Gefen Extends Reach of HDTV

A new product from Gefen just made sending HD around a facility a little easier. The company's new HDTV Extender uses Category-5 cabling, commonly used by computer networks, to send full-resolution HD signals for up to 150 feet. The HDTV Extender has two versions: a DVI (digital video interface) model for professional

Author:: TVTechnology
Publish date:: Apr 29, 2004
Updated on: Feb 23, 2018

A new product from Gefen just made sending HD around a facility a little easier. The company's new HDTV Extender uses Category-5 cabling, commonly used by computer networks, to send full-resolution HD signals for up to 150 feet.

The HDTV Extender has two versions: a DVI (digital video interface) model for professional applications and an HDMI (high-definition multimedia interface) model for consumers. Both use a digital format to send uncompressed HD images and 5.1 surround sound. The HDTV Extender consists of a transmitter and receiver, each with its own external 5 V power supply.

Gefen recently launched its new KVM extender, CAT5-5000 HD that can extend up to 150 feet. Using new chip technology, the CAT5-5000 HD sends DVI digital video plus USB over CAT-5 cables. The units come with two DVI connectors that support the extension of the two digital displays. Other features include a USB port,

Gefen recently launched the ex-tend it HDMI-1000 HD that sends HD video up to 300 feet from the source to an HDTV monitor. Outfitted with HDMI connectors, the extension tool is compatible with HD DVDs, set-top boxes, TiVo and plasma displays that use the HDMI connection format. LC fiber optic cables connect a sender

At IBC2008, Gefen will introduce two new extenders that allow users to transmit HD video at long distances via DVI.

Gefen made available its ex-tend-it 2:8 HD distribution amplifier, which sends one HDTV video source to eight HDTV displays using DVI (digital visual interface) connectors. When used with an HDTV extension system, each display can be extended long distances from the source. The splitter is HDCP (HD content protection

Consumer electronics manufacturer Gefen is helping household HDTVs go wireless with its DVI extender. Using cable-free technology, the system extends up to 40 feet away from the source. The extender uses point-to-point lasers--with the sender and receiver facing each other--to send the signal across the room. This i

Gefen, a manufacturer of computer interface products for video applications, recently announced its HDTV Extender, which uses ubiquitous Cat-5 computer network cable to allow HD viewing at a distance of up to 150 feet from the source. The HDTV Extender uses transmit and receive units that can be connected to a single p

Getting HD from here to there without noticeable degradation is not as simple as it may appear to non-engineers. The ex-tend-it DVI/RS-232 Extender from Gefen can now provide a plug-and-play method of sending HD video up to 150 feet over CAT-5 cables. Equipped with both DVI and RS-232 ports, the new extender suppor

Gefen will introduce the FireWire Extender 800 at NAB2005. FireWire Extender 800 extends computer-generated video for remote powered performance by using a sender and receiver system that connects the local computer to the remote device with multimode fiber optic cables. It sends large amounts of data at rates up to