Does High Definition Mean Short Distance?

Liberty, Justice, and High Def For AllThe conversationhas more specks and sparkles than tinkerbell. If its
subject of high definition is no longer segregated to thebecause of long runs of DVI or HDMI cables, there are
dark smokey rooms of the cultural elite, the samesolutions. Gefen, a leader in the industry, manufacturers
rooms where gas price conspiracies, global dominationperhaps the most respected and prolific digital
rituals, and secret handshakes are created. No friends,extenders for both home and professional A/V.There
high definition is now available to bond and free, to allare two basic ways to extend HDMI and DVI. Extend
races and creeds, to rich and, well, semi-rich.Pick Yourover a CAT5 cable, or just get a booster (similar in
PoisonHDMI and DVI are the two digital interfaces thatmany ways to a repeater).Cat5 ExtensionThis style of
are quickly becoming the prefered vessels of Highdigital video extension uses two little boxes: a receiver
Definition. Just as a quick recap...DVI: Short for Digitaland a sender. By "little", I mean a few inches by a few
Video Interface, came into fruition to convert analoginches, by a few more inches. The sender sits near
signals into video signals to accomodate both analogyour source (such as a computer, a set-top box, a
and digital monitors. DVI-A is an analog signal, DVI-D isDVD player). An included cable connects your DVI or
a digital signal, and DVI-I is an integrated analog andHDMI source to the sender. The sender sits near your
digital solution. This quickly became a popular interfacevideo source and sends the signal long distances over
because the integrity of the signal remains true througha tidy and economic Cat5 cable. The receiver sits near
any transmission, unlike its analog grandfather, whothe display and receives the signal that has travelled
loses little bits of data here and there because of tooover long distances unscathed from video corruption.
many treks through the snow as a kid.HDMI: Short forThe receiver feeds the perfect image (with the
High-Definition Multimedia Interface, this digital interfaceresolution also preserved) to your display via your DVI
is perfectly suited for the consumer electronics market.or HDMI cable. The Cat5 Extension option is very
It supports uncompressed high definition video plusattractive because Cat5 cables are very inexpensive
multi-channel audio in a single cable, simplifying the installand are neater than the fat (no matter how phat)
process for you and me. It does all this with a smallervideo cables. I highly recommend Gefen products for
connector than its DVI cousin.Length LimitsBoth DVItheir industrial strength, aesthetic attraction, and reliability
and HDMI signals begin to degrade in quality when sentin important video extension projects.Boosters and
over copper wire after about 5 meters. AlthoughRepeatersAlthough not entirely identical, boosters and
sometimes a well-made copper HDMI or DVI cablerepeaters accomplish the same job and in a similar
can send the signal further than that withoutmanner. Boosters and repeaters only require one box
corruptions visible by the naked eye, you will oftento sit at the end of a long run of DVI or HDMI cable.
encounter specks and glitter in the display, plus a hostThe unit simply corrects any signal corruption that has
of other possible problems if the voltage level isn'toccurred over long runs of copper cable. This option is
preserved and stable.Below is some basic informationmost appealing to those who already bought a long
about what is available for DVI Extension and HDMIrun of DVI or HDMI cable. Boosters and repeaters are
extension.ExtensionSo, you've sold the farm to buyalso good for chaining multiple runs of cable together.
your HDTV display and source boxes, but the picture