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To: DiViT who wrote (47640)	11/18/1999 2:02:00 PM
From: Steve Fancy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 50808

Ya want me to sell the other half? Not now<g>. regards, sf

To: DiViT who wrote (47640)	11/21/1999 3:09:00 AM
From: BillyG	Respond to of 50808

Home audio-video network............. eetimes.com HAVi networking spec nears implementation By Yoshiko Hara EE Times (11/19/99, 11:26 a.m. EDT) TOKYO — Home Audio Video interoperability (HAVi), a digital AV home-networking architecture proposed by eight consumer-electronics companies, will reach the practical implementation phase early next year when the HAVi licensing program begins. Publication of the version 1.0 HAVi specifications and the establishment of the HAVi Organization, which will oversee licensing, are to proceed early next month. The eight companies — Grundig, Hitachi, Matsushita, Philips, Sharp, Sony, Thomson Multimedia and Toshiba — have formed a one-stop licensing program of HAVi-related patents, with Philips representing those licensers. The practical licensing details will be announced in January. The eight companies have been hammering out the final version 1.0 specification, which is scheduled to be completed early in December. Victor Co. of Japan Ltd., a part of the Matsushita group, has also contributed to the HAVi spec. HAVi consists of a set of application programming interfaces and middleware that enable HAVi-compliant audio-visual devices to connect to IEEE 1394 networks and share each other's functionality without a PC go-between. [Look ma, no PC!] "HAVi is for consumer products," said a Matsushita spokesman, so the specs can't easily be changed once they have been set. "The group members put the first priority on verification tests to eliminate bugs." With the publication of version 1.0, the organization will begin inviting membership to promote the interface. The eight companies will also develop interconnecting "bridges" with other home-networking standards, such as Jini and Universal Plug and Play, to enable seamless connection to the Internet and to non-consumer devices.

To: DiViT who wrote (47640)	11/24/1999 11:30:00 AM
From: BillyG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

Japan proposes common set-top for digital TV eetimes.com By Yoshiko Hara EE Times (11/24/99, 10:48 a.m. EDT) TOKYO — Japan's Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (MPT) intends to prepare a universal set-top box specification in an effort to lower costs for consumers and promote a rapid shift to digital TV broadcasting in Japan. Digital TV broadcasting is scheduled to begin in Japan soon via satellite, terrestrial and cable delivery systems. Kaoru Kanazawa, the director general of MPT's Broadcasting Bureau, said this week that MPT is working with the industry to prepare a set-top box specification that can receive digital signals for TV programs delivered using any of those methods. Full-fledged digital TV broadcasting will at first be delivered via broadcast satellite in December 2000. Around the same time, a new communication satellite will also begin high-quality digital TV broadcasting. In 2003, terrestrial digital TV broadcasting will begin in Japan's three large cities and be expanded to other areas by 2006. Cable operators here are also considering a shift to digital broadcasting. Common traits A unique front-end tuner is required for each broadcast format. However, once the digital signal is demodulated, processing the digital TV content signal — which includes error correction, demultiplexing and decompression of the MPEG-2 stream — is the same for satellite and terrestrial broadcasting. The overall standards effort will be rolled out in phases. Broadcast satellite receivers equipped with a standard connection for terrestrial digital TV reception are expected to be the first to benefit from the standards effort. Those receivers will be ready by next summer.