Gome Silicon MHL Mobile connection standard

Silicon image electronics and Gome reached an agreement, Gome will be in its retail stores to promote support for MHL TV, smartphones and accessories. At the same time, Gome electrical accessories company will be online and offline sales MHL connectors and converters.

Silicon-Electronic HDMI technology has become a de facto standard in the field of digital video. At present, the use of HDMI interface manufacturers more than 1300, products more than 4 billion pieces, almost all video equipment have an HDMI interface. Connection standard for mobile devices MHL since its launch in 2011, the number of MHL products shipped has exceeded 650 million.

Compared to wireless connections, the MHL 3.0 interface standard bandwidth, which was launched at the end of last year, reached 6Gbps, which makes it easier to transfer uncompressed 4K video content. 802.11n and 802.11AC technology, there is still not enough bandwidth to transmit uncompressed 4K video content.

Compared with the convenience of wireless connection, there are many inconveniences in the way of MHL wired connection. Rob Tobias, President of MHL LLC, says MHL technology is actually competing with other wireless video transmission technologies. Compared to wireless connections, the quality of wired connections is more secure and can be recharged for mobile devices at the same time. However, the related video transmission technology using WiFi wireless has some problems, such as interference, delay, and the inability to achieve higher quality.

The chief propaganda officer of the Silicon Map electronics, Jim Chase, said to Sohu it that in many cases mobile devices such as mobile phones may be the only devices that consumers can use to connect to the TV. By working with distributors and using MHL, mobile phones can play a more important role in living room entertainment.

According to Gome parts company general manager Li Xiaoning said, MHL accessories shipments and mobile phone sales increase has a close relationship. About 1/3 of the 1.18 billion smartphones sold globally in 2014 were sold in China, according to data. The MHL connection approach is quite appealing to Android users. Li Xiaoning Frankly, to allow more users to accept MHL wired connection mode, mainly rely on the line of the demo, the user's habits change and later publicity. It is understood that Gome sold MHL Direct Line price within 50 yuan, MHL switch to the HDMI converter price within 100 yuan.