[CES 07] D-Link’s HD Player to Use New WiFi Standard
January 9th, 2007 — By Christopher JonesD-Link Gets a Jump on HD Video Streaming
Why wait around for standards to be officially approved when people want their technology now? That seems to be what D-Link is saying this week, by announcing products that push the envelope for streaming video over WiFi.
D-Link’s new MediaLounge HD Player (DSM-750) is able to stream high-definition video from computers to a TV over WiFi networks, a bandwidth-intensive operation that isn’t possible using today’s WiFi standards. D-Link is employing the next-generation WiFi standard, dubbed 802.11n, to make it possible. The new 802.11n standard is meant to increase wireless throughput from a maximum of 54 Mbps (today’s standard) to at least 100 Mbps, and possibly up to 200 Mbps as the technology matures.
The new MediaLounge HD Player has a remote control and TV-based user interface for browsing multimedia files, and works with Windows XP computers and any Universal Plug and Play (UpnP) media server.
The MediaLounge HD Player is designed to work with D-Link’s new high-speed router, the D-Link Dual Band Draft 802.11n Router (DIR-855), which simultaneously uses two radio bands to handle bandwidth-intensive applications such as HD video streaming, voice over IP (VOIP) calls, online gaming, and the like.
While the 802.11n WiFi standard isn’t officially approved yet, companies like D-Link are getting a jump on the competition by releasing products that have near-complete versions of the technology.
The MediaLounge HD Player is expected to ship in early Q2, 2007, and pricing has not been announced. The D-Link Dual-Band Wireless Router (DIR-855) is expected to ship in late Q1, and pricing has not been announced.
In general I like dsm-750 a lot. Still 3 major wishes:
1. d-sub or dvi output for pc monitor. Sometimes I’d like to use this equipment separately.
2. screen saver. Keeping receiver on all day long on mu plasma burs static characters in. I dont like it!
3. D-Link server software is too slow, If you have 5000+ tracks or so. In this case I recommend for example TwonkyMedia server.
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Comment by Jaak Ennuste January 21st, 2007 @ 9:08 am