HDBaseT STRIVES FOR ASCENDANCY

摘要

The members of the HDBaseT Alliance, including LG, Samsung, and Sony, yearn for an alternative to today's HDMI (high-definition-multimedia-interface) and DisplayPort wired standards. This alternative, they believe, should accommodate longer spans and encompass more functions. However, they are unwilling to standardize on one of the wireless alternatives this article describes. Instead, they have developed an RJ-45-based approach that merges in a conventional Category 5e cable not only audio and video streams but also network connectivity, USB (Universal Serial Bus) protocol data transfers, and even power over Ethernet. Coalition members forecast that the first systems employing HDBaseT technology will become available this year and that products will become more widely available in 2012.