Atlona Throws in with HDBaseT Alliance

[admin]

We've been watching HDBaseT with much enthusiasm, seeing it as the next logical evolution of digital audio & video networking. This week, Atlona Technologies announced it had joined the HDBaseT Alliance. HDBaseT Alliance incorporated nearly a year ago and was formed by LG, Samsung, Sony Pictures, and Valens Semiconductor. The goal was to form an alliance to standrdize and develop a standard for distributing HD audio and video over standard Cat5e or Cat6 cabling - a feat that HDMI simply cannot dream of attaining. HDBaseT is optimized for video applications and can connect all entertainment devices in a setting by providing the 5Play convergence of uncompressed full HD digital video, audio, 100BaseT Ethernet, power over cable, and various control signals.

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[jinjuku]

I always got a kick on jobs where you have an 80 foot run of CAT5e terminating to a gray box and then a 3 foot HDMI cable running out of it. Make it 83ft and plug the frikkin CAT5 into the back of the TV.

In this day and age I'm not sure how a large group of engineers totally whiffed while at the plate when it comes to physical layer of HDMI.