The end of HDMI? HDbaseT

[SuperBaaaad]

Looks really interesting: http://www.hdbaset.org/

[freecar]

Think next generation, Playstation 4, huge 3D TV's, next gen Bluray (100Gb discs?) things like that. There are too many of the old generation out there right now to give HDMI a run, wait until the next gen start adopting to release a new standard in connectivity.

Essentially it seems no different to HDMI over CAT5, except that the conversion from HDMI doesn't need to happen at the TV end. Seems like a logical step!

[TonyRPH]

And this will open up an entire new market for gold plated / cryogenically treated / oxygen free / insert new term here / low loss ethernet cables.

I look forward to the next round of debates that will rage on the 'videophile' sites.

[snowy]

TonyRPH said:

And this will open up an entire new market for gold plated / cryogenically treated / oxygen free / insert new term here / low loss ethernet cables.

I look forward to the next round of debates that will rage on the 'videophile' sites.

Fibre Optics or Wireless maybe?

[DiscoColin]

I really don't see this gaining any traction personally. By the time that the industry is ready for a new standard I reckon that there will be an established way of sending 4k video over wireless...

[Plotloss]

DiscoColin said:

I really don't see this gaining any traction personally. By the time that the industry is ready for a new standard I reckon that there will be an established way of sending 4k video over wireless...

There are already HDBaseT extenders in the marketplace.

It's finally a proper digital transport solution with the thought that Intel should have put into HDMI in the first place.

[Beardy10]

Given the genesis of HDMI it would be good if a format solution came in that was designed around providing a quality solution that worked well for the consumer and was also future proof. The constant updating of the HDMI standard is an absolute joke given that these things quite often need burying in walls or floors.

[DiscoColin]

Plotloss said:

DiscoColin said:

I really don't see this gaining any traction personally. By the time that the industry is ready for a new standard I reckon that there will be an established way of sending 4k video over wireless...

There are already HDBaseT extenders in the marketplace.

It's finally a proper digital transport solution with the thought that Intel should have put into HDMI in the first place.

My point was that just because someone sells it doesn't mean that it will necessarily gain widespread market adoption. I can certainly see where it might find a home in a niche like high end content generation, but we need the next generation of source material and screens before there is a case in the living room. I don't see that happening overly soon (certainly outside of ultra high end) and there is plenty of time for something else to displace it before it could hope to go mainstream...?

[Plotloss]

Consider the situation where there are multiple sources and multiple screens.

If you have considered that, now it's been put to you, then you're doing much better than Intel, who developed the pile of st that is HDMI

This isnt a bandwidth game anymore, its engineering around the massive, obvious, gaping flaws in HDMI

[TimJMS]

Anything that can replace those stty optical audio connectors that seem to pop out all the time and handle HD video is all to the good.