Belkin introduced an HDBaseT HDMI AV extender at the...
Belkin introduced an HDBaseT HDMI AV extender at the Building Industry Consulting Service International conference in Tampa this week. The Belkin solution provides high-quality AV connectivity over long distances using Cat 5e wire, the company said. While HDBaseT developer Valens…
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Semiconductor has sought a landing for the technology in the residential custom AV market, so far it’s the commercial display world that has made the most space for HDBaseT, which can pass through HD video, multiple streams of uncompressed audio, control data, ethernet and power over a single Cat 5e cable. Last summer at Infocomm, Panasonic and Projectiondesign (CED June 18 p1) launched projectors with HDBaseT connectors for education and commercial markets, and Crestron, Gefen and Atlona are among the companies that have shown HDBaseT-compatible products for CEDIA installers. Belkin chose HDBaseT for its long-distance solution for education, government, conference centers and signage applications “because it packs superior performance into a small, plug-and-play solution that requires a fraction of the resources to set up, move and manage,” said Sydney Wen, product development manager for Belkin. Questions to Belkin about plans for a product for the residential market -- and whether its extender passes through power, ethernet and control signals -- weren’t answered by our deadline.