The Asus has released new ASUS USB-N11 wireless N USB adapter. This USB Wi-Fi stick will allow you to create a protected wireless environment with just one button click. The USB-N11 is fully 802.11n compliant and can establish easy connectivity with all draft-N devices and the device is designed to works on most operating systems including Windows, Linux and Mac OS. Still no info about pricing and availability.
Leaders in consumer electronics and wireless high-definition video are preparing the discussion about new Wireless Home Digital Interface (WHDI™) technology that will connect all your HD video device with wireless connection. The main feature of the upcoming standard will be video-modem that operates in the 5GHz unlicensed band to enable robust wireless delivery of uncompressed HD video (including 1080p). WHDI allows secure, encrypted HD video delivery through multiple rooms and other potential signal obstructions, such as people and furniture, while maintaining superb quality and robustness with less than one-millisecond latency. The objective of this special interest group is to enhance the current WHDI technology to enable wireless streaming of uncompressed HD video and audio between CE devices such as LCD and plasma HDTVs, multimedia projectors, A/V receivers, DVD and BD players, set-top boxes (STBs), game consoles, and PCs. The new interoperable standard aims to ensure that CE devices manufactured by different vendors will simply and directly connect to one another.
Sharp has teamed with AMIMON and releases X-Series of LCD HDTVs with wireless HDTV link based on AMIMON’s WHDI technology. The 37-, 42- and 46-inch displays will be sold with optional wireless video transmitter enabling the users to send send uncompressed HD to their HDTV from up to 100-feet distance. Unfortunately Sharp didn’t stated and official date or prices for these new displays.
Just about we thought that we have seen all kind of photo frames, Ality announced Wireless PIXXA 8-inch WiFi frame that easily communicate with Flickr, syncs with popular online calendars and news sites. There is also special Photo Messenger feature that allows friends to send photos instantly onto the frames. 8-inch display shows max 800 x 600 resolution and has 2GB of built-in storage and card reader. PIXXA should be available in first half of 2008. with $299 price.
Life|point presents new HD Touch panel with complete new levels of controlling your media nad home system on single device. With Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 you can watch HD videos, pause and record up to four live TV channels, load news, weather and traffic reports from Internet and if that is not enough, you can control lighting, security and temperature in your home. And yeah, don’t forget, you also have stereo speakers, an ambient light mode and a touch-to-wake power saving mode. Ships in two display options 8.9″ and 12.1″ and prices are $6—$7,000.
DisplayLink and Alreon presents new product a Wireless USB display adapter that allows PCs to connect to nearby standard displays without wires. Apparently this adapter will let you use your monitor up to 3 meters distance with 120-150mbps data stream and best quality of image. And that’s not all, seems that you will be able to use up to 6 displays at the same time but with considerable loss of image quality. Price is between $150 and $250 and device will be released in the spring and display with wireless capability is expected to be around $150 more than an equivalent non-wireless model.
