Live Hub and HDMI 1.4

http://www.anandtech.com/show/3990/western-digital-wdtv-live-hub-review/6

Visit to Sigma Designs

The first demo I saw after our initial talk was that of a development board decoding 3D video onto a 3D TV. Excitedly, I peeked into the board, expecting to see the new SMP 8646 in action. However, I was surprised to see that it was the SMP 8654 on it. Upon inquiry, I found that a recent SDK had enabled decode of certain 3D formats with that chip (similar to how PS3’s HDMI 1.3 port was ‘fimrware upgraded’ to partially support HDMI 1.4). Realizing that it was the same chip that powered the WDTV Live Plus, I was left wondering when a firmware update with the new SDK would reach the WDTV Live Plus owners.