can do reliable HD wireless such as this, why the heck do wifi networks suck so much? Generally speaking consumer level wifi hardware isn't really that great... and I don't need the bandwidth you would need for 1080p. But I could really use the low latency and reliability you would need say with a wireless 1080p projector.
Kurian @ Aug 29th 2007 3:50PM
agreed..this is some sort of con game.
MARSHAK @ Aug 29th 2007 5:00PM
I'm thinking that they're designed for systems in a media rack under or next to a tv. sure its a lot more information, but what if its only traveling 3 feet? If your wireless N connection drops 3 feet away from your router with regularity, then your complaint is legit and I sympathize.
Paulmichael @ Aug 29th 2007 5:53PM
But it says it can reach up to ~100 feet...I'm sure it's all theoretical, and CAN work that far if and only if certain conditions are met (Like say, you're in a vacuum and have nothing but that equipment in the room...).
Loved the description of a dust bunny apocalypse btw.
BrettB @ Aug 29th 2007 8:10PM
Yep, dust bunny apocalypse comment was gold.
Bjarke Andersen @ Aug 30th 2007 4:52AM
Yay, now the 2.4Ghz unlicensed spectrum is flooding with wireless products they turn over to 5Ghz. Now it is only a matter of time before 5Ghz is hell.