The End of HDMI Cable
Question: I just upgraded all of my equipment to HD. This includes video cameras with HDMI connections. Now I’m hearing about HDBase T. Am I going to have to upgrade AGAIN? Technology is moving way too fast for me.
Answer: And it’s going to move faster and faster.
Don’t worry yet. It will take some time to dominate the HDMI cable market. If it does catch on, I would imagine someone would come up with a compatible hub/switch/router of some sort that allows one cable in multiple out
Thanks to Sony, Samsung, LG & Valens there is a standard A/V cable we can all become familiar with (Didn’t they say the same for HDMI?) Say hello to HDBase T the new wave of cables based on standard CAT5e/6. It’s expected to be adopted by 2011. So start saving some money on buying a converter.
HDbaseT, which uses existing Ethernet cabling, promises to do everything HDMI does and more, and offer superior performance over larger distances as a bonus.
One of the problems with HDMI is what it was never really designed for long distance communication, due to lack of error correction and extension capabilities. HDbaseT aims to solve this by using Ethernet cabling and enabling “hops” to extend the signal travel length to as long as 800m (8 x the 100m maximum for HDbaseT). And because HDbaseT uses traditional Ethernet cables (Cat 5e/6), cost for long runs is not an issue.
The single cable will carry video, audio, Internet and control signals the same way HDMI 1.4 cables can, and can even carry up to 100W of electricity to power remote devices and support for USB devices.
But HDbaseT’s biggest problem is the dominance of HDMI as a standard, and even with the big names of Sony, Samsung and LG behind it, it will take a tremendous effort for HDbaseT to replace HDMI, or even to compete with formats like DisplayPort.
About HDBaseT technology
HDBaseT technology enables a single LAN cable to replace multiple cables and connectors in the home entertainment environment, HDBaseT is optimized for video application and can connect all the entertainment devices at home 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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