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Industry Leaders Discuss Simplifying High Definition
Home Networks at CONNECTIONS™ Conference
Restoring simplicity
for the consumer with High Definition home networks will be a primary
topic of discussion at next week’s CONNECTIONS™ Digital Home Conference &
Showcase at the Santa Clara Convention Center. A special session on
“Making High Definition Home Networks Easy,” hosted by
Pulse~LINK, Inc. on
Wednesday, May 2, at 11 a.m., will feature a panel representing content
providers, consumer electronic manufacturers and semiconductor companies
working together to enhance the HD experience for consumers.
Years ago, all you needed to do to watch TV was
connect one wire and pick up one remote. Then came the set-top box, VCR,
DVD player, home theater system, game console, media center PC and more.
Unfortunately, many of these devices also came with yet-another remote
control and a growing rat’s nest of wires to connect them. Modern AV
systems deliver a far richer experience, but they have become so complex
that consumers have difficulty installing and using them. The
High-Definition Audio-Video Network Alliance (HANA) is cutting the Gordian
Knot presented by today’s systems, bringing back the simplicity of
one-wire and one-remote while leveraging the most exciting developments in
HD technology.
“The networking of multimedia devices throughout the
home represents a common objective of content and service providers, CE
companies and technology solutions providers,” states Bruce Watkins, Pulse~LINK President and Chief Operating Officer. “While the technologies
evolving to serve this objective are a commonly discussed topic, if
deployment of these technologies confuses the consumer they will meet with
questionable success – which is bad for everyone. The good news is, as an
industry we face a true opportunity to combine new frontiers in
functionality with a return to simplicity that consumers will
unquestionably appreciate.”
Moderated by Harry Wang, Senior Analyst for Parks
Associates, the panel will be comprised of HANA representatives from
companies and organizations including CEA Home Networking, NBC Universal,
Pulse~LINK, Samsung, Texas Instruments and 4HomeMedia. Members will
detail how one wire, one remote, and whole-home interactive HD networks
will be delivered.
“Consumers really want a hassle-free in-home
networking solution so that they can watch their favorite programming
wherever they want in the home,” said Wang, “HANA’s unique approach will
be examined and debated during this session to help potential adopters
understand its value proposition.”
Pulse~LINK, a leading Ultra Wideband (UWB)
semiconductor company, joined HANA as a contributing member when the
organization was first formed in 2005 and will host the special session at
CONNECTIONS™. Pulse~LINK’s product is a CWave™ UWB chipset used in
home-networking devices to provide very high bandwidth with End-to-End
Quality of Service for High Definition content to be accessed and shared
throughout the home over both wired and wireless networks. Devices enabled
with Pulse~LINK's CWave™ technology allow HD content located anywhere in
the home to be shared across the existing coax backbone with wireless
connectivity in each room.
Pulse-LINK will showcase its award-winning technology
at the conference by demonstrating multi-room connectivity featuring
high-quality 1080p HD content streamed across hundreds of feet of standard
RG59 coax to replicate a typical home set-up. Demonstrations include IPTV
functionality with menu navigation and interactive control capabilities.
In addition, Pulse~LINK will demonstrate unmatched wireless performance by
streaming 1080p content with menu navigation and “Trick Play” (pause, fast
forward, fast rewind) functionality. Connected devices include HDTVs, Blu-ray
Players, DVRs, Media Center PCs and Multimedia Storage devices using both
1394 and Ethernet protocols simultaneously over both coax and wireless
networks.
About HANA
HANA is a cross industry alliance of content owner, service provider,
consumer electronics and IT companies dedicated to providing consumers
with a simple way to bring HD to life throughout their home. Through a
single connection, easy to use interface and a single remote, HANA
solutions enable the sharing of HD content across A/V devices. The ease
of use, removal of complex connections and guarantee of service (QoS)
provide a superior HD experience. For additional information, please
visit: http://www.hanaalliance.org.
About Pulse~LINK, Inc.
Pulse~LINK, Inc. is a privately held Delaware Corporation
headquartered in Carlsbad, California, with nearly 300 issued and pending
patents pertaining to UWB wired and wireless communications technology.
Pulse~LINK’s CWaveÔ solution delivers up to Gigabit data rates over coax
and wireless networks from the same chipset, providing consumers with the
unprecedented ability to stream and distribute high quality multimedia
content throughout the home. CWaveÔ solutions support simultaneous
operation of 1394, Gigabit Ethernet and HDMI over coax and wireless
connections. For additional information about Pulse~LINK, Inc., please
visit: http://www.pulselink.net.
Forward-Looking Statements: Any statements
contained in this release that are not historical facts are
forward-looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. All forward-looking statements rely on assumptions and
are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual
results to differ materially from expectations.
Contact: Laurie Watkins, Pulse~LINK, Inc.
(858) 794-9414,
lwatkins@pulselink.net |
