Jan 26
Hands-On with HDMI Consumer Electronic Control: Exclusive Video
Posted in: camcorder, hands-on, hdtv, Today's ChiliThe it’s mind-blowingly useful HDMI Consumer Electronic Control (aka HDMI-CEC) technology basically turns your HDTV’s remote control into a universal remote control, minus the headache of programming the universal remote control. If the HDMI port on your HDTV and the device plugged into it both support Consumer Electronic Control, the two devices can communicate and control each other, even if the products are two different brands.
This week in PCMag Labs, we just happen to have two such devices. Check out the video demonstration to see what happens once they are connected with an HDMI cable:
- I turn on the Sony SR-11 High-Definition camcorder.
- Automatically the Samsung HDTV turns on.
- Automatically the Samsung HDTV selects the input the Sony camcorder is connected to.
- Automatically the Samsung’s remote control navigates the Sony camcorder’s menu.
- Automatically, turning off the Samsung HDTV turns off the Sony camcorder.
Look for HDMI-CEC in future devices. (If you want to see the video in HD, click here.)
Post by PJ Jacobowitz
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