Is not a dream we've stepped into the digital home threshold

Morning wake up to beautiful music automatically sounded, the curtain opens slowly; bed TV started to broadcast day weather forecasts, the morning news. Dressed, electronic oven cooked snacks have a balmy aroma. Home to a hot bath, just hand pressing several keys, bath will be "filled" water await you ... This is the digital home, our future digital home life, Bill Gates has built such a smart House. Although we do not enjoy such a cozy digital family life, but we already have some digital home element, step into the digital home of threshold, such as large-screen flat-panel television, digital audio, HTPC, "smart box", printers, digital cameras, digital cameras, mobile phones, and some products have been integrated into the IGRS or e home better network appliance standards technical elements, the simplest experience only need an ADSL line is OK. For the mass consumer, digital home really is unattainable dream.

Two standards, the flames for the digital home

29 June 2005, e home better network appliance standards and IGRS also approved by the Ministry of information industry recommended standard, officially opened the curtains of China's digital home. Although the definition of the digital home, technology, and digital home solutions, e home better and more are all IGRS focused: one focused on household appliances, a focus on the Office, but in the end it is all roads lead to Rome: via wireless protocol to computers, televisions and other home appliances connected to a central system. Joined the two standard brand computers, home appliances, mobile phones, digital cameras in the broadband environment, is used for "interoperability".

From a global perspective, in the digital home area has three camps are active, the first is the leading PC to PC camp; second, to television as the main appliance camp; third, to network equipment to the main network. These three camps in the digital home in occupies an important place, but their digital home make the definition often highlights the importance of their product, but rather on the importance of the other part touches. But in fact, in the field of digital home, these three are actually complement each other, mutual penetration and competitive relationship, including home networking and digital home PC is truly embody the soul of the digital home. With the increasing popularity of broadband, a variety of rich Internet applications are emerging, as we describe the beautiful picture of the digital home. Domestic and foreign network vendors already have launched digital home networking products, implementation of the digital home.

E home Jia believes that the digital home is the use of wireless communication technology that simplifies complex information, the computer from the drama behind the scenes, will return to high-definition streaming TV shows as the only family, home appliances, Terminal home audio, home security, home lighting, cell phone, computer, family life, entertainment, services, communications equipment in unified family LAN enables information sharing, let the network era of life become simple, easy and orderly. While the main parties to IGRS provides a common communication bridge for various electronic equipment of the smart Internet, collaborative work and service. Limited network domain (wired and wireless), supports a variety of information equipment, household appliances, communication devices device auto-discovery, dynamic networking, sharing of resources.

Flatscreen-TV, the digital home of the Red Star

Flat panel TV is relative to the traditional CRT TV large body in comparison, of a kind of TV, plasma TV (PDP), LCD TV (LCD), DLP, LCD rear-projection LCOS rear projection, as well as 16: 9 slim CRT TV and emerging OLED LCD, etc., are flat-panel TV. The last two years, along with the PDP and LCD flat-panel TV for representatives of applied technology matures, flat-panel TV as TV market when red star, but also has become an excellent IGRS and e's two greatest camps promote their digital home standard main direction, accelerates flat panel TV market penetration.

Since 2005, China's rapid growth in consumption of flat panel TV, market competition intensified. At present, the mainstream LCD TV and plasma TV has fallen into the public family acceptable mental line, into IGRS or e home better network appliance standards for flat-panel TVs have also opened a red cover debut major household appliance market, become nowadays City Payroll families and rural wedding young preferred TV products. According to authoritative market research reports, current PDP and LCD TVs have formed the size of the market. In 2006, World TV, sales reached 1.71 billion in the first half of 2007, the domestic market demand for flat panel TV, already achieving sustained growth in flat-panel TV sales 360 million units (330 million Taiwan LCD TV, plasma TV 30 million), consumer demand is expected to nearly 800 million. Now the Chinese urban households flat panel TV product quantity has reached 10 million units by the end of 2007 is expected to reach the quantity of 1500 million, 10% of urban households have rate, China will step into the popularity of flat-panel TV consumption stage.

Haier color TV set since 2004 launched the world's first streaming media television, has launched a global first multi-interface streaming TV, first gaoqingcai Indian stream media TV, the first high-definition of "free play" streaming TV, the first two-way, recorded streaming TV, has formed a variety and featured streaming media product line. In 2005, flat-panel TV into the high-speed growth period, based on the "IGRS" technical standards for manufacturers to the ablest compete launched IGRS CRT digital HDTV, IGRS digital high-definition LCD TV, IGRS digital high-definition plasma TV and DLP digital flat panel light IGRS rear projection TV.

Haier new recordable chasing when streaming TV L47A8A-AK, overall, in black on the outside of the package is a layer of silver metal border, front panel decorative less fashionable weiji. Recordable, time-shift function is a major attraction, L47A8A-AK to the user's favorite TV shows real-time, scheduled

, Standby rolled over to the mobile hard disk or other various digital storage card, TV or computer displays the device display. This LCD TV with A wide color gamut LCD TV + state maximum support 1920 × 1080, PC State 1 maximum 600 × 1200 high-definition format, also have 6000: 1 dynamic contrast ratio, 4ms response time. In addition, owned by DSM L47A8A-AK Rui cruise engine is one of the biggest highlights, it not only increases the signal processing power and storage capacity up to 1GB. In interfaces, AV input, S Terminal, USB, HDMI, and VGA interfaces, AV output and headphone connector, such as Haier L47A8A-AK has equipped for a home user needs can be met.

Meet IGRS's first network TV Hisense TLM3788i, Internet enabled TV 2. This product adopts Hisense unique dual-engine design, and two separate analog chips optimize processing and pixel high-definition video processing, CPU processing speed is ordinary flat TV in 4-8 times. Image processing with digital natural motion technology, ACM color optimization technology, slash compensation processing techniques, and successful AI fuzzy control technology used in TRUE LIFE & brightening engine up to UXGA (1600 x 1200) resolution, brightness 800nit, dynamic contrast ratio maximum adjustment levels can reach 5000: 1, to maximize the level of bright color and picture of layered to play high-definition picture more clear and bright, the character colour more delicate, pure. At the same time, also uses digital decoding TLM3788I technology and digital interface technology combines technology and media adapter (DMA) feature, you can achieve through a broadband or wireless network connection, play IGRS House standard of television programs or picture, text information, television and other IGRS devices smart interconnect, resource sharing, and collaboration services.

HTPC, digital home of the forces nouvelles

In the future digital home, PC in occupies a very important position, various computer manufacturers to future digital home in place, introduce the applicable digital home PC with Media Center PC, HTPC (Home Theater Personal Computer), that is, home theater PC.

As a home theater signal source and the processing part of HTPC, is one of the great digital home new force, it provides support for HDTV. Currently accepted norms for HTPC, should possess powerful audio and video decoding capabilities, and can be adjusted by software to output resolution to better cope with large screen projection projector or through large-screen flat-panel TV playback of HD content, implementation of common diejisuo of 1080i/1080P video playback capabilities. At the same time, or you can download and store a large number of audio and video content.

HDTV is the highest in the DTV standard, i.e. High Definision TV. HDTV has three display format, namely 720P (1280 × 720 progressive) and 1080i (1920 × 1080 interlaced), 1080P (1920 × 1080-by-row). HDTV picture quality provided by very fine, use the "stop" to describe the sling is not too much.

At present in the network of HDTV file there are two kinds, one is a standard for compressed to MPEG-2 .tp and .ts suffixes to the video stream files. The other is through WMV-HD (Windows Media High Definition Video) standard compressed wmv files. A small number of suffixes to .avi or .mpg file, its nature and .wmv is exactly the same. HDTV files are relatively large, with a length of time for General film, .ts file .tp and will reach 8G above, some even reach the 20 G. After recoding the .wmv file after also 4G above.

To such alternative DVD HTPC signal source device, the extension of the traditional home theater concept, expansion of the traditional home theater features, it can be connected to the projector, LCD TV, play high-definition movies, listening to music, or create a wireless network, etc. As the popularity of HDTV, build a high-definition HTPC become home expressed concern of the player.

At present there are two major types of HTPC, a brand machine manufacturers HTPC, DIY models. Brand comparison strict HTPC in design, compact fine, stable performance, but expensive; DIY models usually consumers based on individual need to select and match the HTPC, degrees of larger, more cost-effective. Although both in design and hardware choices are very different, but not all, also highlighted the HDTV decoding capability and a play effect.

HTPC secondo Lian Li

MM HTPC400S cooler HTPC chassis/v pioneer CM260 unika C51G HTPC motherboard as living room, home cinema Hub platform, the HTPC is still a computer, but also different from ordinary computer. Although the hardware configuration and basic functionality, HTPC and ordinary PC and there is no difference in nature, you can use such as any ordinary PC to handle the Home Office business, Internet browsing, playing online games. But more powerful HTPC entertainment performance and maximum flexibility, its advantages mainly in the upgrade easier, audio-visual effects, high-capacity storage in three areas.

Flexible configuration, upgrade easily. Compared with ordinary computer, HTPC system requirements are not too high, according to the family economy matching hardware and software. The DVD, and other signal source device, most can only be achieved at the time of purchase, to increase and upgrade, only the entire replacement. Although some models available through software upgrades

You can use plug-ins and software upgrades, extension content, but only within the same brand of the same model, and the price is very high. And HTPC is different, you can upgrade any part at any time replace the dissatisfaction of some, and you can easily capture video and audio fragments, still images, even to edit movies.

Powerful, audio and video effects. Traditional home theater, DVD-video decoding for MPEG2, AV decoder for surround sound decoding and processing, HDTV set-top box is responsible for, and use of the decode D-VHS or CD recorder to save the video signal, and so on. And HTPC benefited from the CPU and GPU (image-processing chips) and APU (audio processing chip) powerful data handling capabilities to achieve traditional home theater system needs more than one device can be achieved. In the video, the HTPC can connect a variety of large-screen TV, projector, which leads to more realistic big screen experience. In audio, HTPC can directly and home theater speaker connected to achieve true home theater.

Mass storage, cheap and efficient. One outstanding HTPC can play high-definition video, play games, edit video, and other powerful features, but also can achieve mass storage. HTPC is usually with two to three hundred G's large capacity hard drive, containing dozens of high-definition large, and can connect to the Internet to update at any time, and can be stored in DVD, CD, virtual drive is equal to have a massive disc library, simply point the mouse to easily enjoy the light, never like drive that are each time you play a disc that you want to find and when to patch, nor save too much disc. At the same time, large-capacity hard drives for video acquisition is extremely beneficial, and match contains a tuner of the acquisition card, you can easily realize DVR functionality, and be able to use CD-R/DVD-R burner, burn MPEG1/2, saved DIVX, WMV, RM and other forms of content.