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Pulse-LINK to Showcase Whole-Home HDTV Video Distribution

By Anuradha Shukla, TMCnet Contributing Editor

Pulse (News - Alert)~LINK Inc. announced today that it will demonstrate the advantages of its CWave UWB Ethernet-Over-Coax solution for whole-home HD video distribution at The Cable Show 2008 in New Orleans, Louisiana this weekend.

 

As the “Ethernet-Over-Coax” solution extends gigabit Ethernet connectivity over a home’s existing coaxial cabling, it provides service providers, A/V manufacturers and professional installers with a cost-effective method to deploy whole-home digital video recorder functionality.

 

According to Pulse~LINK, the demonstration of the “no new wires” solution will also showcase CWave’s coexistence with other signals on the same coaxial cable, including broadcast video services from a local cable company and coexistence with MoCA technology.

 

The company said that the accelerated growth in high definition television sales has increased consumers’ desire to access HD content from their family room DVR and distribute it to other HDTVs located around the home. Pulse~LINK’s CWave Ethernet-Over-Coax platform has the ability to network up to nine HD multimedia content source and display devices throughout the home with end-to-end Quality of Service over existing coax cabling and splitters. This capability eliminates the high expense of re-wiring a home with Ethernet cables, according to the company.

 

Pulse~LINK Vice President of Sales and Marketing Dan Friedman said that with the fast-growing DVR market, the industry is looking for cost effective, multi-room DVR solutions to generate additional revenue and meet the consumer demand for viewing premium recorded content on any TV in the home.

 

The company said its Ethernet-Over-Coax solution extends DVR functionality throughout the home with the added ability to view content from multiple sources on any TV in the home. This provides a true whole-home multimedia networking solution. Friedman added that by bridging IP traffic at Gigabit Ethernet performance over a home’s existing coax cabling, they enhance triple play services while cost-effectively enabling new services, according to the company.

 

Pulse~LINK’s recently launched Ethernet-Over-Coax Reference Design Kit (RDK), which features its CWave PL3100 UWB chipset. The kit is a low-cost, small-form factor, ready-to-manufacture reference design, which enables quick market entry for OEM customers. The company’s new Kit can either be implemented in external bridging devices or integrated into set-top boxes and DVR products.

 

Pulse~LINK has announced that they will also demonstrate room-to-room HD video streaming with its HDMI-Over-Coax and 1394-Over-Coax solutions at The Cable Show 2008. In addition, they will demonstrate Cwave Wireless-for-HDMI for single-room wireless applications.

 

CWave offers provides high-speed wireless and wired HDMI, Ethernet and 1394 connectivity – all from the same chipset. Leveraging this capability, Pulse~LINK is able to support a wide range of industry groups. Pulse~LINK is also a Promoter Member of the HomeGrid Forum, which was recently formed to promote and influence a single, next-generation worldwide standard for networking digital content over home wiring.

 

Anuradha Shukla is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of Anuradha’s articles, please visit her columnist page.

 

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