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Back in the middle of 2008 we brought you the news of a new wireless standard designed to transmit high definition content around the home - a sort of wireless HDMI - that is supported by the likes of Sony, Samsung and Motorola.
Well, a mere year and half later, the WHDI (Wireless Home Digital Interface) standard has emerged blinking into the sunlight in its 1.0 form.
Here's what is claimed about it: "The WHDI standard enables full 1080p/60Hz HD with Deep Color at a distance of 100 feet and through walls. No other wireless standard combines this level of quality and robustness with the ease of multi-room wireless."
The usage model for this standard appears to be the wireless streaming of HD content from mobile devices like PCs and phones to TVs. Furthermore, it will allow any TV in the house to receive content from one set-top-box.
The data transmitted over WHDI is uncompressed and claims to support "...the delivery of equivalent video data rates of up to 3Gbps (including 1080p/60Hz) in a 40MHz channel in the 5GHz unlicensed band, conforming to worldwide 5GHz spectrum regulations. Range is beyond 100 feet, through walls, and latency is less than one millisecond."
