Amimon, Sony, and Samsung: Strange Wireless Video Bedfellows?

(Business News & Technology News, 24 Jul 2008)

Amimon Inc. has taken a huge step forward by driving formation of a new industry group around its wireless video technology, WHDI. Surprisingly, they have brought along Sony and Samsung who are promoters of the other wireless video group called WirelessHD.

The WirelessHD consortium is based on SiBeam's 60GHz technology, which is nearly ready for prime time, but hasn't quite made it to market yet. Amimon is already shipping its 5GHz-based video modem technology to several customers.

"Is another format war in the making?" asks ABI Research's Steve Wilson, Principal Analyst, Consumer Video Technologies. "Why would the same companies promote both standards?"

Click here for more information on the research "Wireless Video Cable Replacement Market and Technologies" by ABI Research