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HD News: With the introduction of various forms of the technology by a number of mainstream manufacturers, 2009 is set to become a reality for wireless HD.

Formed in 2006, the wireless HD consortium introduced standards for the new technology which included an operating distance of up to 10 metres without signal break-up. Wi HD has been designed to provide full HDMI functionality with no loss of quality once cables have been replaced.

The Wi HD standard also guarantees a 3Gbps data rate through which the transmission of uncompressed 1080p HD material can be achieved.

Panasonic’s Z1 is one of the mostly hotly anticipated products of the new breed of Wi-Fi enabled flat panel TV’s. LG’s first foray into wireless HD comes in the shape of the 55inch LG LHX and the LH85 models (55in and 47in sizes) which offer built-in wireless HD capability. Toshiba meanwhile are developing adapters which connect to your existing Blu-ray kit to stream wireless content.

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Cdfreaks.com: During the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) next month, several companies will discuss at least four different wireless high-definition TV standards.

A panel discussion between vendors and representatives of the following formats will take place:  AMIMON, a WHDI supporter; Pulse-LINK, HDMI supporters; SiBEAM, wireless HD supporters; and ProVision, the 802.11n backer.

Out of the four standards, only 802.11n “is the only standard capable of cost-effectively transmitting interactive wireless HD video across all rooms within a home,” said Professor Andrew Nix.

Broadcom, Hitachi, Motorola, Samsung, Sharp, and Sony joined the WHDI Special Interest Group (SIG), in the hope of creating and promoting a new 5 GHz platform. Intel, Panasonic, LG Electronics, NEC, Toshiba, Samsung and Sony also are supporting a 60Hz technology used by Wireless HD.

“SiBEAM has recently completed a new round of fundraising, successfully securing the participation of two major backers, Panasonic and Samsung,” ABI Research analyst Steve Wilson said in a statement.  “Broadcom has also joined the consortium.  Meanwhile Mitsubishi has announced its choice of the Amimon chipset.”

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Engadget: Panasonic’s welcoming you to the future of plasma HDTV, starting along with the stunning 150-inch 4K plasma, that is, surprisingly enough bigger than its old 103-inch model leading to the debut of three “super thin” plasma prototypes measuring 24.7mm deep in 50-inch and, for what it claims is the first time, 58- and 65-inch sizes that also include Wireless HD.

One-fourth the thickness of current Panasonic models and one-half the weight combined with no wires leads Panasonic to believe we’ll be able to reorganize the living room shortly, without silly mounting issues and need to run cables.

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Gizmodo: Sony, Samsung, and LG together with Panasonic, Toshiba, NEC and SiBEAM are  working on a new spec called WirelessHD (or WiHD) that lets you beam uncompressed HD content from say a cable box to your HDTV.

It’ll use the 60GHz frequency and handle video as well as audio. The technology will appear in components, HDTVs, game consoles, and even portable gadgets like HD camcorders by spring 2008.

For those of us who’ve already splurged on big budget HDTVs and components, the WirelessHD folks will create wireless adapters that’ll let your equipment go wireless.

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