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CES2008: ‘HANA Home’ Demos Wireless HD Networking

The scheme concurrently distributes five wireless HD content streams throughout the dwelling via coax cable. The internal home network allows distribution and access of HD content on other devices in the house.

Author:: TVTechnology
Publish date:: Jan 8, 2008

The High-Definition Audio-Video Network Alliance (HANA) is hosting a four-room home demo of its prototype HD networking system at CES this week. The scheme concurrently distributes five wireless HD content streams throughout the dwelling via coax cable. The internal home network allows distribution and access of HD content on other devices in the house.

The network connects all home media devices into a wireless network that can be controlled by a single remote. The options include to TV viewing, time-shifting, recording live TV and pushing the content from room to room wirelessly with what HANA said is “400 Mbps guaranteed quality.”

The alliance’s technology was unveiled two years ago and continues to deal exclusively with HD content. Partners and sponsors include: Texas Instruments, Samsung, Cablevision, Pulse~Link, Firecomms, IntellaSys, Newnex, VividLogic, Oxford Semiconductor and trade group 1394.

The extender, simply put, allows a home with only one next-gen disc player or HD STB to circulate and view identical HD content at multiple locations within a home that is wired with coax cable.

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The folks with access to the ears of the top technology lawmakers in Congress will share their knowledge of the policy issues related to the DTV transition with attendees at the 2008 International CES next week.

A new study from ABI Research reports that four separate technologies will be responsible for the growth, including 60GHz products, which will likely be the driving force behind in-home wireless HD distribution.

Samsung together with Freescale and Intellon are demonstrating hybrid network technology at CES. Samsung is using the Intellon HomePlug AV powerline technology with the Freescale Semiconductor's UWB wireless technology to distribute HD content. At the CES demo, the HomePlug AV will be used as the server, sending