Cable / Telecom News

The next format war: wireless HD

SANTA CLARA, CALIF. – Help is on the way for the millions of HDTV owners who remain unaware their sets need an HD signal to view a proper HD picture. On the horizon is a new delivery technology that can send uncompressed HD video right to the set without bothering with wires. But users who hope to trade in their tangled mess of connection cables for wireless may first have to endure another format war.Four leading consumer electronics companies announced today they are backing a wireless multimedia CE interface developed by Amimon, by forming a special interest group devoted to the technology....