Johnny is right, I did do some research into this way back at the end of march. I did a writeup on it and sent it to Johnny as well, with the intent of putting it up on GAF eventually, but I never got around to it. Here is what I wrote...
After a bit of research and a good deal of thought, I've decided to make a post on one of the things that may be in the pipeline for Revolution, and something that I would love to see.
It goes something like this...
In early march, Johnny Nighttrain, an occasional reporter of rumors on GAF posted in this thread about a strange sounding Revolution rumor. He posted this:
I started researching the possible technology so see if it will be coming for anything, let alone video game consoles, in the near future, and how feasible it would be. Needless to say I found some interesting things.
After reading several articles, I have found that this is very possible and is coming sooner than you may think. The technology is called Ultra Wideband, and is capable of sending massive amounts of data over short distances. For more on this technology, click here and read up a bit. Additionally, a few articles I read pinpointed that this technology would start to emerge late 2005/early 2006.
I delved deeper, and found this press release from Mitsubishi. At the 2005 CES back in January, Mitsubishi had a demo set up where a video signal was sent to two different "high-end" displays: a plasma TV, and a projector. Apparently Samsung and Toshiba showcased similar technology at the show.
Many of you already know this I'm sure, but Mitsubishi is the Japanese counterpart of NEC. According to IGNCube's Nintendo Revolution FAQ NEC will be supplying the system LSI for the new console. As far as I can tell, the LSI is used to encode/decode video signals. Does anyone have more specifics on this?
Is it possible that the Revolution will transmit video wirelessly through the help of NEC/Mitsubishi? This article shows that even high definition video is possible with this technology, and that it can transmit through walls.
If DVD playback were included on the system, it would put Nintendo at the spearhead of a new home theatre technology, and it could also simplify the set up and transport of the system. For instance, if the reciever that you attached to your television had both an in and an out port, you could hook it up, and then hook up your DVD players, et al. through it.
Also, you could hook up an adapter (two or more altogether) to any TV in the house and play the console in any room, provided that the wireless controllers could send signals that far. And if you want to take your console to a friend's house for a night of LAN gaming? Unplug iy, grab your controller, and off you go, providing that your friend has a couple of TVs with adapters.
What do you think?
Nintendo packs Rev in with the standard AV cables and an AV reciever for wireless video if you so choose. Then, if you want hi-def, you have to go buy that adapter seperately. People already have to buy a cable seperately, buying an adapter would be pretty similar. And it wouldn't be hard to convince people to buy a few, considering all the money they'd be saving on multiple consoles.
Now, who really knows whats up, because I barely know the first thing about HD and wireless transfer protocol. WOW ME!
