Universal Distribution Center for High-Def TV

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April 27th, 2009 -- by Arnie Williams
Source: AVGuide

Imagine the most outlandish, amazing multi-room home theater scenario you can come up with, and Key Digital is betting that its KD-VPHD3 Universal Distribution Center will make it seem like child’s play. It’s hard to describe the KD-VPHD3 in one-thousand words or less, but think of it as a digital video processor and video/audio switcher for HDMI or Component Video displays ... on steroids.

The product can upconvert SD (480i/P, 576i/P), HD (720P, 1080i), XGA (1024x768P), and WXGA (1280x768P, 1366x768P) resolutions of analog and digital video inputs to a single digital HDMI or Component/RGBHV output with resolutions up to 1080p.

It can also downconvert signals, allows individual customization and memorization of each input, and accommodates a wide variety of input formats.

The KD-VPHD3 is especially well suited for those with PC-integrated home theaters, allowing virtually any computer to display images on standard plasma, LCD, or projector displays.

For more information, go to http://www.keydigital.com.

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Paul McDonald (not verified) -- Thu, 04/30/2009 - 14:08

With excitement, I have been following the development of whole home wireless HDTV distribution. From my research it appears that Amimom of Israel has developed chips that enable the HDTV Video in 1080 P to be broadcast uncompressed throughout a home via a single source box. It can broadcastdifferent HD Video/Audio Channels to different TVS in different rooms much like a DSL Modem broadcasts audio & video sigmals to different computers in a home network. I find wireless HDTV exciting because it eleminates all the audio and video cables that are normally required to run a signal from a cable box in order for a wall mounted TV to receive a great 1080P HDTV signal. It make the installation much simplier and eleminates the cost for the cables, and eleminates drilling holes in the wall for the cables. While Siebold & Belkin have set a standard for HDTV wireless transmission in a single room it is my belief that consumers will favor a whole home system as demonstrated at C.E.S. by Amimon. Sony, Samsung have been licensed to produce the product from Amimon, just as they have been licensed to produce the product for individual room, single unit HDTV distribution.
The consumers that appreciate Wireless Audio will soon be able to get wireless video to go along with it, and at uncompressed 1080P. What a blessing! To round it out, audio & video product manufacturers are now rolling out TV's, Speakers, Cameras, Computers, Disc Players, Video Games and more that can wirelessly interact with each other components digitally on a standard known as WHDI, whole house digital interface.
I believe that the demonstrations of whole home wirless HDTV with 1080P uncompressed video demonstrate that the Wireless Age is the way to go.
Products that have to be wired to one another to connect will soon become the dinosaurs of the past.