Wireless HDMI. The phrase itself resounds like a chorus of angels, accompanied by a full orchestra, their voices washing the soiled Earth clean with the breath of Heaven. Demonstrated by Amimon at CES, the chipset that allows it is now shipping to TV manufacturers and other conelect firms. Using thr 5GHz wireless frequency, it offers enough bandwidth over 100 feet to shunt uncompressed 720p or 1080i to thusly-equipped units. Duplex two, and you get 1080p.
Now, it doesn't look like there'll be retrofitting: if dongles were possible, they'd have to be independently-powered anyway, which means another power brick at each end, more cables, and a general harshing of the wireless mellow. Nor is there any indication of price — the company mentions $10 as the end-user cost, but I can hear the marketing people laughing already. TV manufacturers will probably give it a stupid branded name like "Sony Extended Wireless Vision" or "Philips
AirSight" and charge $99 extra for it.
What we really want, of course, is Wireless Power Transmission. That phrase resounds with a chorus of Godzillas.
No More HDMI Cables [Gizmodo]
