Despite setbacks, WHDI still thinks it can outshine Wi-Fi video 
Published: 9 December, 2009
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It's almost impossible to keep up with the twists and turns in the wireless home network market, and particularly the fight to achieve a universal standard for high speed, short range connections geared to multimedia and HDTV. With the original frontrunner, UltraWideBand-based WiMedia, now consigned to Wireless USB, other UWB solutions have fallen out of favor, at least for now. This has left three main contenders - WiGig and WHDI, both based, at least loosely, on Wi-Fi; and WirelessHD, which uses technology from SiBeam and the 60GHz band. There is also the wild card of the recently ratified IEEE 802.15.3c standard, also for 60GHz and also using SiBeam designs, though focused on different applications to WirelessHD. Last month, WHDI looked to be going the same way as WiMedia, as Sony defected to WirelessHD, but undeterred, the WHDI Consortium has completed its specifications and claims it still has a strong chance of gaining support among the consumer electronics and mobile communities.
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