HDMI founders to finally rally around single CEC standard
[Image courtesy of AVReview, thanks Lindsay]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Ken @ Sep 21st 2008 10:28PM
As someone who sells this gear, this is a welcome announcement. If a person could buy a Panasonic plasma, Denon receiver, Sony BD player, and a HD DirecTV box, hook them all together, and have everything work as a unified system, people would start to become more interested in home theater and better systems. The current state of things...sucks (from a consumer point of view).
brad @ Sep 21st 2008 10:28PM
does this mean that i'll be able to hook up my tv to my toaster so a message will come onscreen to tell me when my poptarts are done? if so, WOOHOO!!!
S4Rs @ Sep 21st 2008 10:45PM
As long as Big Corporate enable this coding in a firmware update if possible for all capable CEC equipment right now. It should be easy enough to do. They probably wont though. They probably wont....
HDMI = Money Hat
shawnmos @ Sep 22nd 2008 12:44AM
So let me guess. I gotta buy all new equipment right?
britboyj @ Sep 22nd 2008 1:00PM
And this is why activity-based universal remotes are a godsend.
Harmony one FTW.
Charles @ Sep 22nd 2008 4:11PM
This should have been figured out at the onset of HDMI.
oeL @ Oct 13th 2008 11:25PM
Wow, after eons of HD video over HDMI, finally in CES 2009, a "possible announcement" on inter-operability ! And just how soon will there be real products ? These guys are quick ! Innovation at the speed of thought ! Mr Venuti loves to keep the suspense on, but let me play spoilsport : this wonderful CEC will transfer a few bits of data every few hours between two compliant devices, if any. Reminds you of the first telegraph cable laid across the atlantic in during the 1800s ? (Nah, those were a bit faster). Imagine pressing the menu key when watching your HD movie from the BlueRay player, ordering your pizza, then walking your dog, doing your laundry, downing the pizza and then, in a swoosh, the blueray menu pops up on the screen !!! Now, that's true innovation !
Tell you what, Mr Venuti, call it off. CES can do without such bad jokes. Universal Remote controls or branded wires (what you gloriously call "garbage" - Vieralink, Bravialink, Anynet) do a lot better job than your high interoperable CEC. If anything, let these branded wires die a silent, natural death. It's time to look at a cable and a protocol that can transfer more than a few bits per hour. Heard of ethernet or USB ? Or bluetooth and 11x ?