[SML] HDMI

[FBC Tech Team]

HDBaseT can go 100m as well, and RJ45 connectors are locking connectors.
You can also get HDMI locking connectors, and DVI/VGA connectors are
typically locking. I would also wager that re-terminating a cut network
cable with an RJ45 connector will be easier and faster than doing the same
to an SDI Coax cable with a BNC crimp connector...and you can get network
crimpers at Lowe's ;)

HD/SDI is great for video as long as it's a video resolution, which WXGA is
not. The OP would have to convert the 1280x800 resolution that the MiniMe
is spec'd at to 720p or 480i to send over HD/SDI.

We have a large Evertz HD/SDI system at 3 remote sites that we are running
into this issue with (which is why we asked for a computer-based solution
initially). Our original 1920x1080p PCs converted fine to 1080p with a
simple DVI to HD/SDI converter. However, when they upgraded all of the
desktop thin clients to ones with 2560x1440 video outputs, we had to find a
solution to convert this new non-video resolution to a 1080p video
resolution compatible with the AV network, while still passing on the
native higher resolution to our local displays.

If you're only using video resolutions, i.e. cameras and such, and have no
need for control, or HDCP compliance, broadcast HD/SDI systems are fine. If
you're not, I recommend sticking with a computer-resolution based system.
Plus, computer based solutions can ingest any broadcast video input without
external scaling required first.

Hope this helps,
Jeff

On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 3:06 PM, Stephen Litterst via Stagecraft <
stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

> I'm a huge proponent of sending video as HD-SDI.  HD-SDI transmits 4k
> video with up to 8 channels of audio over an RG-6 cable with BNC
> connectors.  Low-profile cable with locking connectors that's good for
> 100m?  I'm sold.
>



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Jeff Klein, DMC- E
Audio Visual Project Manager
Dept of Defense
Washington D.C. District

 "Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for God
opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble." 1 Peter 5:5
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