Of course, you can't deliver power that way. They could combine it with a couple copper wires though.

TVs already have the capability to use codecs and packets, there are a number of models that stream netflix off a wireless network. It's just a matter of adding the protocol. For components, some of them already do different codecs, dvd players have hdmi output which is packet based just without the codec, unless you want to use one of the video codecs it can play.

No, they pulled it because it was either discontinued, or not selling, which might have been related to your review,

Any project that has progress measured in lines of code scares me a bit.

Usually it's the flow of the room, clean it, rearrange it, paint it, something.