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12/8/2003

1394 Trade Association to Demonstrate Complete Home Network at CEDIA 2003

HD Video Display Shows FireWire's Speed, Efficiency, Long Haul Performance

The 1394 Trade Association will bring its state-of-the-art Home Network demonstration to the annual CEDIA conference Sept. 3-7 in Indianapolis, featuring high definition video delivered more than 80 meters to a new Mitsubishi HDTV.

The 1394 networking house, built by the 1394 Trade Association with Texas Instruments, Inc., will be located at booth 32 in the Indianapolis Convention Center during CEDIA's floor hours. It includes a complete set of FireWire-equipped computer and consumer electronics products including a Hewlett-Packard Media Center PC, JVC digital VHS, Pioneer AV receiver and Pioneer DVD player, and a Sony VAIO notebook computer. It also includes a new Mitsubishi television.

HD Video Moves 80 Meters from VHS to HDTV

HD video originates in the D-VHS, and is delivered over CAT 5 cabling a total of 80 meters through a phase plate provided by USTec, a leader in advanced home wiring systems. It then moves into the HDTV. The demo also includes file sharing between the VAIO and Media Center computers, as well as a shared Internet connection between them. In addition, the demo will include whole house audio using the Pioneer DVD player.

"The Networked House provides an exciting vision of all of the distance, speed and reliability provided by the 1394 standard, with the very latest consumer electronics and computer products," said James Snider, executive director of the 1394 Trade Association. "This demonstration has impressed retailers and installers throughout the U.S., because it enables delivery of high definition video across standard Category 5 cable. By replacing wall plates, homes wired with Cat-5 cable can become a 1394b network, which will work seamlessly with 1394a devices. With the increase in 1394 enabled A/V products coming into the market this year, installers are lining up to install 1394b networks. This is the only networking technology developed specifically for High Definition Video."

Adding to the growth of the 1394 standard during the spring and summer months is an impressive new set of Fire-Wire equipped products starting shipping in the second quarter. These include new digital set top boxes from EchoStar, with two 1394 ports, along with new entries from Samsung (the DCA -TV), and Panasonic (the EP-T10). New televisions include the Vision Plasma TV from Sanyo, and a 65-in projection HDTV from Sony Corporation. Also new to the market: Pioneer's 1394-equipped AV receiver.

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