WHDI Wireless Smart Display - Mobile Phone to TV Connection

Animom and 35.com recently announced a new technology of WHDI called the WHDI Wireless Smart Display.  This techonology by Animom is the first of its kind.  This technology enables the wireless connection from a smartphone or a mobile device to any external display such as a TV.

"When connected to a touch screen display AMIMON’s WHDI technology 

turns a smartphone into a tablet PC."

With this WHDI technology, the use of smartphone applications such as internet access, email, video, etc. can be fully maximize as the mobile screen can be displayed to a remote monitor. Whether for personal or business purpose any content or applications on a smartphone can be viewed, accessed, controlled and operated from a display or touch panel.

“Our first generation products featuring the WHDI technology will be 

sleeves for smartphones,”

The Transmitters

This device will be in a form of a smartphone sleeves acting as transmitters.  The smartphone sleeve will enable the device to wirelessly transmit HD video without lag or delay.  These sleeves will be provided by 35.com, an enterprise solutions provider.

The Receiver

On the receiver end, the WHDI Technology enables it to receive video in real time and in parallel send control signals from the display to the mobile phone.

The connection of WHDI Wireless Smart Display will be HD or 1080p.

This will be available in March 2011.

“We see strong use-cases for wireless mobile to display using AMIMON’s WHDI technology in business, enterprise and consumer environments,” said Kevin Gong CEO of 35.com. 

WHDI Competes With Intel WIDI

WHDI is the new wireless audio and video standard that allows high definition wireless streaming to any display throughout a home network.  WHDI stands for Wireless Home Digital Interface.  This technology is being driven by AMIMON, the semiconductor company producing the chipsets and modules for WHDI.

WHDI by Amimon is a competitor of Intel's Wireless Display technology (read here and here).  Both technologies provide almost the same technology of sharing or streaming videos from your computer, laptop, netbook to any other display devices in your home network; the former bumping up with fancier capabilities.

As of the latest, a WHDI capable device was demonstrated to stream HD (1080p) 3D uncompressed videos.  The set up was a laptop with a WHDI transmitter borad and on the receiving end, an LCD with a WHDI receiver board.  Aside from steaming 3D videos wirelessly, WHDI also transmits through walls and even a distance of up to 100 feet.  Intel WiDi can only reach up to 20 feet.

The future of wireless video looks bright. I look forward to mass roll-out of WHDI-capable devices.

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