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Bob · 07-02-2010, 10:54 AM

So they're proposing data rates in excess of HDMI 1.3/1.4 (i.e. > 10 GBits/sec) along with PoE and 100 mbit ethernet using garden-variety Cat5e/Cat6? What I've seen also indicates you'd still need an HDBaseT-equipped receiver to function as a switch, which is essentially what HDMI does anyway. The primary benefit appears to be rolling your own (potentially long) cables and sticking them in a wall, but aside from projectors, I've rarely seen a setup where the sources are more than a few meters away from the TV. The 100W power transmission is more interesting; operating low-power TVs could be possible with a single cable. That's not useful for most people, but it could be interesting in commercial applications.

07-02-2010, 10:54 AM	#13
Bob Franchise Player Join Date: Jan 2007 Exp:	So they're proposing data rates in excess of HDMI 1.3/1.4 (i.e. > 10 GBits/sec) along with PoE and 100 mbit ethernet using garden-variety Cat5e/Cat6? What I've seen also indicates you'd still need an HDBaseT-equipped receiver to function as a switch, which is essentially what HDMI does anyway. The primary benefit appears to be rolling your own (potentially long) cables and sticking them in a wall, but aside from projectors, I've rarely seen a setup where the sources are more than a few meters away from the TV. The 100W power transmission is more interesting; operating low-power TVs could be possible with a single cable. That's not useful for most people, but it could be interesting in commercial applications.