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Set Top Bluetooth
September 18, 2007
Bluetooth in Set Top Boxes has long been speculated about, but actually rarely seen in shipping devices.
Interesting then, that Broadcom has added Bluetooth support to their reference platform for consumer set top boxes.
Aside from the usual "remote control" and streaming audio scenarios, I think this is partly about positioning the platform for the higher-bandwidth versions of Bluetooth coming down the pipe. As mentioned here before, when the newer versions of Bluetooth ship in the next 12-18 months with UWB support, it'll be possible to stream video at high quality from (say) set top box to (say) a suitably-equipped flat panel TV.
More wires that can be junked. Excellent! Imaging being able to drag a flat panel screen to the garden, the kitchen, whereever, just plug it in and start watching. Yummy.
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