GNG News Guy
01-04-2008, 01:54 PM
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If you're lucky enough to no longer be worrying about the speed of your broadband connection, you may still be concerned about the speed of your home network, particularly when it comes to shoveling HD content around the house. With that in mind, Gefen and Pulse~LINK say they're releasing the first consumer gear that allows users to transmit HDMI signals over coaxial using ultra-wideband. From the press release (http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20080104005111&newsLang=en):"With the Gefen HDMI Over Coax Extender, which implements Pulse~LINK s HDMI-Over-Coax technology, consumers can extend the reach of HDMI audio and video out of their family room or media room into any other room in their house, explained Hagai Gefen, president and CEO, Gefen Inc. "They can enjoy true HD entertainment that is visually lossless, regardless of where their content source is located."
Ultra-Wideband (UWB) is a radio modulation technique noted for its potential to offer blazing speeds at very short ranges (great for in-home HD distribution over wireless or coaxial). Pulse~LINK has been working on UWB hardware for some time, and recently conducted tests showing their gear may be able to achieve wireless speeds between 500 and 890Mbps (http://www.pulselink.net/press/pr-dec13-2007.htm).
A Pulselink exec recently stopped by our news comments to explain why ultra-wideband is a big deal (http://www.thegng.org/forum/r19617141-). Pulse~LINK has also tinkered with taking this idea outside of the home and onto cable networks. They had hoped to increase the bandwidth available to cable providers (to the tune of +1 gigabit downstream, 580 megabits upstream per node), but we've yet to see any cable operator sign on, given most are now focused on DOCSIS 3.0.
If you're lucky enough to no longer be worrying about the speed of your broadband connection, you may still be concerned about the speed of your home network, particularly when it comes to shoveling HD content around the house. With that in mind, Gefen and Pulse~LINK say they're releasing the first consumer gear that allows users to transmit HDMI signals over coaxial using ultra-wideband. From the press release (http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20080104005111&newsLang=en):"With the Gefen HDMI Over Coax Extender, which implements Pulse~LINK s HDMI-Over-Coax technology, consumers can extend the reach of HDMI audio and video out of their family room or media room into any other room in their house, explained Hagai Gefen, president and CEO, Gefen Inc. "They can enjoy true HD entertainment that is visually lossless, regardless of where their content source is located."
Ultra-Wideband (UWB) is a radio modulation technique noted for its potential to offer blazing speeds at very short ranges (great for in-home HD distribution over wireless or coaxial). Pulse~LINK has been working on UWB hardware for some time, and recently conducted tests showing their gear may be able to achieve wireless speeds between 500 and 890Mbps (http://www.pulselink.net/press/pr-dec13-2007.htm).
A Pulselink exec recently stopped by our news comments to explain why ultra-wideband is a big deal (http://www.thegng.org/forum/r19617141-). Pulse~LINK has also tinkered with taking this idea outside of the home and onto cable networks. They had hoped to increase the bandwidth available to cable providers (to the tune of +1 gigabit downstream, 580 megabits upstream per node), but we've yet to see any cable operator sign on, given most are now focused on DOCSIS 3.0.