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DLNA Expands Certification Program

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The Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) launches a certification program for Version 1.5 of its home-network interoperability guidelines and expects the first certified v1.5 devices to be available Q1 2008.

The v1.5 guidelines:

  • Enable transfer of audio, video and digital images back and forth between compliant home devices and mobile devices (cellphones, PMPs and car A/V systems)
  • Enable DLNA-certified networked printers to print out images displayed on TVs and cellphones
  • Add “push” devices to provide more convenient control of networked devices in the home. Networked remote controls and cellphones, for example, would be able to discover devices on the network, discover the content on the devices and push content from one device to another for viewing or listening. (Previously the guidelines allowed only for devices that pulled content from other devices for local viewing or listening.)

The launch of the extended certification program is about five months later than the organization originally intended when it approved the expanded guidelines.

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