The addition of Sony to the alliance’s Board of Directors underscores the important role that HomePlug technology will play in connecting a wide range of consumer electronics and personal computer platforms in the emerging digital home market. With robust, whole-house coverage and built-in security, HomePlug technology enables CE manufacturers to enhance their customers’ digital experience as the market moves from broadband sharing to media networking and content distribution. With HomePlug AV, home networking and content provisioning technology will enter a new world of connectivity and convenience. CE products from leading companies like Sony will be able to interconnect with other consumer electronics appliances and personal computers and share content, such as HDTV video streams, at speeds consistent with seamless interoperability and convenience, just by plugging the product into any convenient electrical outlet.
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Actiontec HomePlug (HomePNA) Review
Quote from the review:
“PCstats is testing out one such HomePNA solution from Actiontec, called the HomePlug Ethernet adaptor kit. The kit uses the HomePlug 14Mbps technology and comes with a pair of 14Mbps power plug Ethernet adaptors, allowing users to network two PCs together, or connect a single PC to a wired router or Internet gateway some distance away over standard 120V AC power lines.”
HomePlug AV Spec Enters Final Stage
The HomePlug Powerline Alliance, Inc. is entering the final stage of the specification development process for HomePlug AV, a technology poised to change the way that HDTV, Digital Audio, andInternet access are distributed around a home. The alliance has reached a significant milestone by completing the advanced preliminary specification for HomePlug AV, and is now inviting companies inthe home networking, consumer electronics, computing, and communications industries to join the alliance and contribute to the final version of the specification.
Power Lines, Coaxial Cables Get Speed Lift
The groups are the “HomePlug Powerline Alliance,” whose technology is based on the power lines, and the “Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA),” which uses coaxial cables such as antenna cables.
Both groups position their networks that are under development as mainstream products that can firmly transmit HDTV video multi-stream at home. The groups, therefore, will enhance the quality of service (QoS) guaranteed for individual technologies, as well as data rates.
Read more at NEAsia.com
