Mitsubishi to Make a Wireless HDTV

I just read this piece from CNet earlier today and thought I’d share it here on the site. Mitsubishi is planning to join the ranks of Sony and Samsung - in the television market - to offer wireless television.

Mitsubishi is joining forces with wireless chip maker Amimon to send high-definition TV signals to its latest LCD TV without wires. Both companies is set to announce this development, Thursday.

It will come in 40-inch and 46-inch sizes. The 40-inch model will cost 300,000 yen (or $2,731), and the 46-inch model will sell for 400,000 yen ($3,642).

Mitsubishi’s TV will have the chips embedded in the TV, and will come with a separate receiver unit that can send and receive uncompressed HD video signals up to 100 feet away. That means you can keep the receiver in a room downstairs or in a cabinet - no line of sight necessary.

However, those who are getting with the news will have to wait a little bit longer as the set is being released in Japan only this fall. But, once successful, it’s likely Mitsubishi will broaden distribution of this TV.

Wireless HD video is a category that Amimon - which heads a consortium of chipmakers and consumer electronics companies pushing for a whole-home wireless TV standard called Wireless HDI - and others have been talking up for a while.

Source: cnet.com