Smart Home (connected home, home networking) News

WirelessHD Now Supports 3DTV, HDCP 2.0, Data Applications and Data Rates in Excess of 10 Gbps
Jan 5, 2010 – The WirelessHD® Consortium has announced a major enhancement to the WirelessHD 1.0 specification.
News categories: WirelessHD, Blu-ray, CES2025, Content Protection, Digital TV, Metaverse, Peripherals / Accessories, Smart Home, Smart TV

SiBEAM Partners With VIZIO to Develop Wireless Solutions Using The WirelessHD Standard
Jan 4, 2010 – VIZIO has announced that it has chosen to add WirelessHD technology and SiBEAM 60 GHz chipsets, based on the globally available WirelessHD standard, for a new line of LCD HDTVs and wireless HDMI adapters.
News categories: SiBEAM, VIZIO, CES2025, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Smart Home, Smart TV, USA

Valens Semiconductor Announces Availability of World's First HDBaseT Chipset
Dec 30, 2009 – Valens Semiconductor has announced the availability of its HDBaseT-compliant Valens VS100 chipset and development kits.
News categories: Valens, Blu-ray, CES2025, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smart TV

TV Makers Looking to New Designs and Features to Break out of Commodity Trap
Dec 30, 2009 – According to DisplaySearch, TV manufacturers are developing a wide variety of design features to differentiate products and slow price declines. For example, in 2010, shipments of sets with MPEG-4 decoders will surpass those with MPEG-2.
News categories: DisplaySearch, ATSC 3, China, Digital TV, Europe, Japan, Korea, Market Research, Metaverse, North America, Semiconductor, Smart Home, Smart TV, Streaming, Terrestrial

Humax Partners with ANT to deploy the first HbbTV Set-Top Box
Dec 21, 2009 – Humax (KOSDAQ:028080) and ANT (LSE AIM: ANTP) have partnered to deliver the first HbbTV set-top box (STB) to the market. Humax selected the ANT Galio HbbTV Platform for its new iCord HD+ set-top box, the first HbbTV STB to be deployed.
News categories: ANT plc, Humax, Digital TV, Germany, HbbTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Streaming

Introducing CuboVision by Telecom Italia
Dec 15, 2009 – Telecom Italia (Milan:TIT) has unveiled CuboVision®, an all-in-one multimedia broadband device for home TV access to digital terrestrial TV channels, Web TV, and pay-per-view films, as well as for organizing content such as photos, videos and music.
News categories: Telecom Italia, Digital TV, Italy, Media Player, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Streaming, Terrestrial

LG, Samsung, Sony and Valens Semiconductor to Launch HDBaseT™ Industry Alliance
Dec 15, 2009 – LG Electronics, Samsung, Sony and Valens Semiconductor have announced that they intend to launch a cross-industry alliance to promote and standardize the HDBaseT™ technology for whole-home distribution of uncompressed HD multimedia content.
News categories: LG Electronics, Samsung, Sony Pictures, Valens Semi, HDBaseT Alliance, Blu-ray, CES2025, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Smart Home, Smart TV

Wi-Fi Becomes the Multimedia Interface of Choice for Consumer Entertainment Devices
Dec 15, 2009 – Wi-Fi has taken the entertainment device market by storm, with cameras, gaming devices (handheld and consoles), and personal media players (PMPs) incorporating the technology within the past few years, reports In-Stat.
News categories: In-Stat, Gaming, Market Research, Smart Home, Tablet

Thomson Launches New HD Satellite Set-Top Box for Residential IP Video Services
Dec 14, 2009 – Thomson (Euronext 18453; NYSE: TMS) has announced the volume launch of its HD MPEG-4 DSI705, the satellite industry's first set-top-box (STB) capable of supporting IP-based video services over existing coaxial L-band delivery infrastructures.
News categories: Thomson, Digital TV, DVR, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Streaming