HAVi Example By Example: Java Programming for Home Entertainment Devices [Paperback]

Rodger Lea (Author), Ravi Gauba (Author), Eddy Odijk (Foreword), Simon Gibbs (Author), Ram Balaraman (Author)

Book Description

Series: Prentice Hall PTR Example by Example | Publication Date: August 10, 2001

The new HAVi (Home Audio/Video Interoperability) standard will allow virtually any digital consumer electronics device or home appliance to communicate, supporting applications ranging from digital video to shared broadband Web access. HAVi Example by Example is the first practical, hands-on guide to HAVi. In this book, two leading Sony implementers and HAVi standards community participants review every key element of the HAVi specification, providing extensive sample Java code and in-depth insight into HAVi's applications and planned evolution. This book introduces the HAVi software architecture, explains the concept of HAVi services, and shows how HAVi can be used to build portable, distributed applications optimized for a networked home environment. The book contains extensive Java sample code. It goes far beyond the specification, demonstrating both first-generation and future HAVi applications, and showing how HAVi can operate over high-speed IEEE 1394 (FireWireaA A ) connections. For all software designers and developers building applications for next-generation consumer-electronics devices.

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From the Back Cover

The first hands-on introduction to HAVi — the new Java-based home entertainment standard.

• HAVi software architecture and HAVi services
• The future of HAVi: from digital VCRs to shared broadband Web access
• Creating portable, distributed applications for networked home environments
• Running HAVi over high-speed IEEE 1394 (i.Link/FireWire) connections
• Detailed HAVi API descriptions

HAVi Example by Example is the first practical, hands-on guide to HAVi (Home Audio/Video Interoperability) — the breakthrough technology that enables digital consumer electronics devices and home appliances to communicate.

In this book, two leading Sony implementers and HAVi designers review key elements of the HAVi 1.10 specification, providing extensive sample Java code and in-depth insight into HAVi's applications and planned evolution.

Want to build the software that'll drive tomorrow's most exciting consumer electronics markets? This is the jumpstart you've been looking for!

About the Author

RODGER LEA is Vice President and Director of the Distributed Systems Lab within Sony's US Research Labs. Lea has led development of HAVi technology within Sony, and is author of Java for 3D and VRML Worlds (New Riders). SIMON GIBBS is a Principal Engineer at Sony's Distributed Systems Lab. Gibbs edited the HAVi 1.0 specification, and is author of Multimedia Programming: Objects, Environments and Frameworks (Addison Wesley). RAVI GAUBA is a Software Engineer at Sony's Distributed Systems Lab. A key implementer of the HAVi Java programming environment within Sony, Gauba participated in HAVi interoperability tests. RAM BALARAMAN is co-founder and Vice President of Engineering at VividLogic. He edited the HAVi Java Specification 1.0 and leads HAVi implementation at VividLogic.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 496 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 1st edition (August 10, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0130600350
• ISBN-13: 978-0130600356
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,327,688 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not for MHP developers, July 8, 2004

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xm214 (Brecon, UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: HAVi Example By Example: Java Programming for Home Entertainment Devices (Paperback)

It may be tempting to buy the book if your developing MHP applications for digital televison. Dont, it doesnt cover org.havi.ui or org.havi.ui.event.The book states the ui APIs are under review and dont need commenting on,the same could be said for 1.0 APIs yet they are mentioned. The other things is you need the HAVi SDK to run any of the code examples. You appear to have to buy these as extra. If you are using this book as a taster for HAVI without the SDK your stuck.
This is probably the reason you can buy this book on the US market for $2.

1.0 out of 5 stars Home Audio Video Interoperability (HAVi) Never Emerged, June 14, 2008

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This review is from: HAVi Example By Example: Java Programming for Home Entertainment Devices (Paperback)

One of the big selling points of Mitsubishi's WS-55511 high definition television was its ability to digitally connect to a home entertainment system via the HAVi protocol over a single Fireware (IEEE-1934) cable. This HAVi/Firewire connectivity was to eliminate the sea of analog audio and video cables typically used in analog home entertainment systems. Unfortunately, Mitsubishi only produced one HAVi component, a Digital VHS (HS HD2000U) player. I don't know if Mitsubishi or any of the other HAVi members ever sold any other HAVi components in the United States. For HAVi to be successful it needed audio/video recievers, DVD, DVR, satalites, cable boxes, and game consoles. The Mitubishi WS-55511 without digital HAVi components is left using traditional analog inputs from the same old analog home entertainment system. In short, no digital input for the MPEG decoder in the WS-55511 to decipher. What a bust!