ASUS Selects AMIMON for WiCast Wireless PC to TV Product Line

AMIMON, a major player in wireless HDTV semiconductor solutions, has been selected by ASUS for its upcoming WiCast EW2000 PC to TV connectivity kit.

Officials with AMIMON said that the WiCast is based on the company’s WHDI (Wireless Home Digital Interface) technology; it enables users to wirelessly connect their PC (desktop, notebook or netbook) to their TVs.

The AMIMON-based wireless PC to TV connectivity products from ASUS will be available in September this year.

Additionally, ASUS has also announced that it will join the WHDI consortium as an adopter.

"ASUS is the first to offer consumers wireless PC to TV products based on AMIMON's WHDI technology. Several other PC to TV connectivity products will be launched later this year, including notebooks and tablet PCs with embedded WHDI modules," said David Shefler, vice president of sales and business development for AMIMON, in a statement.

Shefler said that WHDI, with its high quality, low latency and low power consumption, is the only solution that will enable all portable computing, gaming and HD source devices to wirelessly connect to TVs.

Company officials said that the AMIMON based ASUS WiCast adapters will enable a simple and easy connection between any PC and TV.

The adapters, company officials said, will come as a set (HD video transmitter and receiver) in a compact consumer friendly design, and will interface to the PC and TV via HDMI.

Adding to the ease-of-use, the adapters are powered by the PC's USB ports making them highly portable for use with notebooks and netbooks.

According to company officials, with the AMIMON based ASUS wireless PC to TV products consumers can view the entire content of their desktop, notebook or netbook screen on their TV.

Content such as Internet video, flash media, digital photos and PC games can all be viewed and experienced on the TV with a convenient wireless connection.

In addition to PCs, the WiCast can connect to any source device with an HDMI port such as set-top-boxes (STBs) and gaming consoles to enable a wireless connection from devices with HDMI ports.

"AMIMON's WHDI is an ideal technology for wireless PC to TV connectivity; it offers a high-quality, robust link enabling wireless HD video and graphics with practically zero latency giving PC users seamless interaction," said James Lai, director of product marketing at ASUS.

Lal said that joining the WHDI consortium will enable the company to develop WHDI standard based products like PCs embedded with WHDI that interface directly to WHDI TVs.