Smart Home (connected home, home networking) News

Samsung Leads Consumers to a Life Made Simple at CES 2008, Unveils Breakthroughs in Digital Media Technology and Design
Jan 6, 2008 – Samsung Electronics opened the CES 2008 show unveiling its vision of a world of complete connectivity, one in which the boundaries to both rich content and beautiful design are gone and the result is a life made simple.
News categories: Samsung Electronics, Blu-ray, Camcorder, CES2025, DVD, HD-DVD, IPTV, Mobile, Smart Home, Smart TV, Tablet

SiBEAM Announces Availability of World's First WirelessHD™ Chipset
Jan 6, 2008 – SiBEAM has announced that its WirelessHD-based transmitter and receiver chipsets, built in affordable CMOS, and its WirelessHD Development Kit will be made available to select customers in the first quarter of 2008.
News categories: SiBEAM, WirelessHD, CES2025, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Smart Home

Broadcom Powers the Connected Digital Home with Industry Leading Silicon Solutions
Jan 6, 2008 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced that it will demonstrate a variety of new silicon, software and reference design platforms at the 2008 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada from January 7th through January 10th.
News categories: Broadcom, 5G, Broadband, Cable Modem, Cable TV, Camcorder, CES2025, Conditional Access, Content Protection, DVB-S2, DVR, Mobile, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home

Video Compression Leader Qpixel Unveils New Reference Platforms For H.264 Streaming And Digital Recording Applications
Jan 6, 2008 – Qpixel Technology has unveiled the Q.stream network media streamer and Q.record personal video recorder/player, two new reference platforms based on its industry-leading, low power H.264 codec family.
News categories: Qpixel, Shenzhen MELE Digital Technology, Techwell, Ralink Technology, Broadband, CES2025, DVR, Gateway, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Streaming

D-Link Showcases Advanced, Easy-to-Use Home Networking and Digital Home Solutions at CES 2008
Jan 6, 2008 – D-Link will be highlighting its end-to-end home networking and digital home solutions at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) here this week, showcasing hot new products such as media players, Wi-Fi Internet photo frame, Green Ethernet switching, next-generation dual band routers, and the latest storage and security devices.
News categories: D-Link, CES2025, Gateway, Media Player, Smart Home, Streaming

Adopted by 750+ Manufacturers, HDMI is a Must-Have for Consumer Electronics
Jan 5, 2008 – At the 2008 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), HDMI Licensing has announced that more than 750 consumer electronics (CE) and personal computer (PC) manufacturers have adopted the HDMI specification, up from 574 adopters one year ago.
News categories: HDMI Licensing, Camcorder, CES2025, DVD, Licensing, Set Top Box, Smart Home

Sling Media Unveils Top-of-Line Slingbox PRO-HD
Jan 4, 2008 – Sling Media has announced its next generation Slingbox™ PRO-HD, a revolutionary new product that is capable of streaming HD content from a home television source to a laptop or desktop computer in and around the house.
News categories: Sling Media, Broadband, CES2025, Digital TV, Media Player, Placeshifting, Smart Home, USA

Gefen and Pulse~LINK Introduce the World's First Consumer HDMI Over Coax Product for High Definition Video Connectivity Throughout the Home
Jan 4, 2008 – Gefen and Pulse~LINK have introduced the world's first consumer electronics product that incorporates Pulse~LINK's CWave® UWB HDMI-Over-Coax technology.
News categories: Pulse~LINK, Gefen, CES2025, Digital TV, Smart Home

CinemaNow Partners with TAVI to Deliver Movies, TV Episodes, and Music Videos for TAVI 030 Portable IPTV Media Player
Jan 4, 2008 – CinemaNow has announced a partnership with TAVI to offer consumers a customized CinemaNow video service developed to work seamlessly with TAVI's 030 Portable IPTV Media Player.
News categories: CinemaNow, TAVI, Digital TV, Media Player, Smart Home, Streaming, Tablet, USA