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Belkin announced its new product (perfect as usual) - HDMI Wireless Transmitter FlyWire. It allows to transmit full HD signal (1080p, 24-frame) up to 30 meters away. The transmitter has 6 inputs: 2 HDMI, 2 component, a composite/S-Video AV set, and a SCART (SCART is gonna be replaced by third HDMI for the North American version). Different sources have different opinions about transmitting non HD signal from non-HDMI sources: same of them say that FlyWire can upconvert SD signal to 1080p, the rest - it leaves it at its native resolution. In any case, it should be available detailed specification till the HDMI transmitter will start to sell in summer 2008. Expected price of the FlyWire is $500 - $600 which seems reasonable for possibility to get rid of wires.

[sources: eHomeUpgrade and CNet]

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If you want to extend a HDMI cable between your plasma and HD-DVD player CMI HET001 may help you to perform that task. For just £75 you will get a support HDCP and will able to send a 1080p signal up to 28m or a 1080i one up to 60m via CAT5. Sounds good, doesn’t it?

The CMI HET001 supports more or less fresh version of HDMI - 1.3 (there is a latest one 1.3b). So, it’ll be enough for the next two - three years minimum.

[via AutomatedHome]

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Belkin recently announced its new HDMI 2-to-1 Video Switch. Just for $54.99 you can get a support 480i, 480p, 720i, 720p, 1080i, and 1080p resolutions, maintaining highest HDMI single-link video resolution, possibility to connect both HDMI and DVI devices, selecting inputs from the IR remote control. The switch is compact and powered by HDMI cable connection to HDTV. So, you don’t need additional power socket.

Now most of TVs supported HD signal include more than one HDMI input (I saw one model with three ones!). But if you’re not lucky HDMI 2-to-1 Video Switch definitely will help you.

[via Business Wire]

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VUDU started to offer a HD video content. You have to have a fast Internet connection (about 3 Mbps), stylish VUDU box ($399.00), wide-screen TV (box supports resolution up to 1080p) and put 50 buck as deposit which will be used to pay ordered movies later. It’s possible to rent or buy selected movie, store it on the VUDU box internal storage (about 100 hours of video).

I checked the list of offered movies. It’s cool! Thinking about high-broadband Internet connection

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Buffalo has announced two HD media streamers LT-H90LAN (Lan Only) and LT-H90WN (Lan and Wifi A/B/G/N) as a part of its LinkTheater family. Both allows to stream Music (AAC, MPEG Audio, WMA, WM DRM 10 and MP3), Pictures (JPEG, PNG, BMP, GIF), as well as Video (Mpeg-2, H.264 and WMV9), in Full HD resolution: 1920×1080, but they miss of support DivX files. The main feature of Buffalo HD media streamers is DLNA DTCP-IP (Digital Transmission Content Protection over Internet Protocol) “a specification for copyrighted content transferred over IP between two compliant DTCP-IP products, and does not allow contents to be transmitted over the internet or shared outside of the home network”. So, the Hollywood studios shouldn’t worry about their copyrights.

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