Comments on: Please Don't Let Sony Determine Our Wireless Home Networking Standards

By: Sony CEO Stringer: It’s the Network, Stupid | Design Website

Sony CEO Stringer: It’s the Network, Stupid | Design Website — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:12:17 +0000

[...] and said engineers were working to develop standards across the company. At the time I questioned why Sony would be building its own standards when there are currently a plethora of wireless home networking efforts already. But it’s a [...]

By: Sony CEO Stringer: It’s the Network, Stupid

Sony CEO Stringer: It’s the Network, Stupid — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:24:03 +0000

By: Ratings Agency Tells Ericsson to Ditch Sony Partnership

Ratings Agency Tells Ericsson to Ditch Sony Partnership — Tue, 19 May 2009 19:41:22 +0000

[...] makes the modules for Sony handsets and other devices. In August, Sony CEO Howard Stringer told a German paper he was unhappy with how things were going. [...]

By: Alan Weinkrantz

Alan Weinkrantz — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:57:26 +0000

Hmmm….great concept for a vision, but not a whole lot of reality to the realities of this reality.

You still need wires in order to not only transport video, but manage what will be ever complex home networks. That’s why a standard like G.hn which is supported by the International Telecommunication Union is so critical. G.hn will soon deliver a universal home networking standard that supports all three wire types: coax, phone lines and power lines.

Yes, wires still and will matter today and in the future.

By: Mari Silbey

Mari Silbey — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:47:16 +0000

@Stacey You’re absolutely right – It’s only video. I’d guess Stringer is being vague with good reason. Sony will try a lot of things out and see what mix of standards works. It’s a technology lifetime between now and 2011. Who knows which way the wind will be blowing by then.

By: Stacey Higginbotham

Stacey Higginbotham — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:23:38 +0000

Mari, I don’t know, but I emailed Sony to get more info. Sony is involved in a lot of different standards groups including WirelessHD, a potential competitor to WHDI. Both are also only for video. What about networking audio products, still cameras and computers? Is Stringer talking about multiple standards or one or two Sony-created standards? It’s hard to say.

By: Mari Silbey

Mari Silbey — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:54:55 +0000

Don’t you think Stringer is referring to the WHDI venture? In which case we’re not just talking about Sony, but a lot interested parties working on a joint solution.

By: Yuvamani

Yuvamani — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:00:51 +0000

“Apple pursues a similar strategy. That’s why Steve Jobs has forged links with Disney and Pixar.”

This is laughable. Steve Jobs has personal interest in Disney and Pixar. Apple does not. Apple as a company makes devices software and websites. Disney makes content. Jobs is on the board of both. Sure there is communication at the highest level. But that does not mean Apple and Disney are the same company. Sony and Sony pictures are, This hobbles sony badly.