Post by dkennedy on Jul 11, 2006 4:04:45 GMT -5
Haier Demonstrated High-Definition Television Integrated With Metalink's 802.11n WLANPlus at SINOCES
July 10, 2006
PR News Wire
Metalink's WLANPlus Enables the Wireless Distribution of HD Video Streaming With Wireline Quality Throughout the Home
Metalink, a provider of high-performance wireless and wireline broadband communication silicon solutions, today announced that it successfully demonstrated the integration of its WLANPlus(TM) 802.11n-draft compliant chip-set into Haier's high definition television sets at the SINOCES show in Qingdao, China, from July 7th-10th, 2006. Haier Corporation is the world's fourth largest home appliance manufacturer and the leading Chinese manufacturer of household electrical appliances. The joint demonstration featured the use of a WLANPlus-based wireless network to deliver multiple high-definition video streams to Haier HDTVs placed in different rooms, simulating a home environment.
Metalink's WLANPlus, an 802.11n-draft compliant chip-set family, is optimized to address the needs of the consumer electronics market. Featuring full support for the demanding optional specifications of the 802.11n-draft standard, Metalink's WLANPlus technology was designed to be a key enabler of high-definition video streaming applications throughout the home for a broad range of products such as Residential Gateways, DTV, HDTV, Set-Top Boxes, Media Adaptors and Digital Video Recorders (DVR).
Haier is now working with Metalink to incorporate its WLANPlus technology into Haier's next-generation television sets, DVRs, DVDs and other consumer electronics products.
"By integrating Haier and Metalink technologies, we have become the first to achieve the 'holy grail' of our industry -- wireless delivery of multiple HDTV streams to TV sets throughout the home at wireline quality," said Patrick Tam, Metalink's director of sales. "We are proud to join this world-leading company in establishing a new industry standard, an achievement which secures the leadership position of both companies in the home entertainment arena."
July 10, 2006
PR News Wire
Metalink's WLANPlus Enables the Wireless Distribution of HD Video Streaming With Wireline Quality Throughout the Home
Metalink, a provider of high-performance wireless and wireline broadband communication silicon solutions, today announced that it successfully demonstrated the integration of its WLANPlus(TM) 802.11n-draft compliant chip-set into Haier's high definition television sets at the SINOCES show in Qingdao, China, from July 7th-10th, 2006. Haier Corporation is the world's fourth largest home appliance manufacturer and the leading Chinese manufacturer of household electrical appliances. The joint demonstration featured the use of a WLANPlus-based wireless network to deliver multiple high-definition video streams to Haier HDTVs placed in different rooms, simulating a home environment.
Metalink's WLANPlus, an 802.11n-draft compliant chip-set family, is optimized to address the needs of the consumer electronics market. Featuring full support for the demanding optional specifications of the 802.11n-draft standard, Metalink's WLANPlus technology was designed to be a key enabler of high-definition video streaming applications throughout the home for a broad range of products such as Residential Gateways, DTV, HDTV, Set-Top Boxes, Media Adaptors and Digital Video Recorders (DVR).
Haier is now working with Metalink to incorporate its WLANPlus technology into Haier's next-generation television sets, DVRs, DVDs and other consumer electronics products.
"By integrating Haier and Metalink technologies, we have become the first to achieve the 'holy grail' of our industry -- wireless delivery of multiple HDTV streams to TV sets throughout the home at wireline quality," said Patrick Tam, Metalink's director of sales. "We are proud to join this world-leading company in establishing a new industry standard, an achievement which secures the leadership position of both companies in the home entertainment arena."