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<strong>Veritas</strong> <strong>et</strong> <strong>Visus</strong> <strong>Display</strong> <strong>Standard</strong> February 2009<br />
Celeno and Cavium N<strong>et</strong>works collaborate to offer whole-home 1080p HDMI connectivity over Wi-Fi<br />
Celeno Communications announced a collaboration with Cavium N<strong>et</strong>works. The joint reference design me<strong>et</strong>s the<br />
demand for in-room HDMI cable replacement applications as well as whole-home full-HD video content sharing,<br />
using standards-based Wi-Fi n<strong>et</strong>working technology. The solution enables consumer electronics manufacturers to<br />
develop products that support various digital home connectivity use cases. Examples include: eliminating the need<br />
for unattractive audio/video HDMI cables to connect thin full-HD TV panels; watching DVR recordings anywhere<br />
in the home; and using gaming applications in any room regardless of the console’s location. The combination of<br />
Celeno's OptimizAIR Wi-Fi HD home n<strong>et</strong>working technology with Cavium’s Super Low Latency H.264 codec<br />
technology me<strong>et</strong>s the demanding capacity, reach and latency requirements for whole-home full-HD uncompressed<br />
video content streaming. In contrast to propri<strong>et</strong>ary short distance wireless solutions, the joint standards-based<br />
solution enables easy interoperability b<strong>et</strong>ween any digital media server device and any digital media player device,<br />
helping to create a seamless DLNA-connected home environment. The joint reference design is based on the<br />
Cavium PureVu Video Processor CNW3602 and the Celeno CL1300 HD-grade Wi-Fi System-on-Chip (SoC). It<br />
delivers compressed 480p/720p/1080p60 video over long distances while achieving sub-frame latency and<br />
perceptual lossless video quality. http://www.celeno.com<br />
Silicon Image introduces LiquidHD technology<br />
Silicon Image introduced LiquidHD, a new personal entertainment technology designed to quickly and easily<br />
connect TVs, consumer electronics (CE) devices, personal computers (PCs), portable media devices (PMDs) and<br />
home theaters into a seamless n<strong>et</strong>work where consumers can enjoy digital content from any source device on any<br />
LiquidHD-enabled display in the home. Today, consumers can only enjoy their multi-media content on the TV to<br />
which the digital video recorder (DVR), s<strong>et</strong>-top box (STB), DVD/Blu-ray Disc player or game console is directly<br />
connected. With LiquidHD technology consumers can flexibly enjoy their content throughout their home by<br />
pausing a movie, television program or video game on the TV in the living room and then resume it on a different<br />
TV or laptop with a single press of a button on the remote control. LiquidHD technology is a suite of protocols that<br />
runs over commodity IP n<strong>et</strong>works such as Ethern<strong>et</strong>, Coax like MoCA, powerline like HomePlug and wireless like<br />
WiFi (802.11n). http://www.siliconimage.com<br />
Hollywood studio endorses Silicon Image’s LiquidPlay content protection technology<br />
Silicon Image announced that the Fox Group has endorsed LiquidPlay, a new digital security technology introduced<br />
by Silicon Image. As a key feature of Silicon Image’s new LiquidHD personal entertainment technology,<br />
LiquidPlay content protection allows consumers to enjoy their purchased or rented digital multi-media content on<br />
any of their LiquidHD-enabled consumer electronics devices, in the home or on the go. The LiquidPlay architecture<br />
is based on advanced encryption technology, including AES and Elliptic Curve, to provide an unprecedented level<br />
of content protection. All content entering a LiquidHD-enabled domain is encrypted with 128-bit AES encryption<br />
and keys are securely kept in hardware, preventing software access that has compromised content protection<br />
technologies in the past. http://www.siliconimage.com<br />
Apple’s Mini <strong>Display</strong>Port to DL DVI encounters problems<br />
Gizmodo reports that the Apple-branded Mini <strong>Display</strong>Port to Dual-Link DVI Adapter that its staff members<br />
received creates visual distortion on a Dell 3007WFP, rendering it unusable for periods of time. Occasionally<br />
(somewhere b<strong>et</strong>ween a few minutes and an hour), the screen will look like it’s missing half its display information,<br />
like one of its dual links has failed. This can only be fixed by unplugging and plugging in <strong>et</strong>her the Mini<br />
<strong>Display</strong>Port connector to a MacBook Pro, or the USB connection. The testers found two additional Apple support<br />
threads with plenty of users claiming to have similar problems. The adapter, which costs $99 from the Apple Store,<br />
would be a saving grace for purchasers of the MacBook or MacBook Pro who want to use a large dual link display<br />
if the adapter worked right. Currently, Apple only offers a 24-inch monitor that is natively compatible with the<br />
updated laptops.<br />
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