Meet the Cable of the Future: CAT5e/6 LAN Cable
Who knew? The best cable is the one that we already had.
Today, to hook up our home theatre equipment in the simplest, easiest way, we use HDMI to pass through both our 1080p video and the lossless audio. But HDMI isn't the only game in town, as there's DisplayPort looming on the horizon too.
Did you know that we already had a cable standard solution suitable for our HD needs before HDMI and DisplayPort hit? It's that cable that you've been using for your networking all these years.
HDBaseT Alliance, the cross-industry alliance formed to promote and standardize the HDBaseT technology, announced today its formal incorporation, founded by LG, Samsung, Sony Pictures Entertainment and Valens Semiconductor.
The Alliance also announced the finalization of the HDBaseT 1.0 base specification. The cornerstone of HDBaseT technology is 5Play, a feature-set that converges full uncompressed HD video, audio, 100BaseT Ethernet, high power over cable and various control signals through a single 100m/328ft CAT5e/6 LAN cable. HDBaseT has the bandwidth to support video resolutions such as full HD 1080p as well as 3D and 2Kx4K formats. HDBaseT is the first to provide all-in-one connectivity, making it possible for a single-connector TV to receive power, video/audio, Internet and control signals from the same cable.
HDBaseT enables a network of sources — such as digital video recorders (DVR), Blu-ray disc players, game consoles, PCs and mobile devices — to be connected directly to displays in multiple locations. For instance, a DVR can be connected to several TVs throughout the home. This form of networking, whether it is done by daisy chaining devices or through star topology, can be applied in both the consumer home and in B2B cases such as digital signage networking.
The HDBaseT Alliance anticipates products with embedded HDBaseT technology to be available in the second half of 2010, with the majority of adoption taking place in 2011. The specification will also be available for licensing within the second half of 2010.
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"a single 100m/328ft CAT5e/6 LAN cable."
Arnt Cat5e and cat6 two different cables?
sounds cool, but similar to what intel were doing with their "light peak" technology
Uncompressed 4K video sounds way too much.
I am assuming gbit speeds for the cable.
"a single 100m/328ft CAT5e/6 LAN cable."Arnt Cat5e and cat6 two different cables?
i think they mean that both cable types will support it. poorly worded though.
A cat5e lan cable can handle 1gbit of data. The limitation is normally down to home routers ect only supporting 100mbit transfer speeds. Most modern mainboards have 1gbit ports and have done for a long time.
Please proceed at full speed to develop this standard. It is time to get rid of cable clutter, once and for all. USB 4.0 should be done on this too. Plus you get to use what you already had. Zero cost, yay. Take this, 50-bucks-cable-monster-HDMI.
Hello, Furukawa.
I'l be interested when all of this becomes possible wirelessly. Please don't dusturb me till then.
So you're telling me we can power a 300 or so watt tv with wires this thin of a gauge? All the other stuff sounds sweet though.
"a single 100m/328ft CAT5e/6 LAN cable."Arnt Cat5e and cat6 two different cables?
Forward slash can be read as 'or' in some cases. As in a single [different] Cat5e or a single [different] cat6.
That's how I read it anyway.
All sounds great
Remember folks ethernet standards as we know them dont apply to this cable. They are essentially taking it as 8 strands of copper wire and seeing what it can do for the applications they want to use it for.
Ethernet standards may decree that CAT5/6 can handle data rates up to X and only X but this isnt ethernet. Eight strands of copper can carry a lot of data especially if its one way.
In fact Cat5/6 can probably handle far more than current specs but you dont give all the speed straight away otherwise where is your market churn for Cat7/8/9..............
I'l be interested when all of this becomes possible wirelessly. Please don't dusturb me till then.
Because power over radio is so possible
Because power over radio is so possible
TESLACOIL!
250 MHz times 4 to 8 wires....
We got 10 Mbps plus from coaxial cable.
About damn time.