A group of electronics and chip manufacturers lead by Panasonic, Texas Instruments, Infineon and Intel have joined together under the aegis of the HomeGrid Forum in effort to establish standards to connect consumer electronics such as TVs, computers and audio/visual systems. Using existing wiring infrastructure such electrical, coax and phone lines, the group expects to establish and test a set of common standards to link these devices together, enabling them to easily share data amongst them. A standard already exists for wireless enabled devices using Wi-Fi, but wired networks can offer advantages such as higher capacity and increased stability. An additional advantage is that these types of wiring already exist in virtually all homes worldwide. Instead of having to connect all the electronics in a home by adding separate wires, the group seeks to set standards allow any certified device to talk to another and hope to have the first such products on the market sometime next year.