Reuters reports that Wi-Fi is stealing the show at Computex in Taiwan: Manufacturers at the trade show focused on linking Wi-Fi-enabled computers to stereos, TVs and DVD players. Gateway came out with a DVD player that can stream music, photos and videos from a PC to a home entertainment center.
For now, however, there aren't standards that let these devices communicate with each other. So a TV couldn't communicate with another device like a stereo. But apparently a bunch of chip and computer makers and consumer electronics companies are working together to form such standards.
On the blurb about Sony beaming cable or satellite feeds from the main TV to others, how does that work, don't the other tv's have to have a receiver to get the signal? Isn't this against the law, specifically for satellite? Is there a link to the TV availability from Sony? I did not see it on their site
An editoral (trackback) has been posted on ehomeupgrade on the topic of communication standards for consumer electronic devices.
Excerpt: Consumer electronic devices cannot communicate with each other because standards are not in place. The truth is that existing devices do not have the technology built into them that would allow...
http://www.ehomeupgrade.com/editorials/2003/09/25/smart_devices_are_in_reach.php