Wireless HDTV: Battle of the Bands

July 14, 2009 by 1080p · Leave a Comment 

Israeli chip maker Amimon has raised $10 million in a third round of funding for its business of chips for high-definition video wireless networking. In May, the company announced its second-generation chip set for their Wireless Home Digital Interface (WHDI), which can transfer 1080p HD video using a 40MHz channel in the 5GHz unlicensed band . The company claims it can transmit HDTV about 100 feet at an effective 3 gigabits per second using a novel “compression” scheme. WHDI t