Hisense and Metalink will offer innovative and cost-effective solutions for delivering high-definition (HD) multimedia over wireless home networks.
Hisense will use Metalink's 802.11n-compliant WLANPlus technology to enable the wireless transmission of multiple HD TV streams from a centrally-located DTVs, PVRs and STBs to any room in the house.
According to Dr. Li YuJun, director of R&D at Hisense, in 2006, their company had 15% of the TV flat screen market in China.
Hisense’s customers are reportedly demanding WiFi
as the enabling technology for advanced TV applications and they have discovered Metalink's technology to be the best wireless solution for such applications.
YuJan believes by integrating Metalink's WLANPlus into their PVRs and STBs, their customers can take full advantage of their HD multimedia content, broadcasting a variety of programs to multiple devices throughout the home.
“We are proud to cooperate with Hisense, one of China's Top Five electronic manufacturers and an acknowledged leader in the global electronics industry,” said David Pereg, VP of Corporate Development at Metalink in a statement to the press.
The Chinese consumers are ready to embrace advanced multimedia technologies and demonstrating a growing demand for innovative equipment to facilitate home entertainment over wireless networks.
Pereg is excited that their WLANPlus provides the foundation for the wireless capabilities of Hisense's next generation devices and confident that these will best serve customers' requirements for top performance, quality and reliability.
Metalink's WLANPlus chipset family is a technology for wireless delivery of video-grade content in the home network environment, supporting up to 300Mbps transmission speeds using both the 2.4GHz and 5GHz frequency
bands.
Hisense Co., Ltd specializes in consumer electronics, household appliances and information technology.
Metalink Ltd. (
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