crestron hdbaset seminar cedia 2011
TRANSCRIPT
Agenda
The world is digital
HDMI problems; HDBaseT solutions
What is DigitalMedia™?
Why HDBaseT?
Leading the HDBaseT charge: DigitalMedia™
Crestron DigitalMedia™ Technology and HDBaseT
Consumers and Hollywood are aligned
Consumers want the latest features
» 1080P
» High resolution multichannel audio
» 3D
Hollywood wants content protection
No analog formats can offer any of these features
Crestron DigitalMedia™ Technology and HDBaseT
Consumer sources have fully transitioned
Bluray – only 9 of 45 at Bestbuy.com offer component out
Satellite and cable TV, TiVo
Playstation3, XBox
AppleTV, Boxee box, Roku
Home Theater PC’s
Crestron DigitalMedia™ Technology and HDBaseT
HDMI system problems
Distance limitations
Cable installation, infrastructure
Control for remote displays
System verification
Crestron DigitalMedia™ Technology and HDBaseT
Distance limitations
Standard HDMI
» Approximately 30 feet
DigitalMedia™ 8G+
» 330 feet on standard twisted pair cable
Crestron DigitalMedia™ Technology and HDBaseT
Cable installation and infrastructure
HDMI cables are prohibitively difficult to terminate in field
HDMI cables with connectors can’t pass easily through conduit
HDMI connector has tiny pins which can be fragile
HDMI connector may easily come disconnected
Testing HDMI cables requires specialized equipment
Crestron DigitalMedia™ Technology and HDBaseT
Cable installation and infrastructure
HDBaseT is compatible with standard category cabling
Easy, well-known terminations
Easy to pull through walls over long distances
Easy to terminate and manage CAT5e with DM 8G+
Crestron DigitalMedia™ Technology and HDBaseT
Control for remote displays
The farther your display gets from sources, the farther it (likely) gets
from your control system
Depending on display, control may be IR, RS-232, Ethernet, or CEC
Swap TV? May need to swap control line in the wall
Where will you find enough ports on your control system anyway?
Crestron DigitalMedia™ Technology and HDBaseT
Control for remote displays
DigitalMedia™ endpoints (TX/RX) all feature control ports
» IR RS-232
» Relay Digital sense input
» CEC Ethernet LAN port
Backbone for the control network is the Ethernet LAN enabled by
HDBaseT
Control system communicates to DM via standard TCP/IP
Crestron DigitalMedia™ Technology and HDBaseT
System verification
Your system is up and “working” but now what?
What if the content changes resolution?
What if a new source gets plugged in?
Are your cables good enough?
How are you going to find out?
» You’ll find out when your customer calls one night…
Crestron DigitalMedia™ Technology and HDBaseT
System verification
DigitalMedia™ system commissioning report
Simple report providing detailed info
» HDBaseT link quality
» EDID config
» HDCP problems
Crestron DigitalMedia™ Technology and HDBaseT
DigitalMedia™ backbone: large HDMI matrices
Crestron DigitalMedia™ Technology and HDBaseT
8X8 16X16 32X32
DigitalMedia™ transport technologies
Crestron DigitalMedia™ Technology and HDBaseT
DM 8G+ CAT5e – up to 330 feet
DM 8G Fiber Multi-Mode – up to 1000 feet
DM 8G Fiber Single-Mode – up to 12 kilometers
DigitalMedia™ transmitters
Transmitters connect to DM inputs
» Available with analog and digital inputs
» Include control interfaces for source devices
DM TX’s come in 12 varieties, including 3 with HDBaseT
Crestron DigitalMedia™ Technology and HDBaseT
DigitalMedia™ HDBaseT I/O cards
Input cards receive HDBaseT signals
» Strip out HDMI and give to matrix
» Connect to Ethernet backplane
Output cards convert HDMI from matrix back to HDBaseT
Crestron DigitalMedia™ Technology and HDBaseT
DigitalMedia™ room controllers
Converts HDBaseT back into
baseband signals
» HDMI
» LAN
» RS-232, IR, relay, sensor
Available in 7 varieties, including 3
with HDBaseT
Crestron DigitalMedia™ Technology and HDBaseT
New DM-MD6x6
All features of the large DM switches in a smaller, cheaper package
» Full matrix routing
» Local HDMI output
» Five HDBaseT outputs, compatible with all 8G+ room controllers
Two rack units tall
Crestron DigitalMedia™ Technology and HDBaseT
Benefits of HDBaseT
Single wire solution
Carries everything important
» High resolution audio and video
» Ethernet
» Low speed serial communication
» Power
Standard infrastructure – category cable
» DigitalMedia™ upgrade and buy-back program
Crestron DigitalMedia™ Technology and HDBaseT
Moving to a standards based world
Interoperability is important
Competition on an even playing field
Standards needed for control
Overcoming HDMI hurdles with DigitalMedia™
DigitalMedia™ is the established leader in HDBaseT
Since inception, over 13,000 DigitalMedia™ switches have been sold
That represents over one quarter billion dollars in revenue
We have been shipping this product for three years
» That is an eternity in the digital world!
Overcoming HDMI hurdles with DigitalMedia™
HDBaseT is taking over in DigitalMedia
Overcoming HDMI hurdles with DigitalMedia™
Dec-08 Mar-09 Jun-09 Sep-09 Dec-09 Mar-10 Jun-10 Sep-10 Dec-10 Mar-11 Jun-11
8G+ RMC DM RMC
This is just the beginning…
The A/V industry is now the digital A/V industry
This is a new opportunity to be the best
HDBaseT and Crestron DigitalMedia™ have already set the standard
for digital A/V distribution – don’t be left behind
Overcoming HDMI hurdles with DigitalMedia™
Q&A
For DM resources please see http://goo.gl/oaBcx
Overcoming HDMI hurdles with DigitalMedia™