LiquidHD technology was an architecture and a set of protocols for networking consumer electronics devices. It was designed to let consumers link their HDTVs, home theater components, PCs, gaming consoles, and mobile devices into local entertainment networks, where they could view high-definition digital content from any networked source device on any compliant display. Silicon Image promoted LiquidHD in 2009 and sponsored a website for it that year.[1]
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The LiquidHD architecture allowed network connections to be made via Ethernet, coaxial cable (i.e., MoCA or G.hn[2]), 802.11 wireless, powerline communication (such as G.hn or other specifications such as HomePlug, HD-PLC or Universal Powerline Association), phone lines (HomePNA or G.hn) or HDMI, depending on the usage scenario and what connections were already available. Once devices were linked in a LiquidHD network, users could control them via a remote user interface, enabling sharing of source devices and facilitating activities such as pausing a program in one room and resuming it in another.
LiquidHD included protocols for:[1][3]
- Automatic discovery and authentication of LiquidHD-enabled devices
- High-definition media streaming from live and stored sources across the network
- Remote access of any source device's user interface to any LiquidHD display device, and for a single remote control at each display to control all source devices on a network.
- Secure communication between connected devices
- Security and content protection, including digital rights management for consumers to play their legally-obtained content on any LiquidHD display, and protect the network from hostile attacks
Development began in the summer of 2007.
It was announced January 8, 2009 at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.[4] By September 2009 analysts observed that no major customers had adopted the technology.[5] After announcing declining sales in the Great Recession, the company replaced its chief executive in September 2009 as it was criticized for spreading itself over too many new initiatives.[6] Silicon Image mentioned the technology on its web site in 2010, but quietly dropped it in early 2011 under new chief executive Camillo Martino.[7][8]
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References edit
- ^ a b "LiquidHd - Digital Entertainment Unleashed". Promotional website. Archived from the original on January 25, 2009. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
- ^ Chris Nuttall (January 8, 2009). "New standard for home entertainment networks". Financial Times. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
- ^ "LiquidHD Digital Entertainment Unleashed" (PDF). Promotional brochure. January 22, 2009. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
- ^ Wendy Sheehan Donnell (January 8, 2009). "Silicon Image Unveils LiquidHD". PC Magazine. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
- ^ Junko Yoshida (August 14, 2009). "Will Silicon Image's LiquidHD gamble pay off?". EE Times. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
- ^ Bolaji Ojo (September 30, 2009). "Analysis: Behind the downfall of Silicon Image's CEO". EE Times. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
- ^ "LiquidHD™ Technology". Company website. Silicon Image. Archived from the original on September 23, 2010. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
- ^ Junko Yoshida (January 24, 2011). "Silicon Image pushes 'connectivity co-processor' for TV". EE Times. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
External links edit
- Santo, Brian. “Silicon Image intros home tech network”, Communications, Engineering and Design Magazine, 2009-01-12. Retrieved on 2009-02-05.
- Carnoy, David. “Silicon Image introduces next-gen home AV wireless networking technology: LiquidHD”, cnet, 2009-01-08. Retrieved on 2009-02-05.