HDMI

Integrating eARC over Extended Distances

By Eric Bodley in Cable, Connectivity, Signal Distribution, HDMI Apr 18, 2025 0 comment

eARC, or Enhanced Audio Return Channel, is a feature within the latest HDMI 2.1b specification that allows for extremely high-quality audio to be transmitted from a TV to a remote soundbar or AV receiver through the same HDMI cable used for video. In practice, eARC simplifies the distribution of audio-visual content and allows non-TV-built-in speakers […]

Kordz Pro4 48G Active HDMI First to Pass DPL Labs’ 48G Enhanced Reference Standard

By Eric Bodley in DPL Labs, Connectivity, HDMI Feb 03, 2025 0 comment

DPL Laboratories, Inc., the industry leader in high-speed digital testing, specializing in the performance evaluation of digital signal connectivity products such as HDMI and USB cables, proudly announces that Kordz new Pro4 48Gbps Active Optical HDMI Cable is the first production HDMI optical cable to pass DPL Labs’ new 48G Enhanced Reference Standard Platform. This cutting-edge platform […]

PDF Download: Comparing HDMI Extender Technology

By Eric Bodley in HDMI, Signal Distribution Oct 14, 2024 0 comment

What’s the best technology for extending HDMI? DSC, HDBaseT or SDVoE? When should HDMI over fiber extenders be selected over twisted pair extenders? Is it possible to extend control and multiplexed network signals with the HDMI stream? If so, how far? These questions are answered in a new LightSpeed Technologies® Advanced HDMI Extenders brochure from […]

HDMI Video Testers: Choosing the Right Tool

By Eric Bodley in HDMI, Testers Oct 10, 2024 0 comment

HDMI installations are notoriously hard to troubleshoot. Transmission length, device compliancy, resolution, handshaking and a myriad of other complexities go into a successful connection, and a single out-of-sync signal can mean the difference between ultra high-definition performance and a service call. Murideo was created to satisfy the need for modern testing tools in the audio-visual […]

HDMI Extender Technology: DSC, HDBaseT or SDVoE?

By Eric Bodley in HDMI, Signal Distribution Sep 19, 2024 0 comment

Audio-visual extenders used to be simple. Choose a balun based on connector format, connect a twisted pair cable, and signals flow from point A to point B. At least that was the theory…. and it worked fine until HDMI and high-definition video came along. Today, baluns — those ubiquitous black boxes that balanced and transmitted […]

A Look at the Official HDMI® Cable Certification Programs

By Eric Bodley in HDMI Jun 22, 2020 0 comment

Click here to read the article on CEPro.com Are the cables your company uses part of the licensed and comprehensive HDMI technology eco-system of compliance and assurance? Sometimes it can be hard to tell as the licensing requirements may not be known by end-users, and resellers’ marketing can be confusing. As 4K content distribution becomes […]

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