Teasing a 40-page report that it says will come out later this year, a Long Island-based telecom market research firm says installations of an emerging technology, wireless high-definition television, will skyrocket to 1 million in 2012.
ABI Research (
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“There is no such thing as wireless HDMI (high-definition multimedia interface), according to the HDMI licensing group,” ABI reports on its Web site under the heading “Upcoming Report.”
“But this hasn’t stopped a number of startups from trying to implement it,” ABI officials say on the site. “Some are using narrowband signaling at 5 GHz, others are using UWB
techniques, and still another group is breaking new ground in the 60 GHz millimeter wave region.”
According to ABI, technologies now waging a quiet war for a piece of the wireless HDTV market include UWB, 5 GHz, 60 GHz, JPEG2000, MPEG2, MPEG4, WirelessHD and WHDI.
“Unlike wireless TV solutions in the past, these technologies are designed to replace HDMI cables and support full HDTV resolutions with no loss in video quality or signal integrity,” ABI says. “Wireless solutions for HDMI cable replacement are now coming to market from leading TV manufacturers, with more to follow next year.”
The new report, according to ABI, provides an in-depth analysis of these competing technologies and companies as well as an outlook for the adoption of these devices in the marketplace.
According to the report’s principal analyst, Steve Wilson, 5GHz technology has a better track record than some others, but more complex solutions are required to achieve its required data rates.
“UWB technology has bandwidth advantages at in-room distances but drops rapidly at greater ranges,” Wilson said. “Sixty GHz allows high data rates, but so far only one company is even close to a viable solution.”
According to ABI, small numbers of 5 GHz and UWB devices are currently shipping, and demo products of 60 GHz systems are expected early next year.
“Over the next two to three years, we’re going to see one or two of these wireless HDTV approaches emerge as the primary ones,” Wilson said.
Michael Dinan is a TMCNet Editor. To read more of his articles, please visit his columnist page.
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