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HAVi Example By Example: Java Programming for Home Entertainment Devices

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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.

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!