Dear Readers,: Alexander Wiese
Dear Readers,: Alexander Wiese
Alexander Wiese
Publisher
[email protected] y HQ in Munich, German
Dear Readers,
Theres an important reason why Smartphones, Tablets and Laptops are so popular these days and this reason is often overlooked: all of these devices can be used with hardly any need for cables. You have to connect them to recharge the battery but otherwise they are wireless products. Wireless basically means no local connection required; you can take your Tablet with you wherever you go and watch videos or TV. What does this have to do with digital TV receivers? Its exactly the opposite of wireless: they are devices that have to be connected with every conceivable cable and because of this they are fixed in place wherever theyre set up and have to stay there. And this is no longer a modern way to do things. We live in a wireless age and as TV watchers we therefore have come to expect our receivers to be wireless as well. But this changeover is not instantaneous. A digital TV receiver requires a connection to an antenna, whether its a satellite dish, a terrestrial antenna or a connection to a cable network. And then the TV has to be connected to the receiver and lets not forget the hard drive so that programs can be recorded and of course the Internet connection for web-based TV. And what about the power plug? Those are a lot of cables; how are they supposed to be eliminated? Technical solutions to eliminate some of the cables already exist. In this issue we are introducing a product that can wirelessly transmit HDMI signals. This eliminates one cable and permits TV reception in your home on multiple TVs or tablets instead of only that one TV in the living room. Further technical developments can only mean that the remaining cables can also be eliminated such that only the power cable is left (and this could also be replaced with wireless battery charging stations). Cables do not need to be in a home anymore. The technology to carry all of the signals wirelessly already exists and the popularity of all the Smartphones (keyword iPhone, iPad) proves that users dont want to fight anymore with cables and plugs. The devices should switch between each other and link to each other by themselves. And this brings us to another subject: the wireless connection of audio and video also falls under the heading of TELE-audiovision. And thats exactly why we changed the title of this magazine from TELE-satellite to TELE-audiovision. If you recall, the new title is a throwback to the beginning when this magazine was founded in 1981: back then it was also called TELEaudiovision; only later on was the name changed to TELE-satellite. Back then TELE referred to the long-distance reception of audio (radio) and video (TV). Long-distance reception is always wireless and in this way the TELE in TELE-audiovision can be interpreted in a new way: its not only wireless audio and video reception over long distances, but now also over very short distances within the confines of your own home. The future is wireless.
Address TELE-audiovision International, PO Box 1234, 85766 Munich-Ufg, GERMANY/EUROPE Editor-in-Chief Alexander Wiese, [email protected] Published by TELE-audiovision Magazine GmbH, Aschheimer Weg 19, 85774 Unterfoehring, GERMANY/EUROPE Design Nmeti Barna Attila Advertising www.TELE-audiovision.com/ads/ Hard Copy Subscription www.TELE-audiovision.com/subscription/ Copyright 2013 by TELE-audiovision ISSN 1435-7003
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