I tracked down the HANA guys at ces they were hiding in a meeting room near the central hall right around the corner from Tivo(even harder to find).
I asked them a few questions and they had a working demo that looked cool.
I still don't know how HANA is going to be any different than HAVi but guy at the booth seemed to think it would be. Everytime I asked him what the difference was he would site features that were also features of HAVi. His only real answer was it is cheaper but that is really no answer at all. They did have some cool HAVA over COAX/CAT5/Fiber connectors that I have never seen before which could help expand the video network around the house. They also had a cool demo setup with some Mitsubishi TV's as well as some samsung TV's. There were a few Samsung prototype stb's that never existed in the HAVi days so that is also promising.
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Ben Drawbaugh @ Jan 10th 2006 8:20AM
I tracked down the HANA guys at ces they were hiding in a meeting room near the central hall right around the corner from Tivo(even harder to find).
I asked them a few questions and they had a working demo that looked cool.
I still don't know how HANA is going to be any different than HAVi but guy at the booth seemed to think it would be. Everytime I asked him what the difference was he would site features that were also features of HAVi. His only real answer was it is cheaper but that is really no answer at all. They did have some cool HAVA over COAX/CAT5/Fiber connectors that I have never seen before which could help expand the video network around the house. They also had a cool demo setup with some Mitsubishi TV's as well as some samsung TV's. There were a few Samsung prototype stb's that never existed in the HAVi days so that is also promising.