Comments on: Tech giants back superfast WiGig standard

Major technology companies are backing a new standard that will be used to transfer high-definition video between TVs, set-top boxes, and computers.

[rhoytink1]

which other companies are involved?

[vertig0730]

If this works correctly companies like Monster Cables and Radio Shack should be scared. High end components that used to use high end cables will now talk directly to each other, just plug in for electricity. As the technology becomes cheaper more components pick it up making it easy for Grandma to buy a Blu-Ray player to talk right to her TV. It might even be able to get the time on its own with a network protocol.

[dream_fly]

They will still sell expensive cables which are transparent and only "smart" people can see.

[forever4now]

They could make & sell adapters, to connect legacy equipment. There's a lot of that stuff around.

[volsfan65]

Of course there going to have to figure out how to charge us by the second for it.

[shootfirst]

This will definitely be cool as long cables are a pain in the but and this will cut down on the flock of wires that are a part of every entertainment center. What I am interested in the most is being able to transmit data to a computer monitor from a computer without the use of a cable as that would help in places where KVM technology is used. It would probably be expensive, but not having to worry about wiring pathing helps out.

[forever4now]

There's no mention of HDMI & DisplayPort in the article, but I hope that WiGig is essentially expected to replace them (or negate their need). This would simplify things a bit since Apple et al are promoting DisplayPort, while others are using HDMI. How about USB & Firewire?

[urleedoptr]

Sounds like WirelessHD has taken off to me. I saw that LG's and Panasonic's WirelessHD TVs are already available for sale in Asia. I can't wait to see them here in the US... supposedly in the summer.