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HDBaseT Alliance ready to certify hardware for its do-everything cable, first product revealed
If you've been waiting to get rid of your current cable clutter and rely on one connection to bring video, audio, power, data and control to your devices then your some time is now. the HDBaseT Alliance announced today it is releasing version 1.0 of the Certification Program along with its first test facility to put the approved stamp on compatible equipment. LG, Samsung and Sony pledged alliance with the spec last year, but the first out of the gate with a product using its (of course) Gefen, ready to extend HDMI cables over long distances with the boxes shown above. While that may be an initial killer app for the tech, we'll have to wait and see if it gets picked up elsewhere, and to find out how much cheaper running Cat5e/6 cables throughout our homes are than other options.
HDBaseT 1.0 finalized; LG, Samsung & Sony ally behind one do-everything cable
Valens Semiconductor has been pushing the benefits of an Ethernet-based cable standard that easily carries HD video, audio, power, data and control (5Play) signals all at once for a while, and with the HDBaseT Alliance officially incorporated, it's found powerful friends in LG, Samsung and Sony to fill out the Board of Directors. The HDBaseT 1.0 spec has also been finalized, so we can expect to see the first DVRs, Blu-ray players, or anything else that can be plugged in with compatible hardware to ship with the technology in the second half of this year. Check the press release after the break for more details, we'll be in the back putting ends on a few new cables.
