CES: Toshiba and Sony work together on WirelessHD

Two companies that most people know as being anything but friendly in the merciless HD disc format war have found common ground regarding a wireless technology that would allow people to transmit HD video and picture without wires. Companies behind the technology include Sony and Toshiba, which hope to announce Intel Corp. as joining member at CES.

"The WirelessHD group is also announcing that it has completed the blueprints for chips that can beam HD audio and video from set-top boxes, DVD players and digital cameras to TV sets. The chips can be made small, and the intention is to have them built into devices rather than be supplied in add-on adapters." according to Associated Press.

Associated Press also writes "The technology uses a band of the radio spectrum around 60 gigahertz that lets it avoid interference from other wireless-networking gear and allows for extremely high data-transfer rates, according to John Marshall, chairman of WirelessHD. Unlike other wireless TV solutions, WirelessHD won't need to compress the signal, which can result in a loss of quality."

Source: Associated Press