EWCC Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 Hello everyone, I am part of the IT team in our church and we have run into a snag.We built a new sound booth in the rear of our congregation to promote a better audio delivery to our congregation. We also moved our video system for our screen and monitors. Our issue began when we learned that our HDMI signal couldn't reach our switcher, which feeds our 4 way splitter that feeds our screens. We purchased a extender system that converts HDMI over 2 CAT5e cables (100ft) and back to HDMI. we are having problems still getting video signal to our screens. what will help us? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timsabre Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 Some hdmi extenders will go further than others... is it a good brand? You should also be able to buy 100ft hdmi cables, we have some at our church, they are quite expensive but they work for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.elsbury Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 You could try an HD Base T extender. The lite ones are good for around 80m , I can buy them starting at 300$ nzd approx. But what would you consider expensive? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peza2010 Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 Also check the specs of your extender. It may be that they wont actually send full 1080p, so you could try a smaller resolution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave m Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 You could also consider hdmi to hd-SDI but might suffer delays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete McCrea Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 And HDMI to HDSDI will not support HDCP - so if you ever want to play copy right protected material it will not work over HDSDI. That said 90% of the time that isn't an issue if you've got cameras and song words/pro presenter as your sources. Agreed with above posts - look for an HDBaseT solution, and use the manufacturers suggested CATx cable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Fernand Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 There are a couple of ways you could approach this 'fix'. HDBT - as others have mentioned this will use a single CAT cable and goes out to 70m (or 100m for the designs which also carry 10/100 Ethernet) - http://www.octavainc.com/HDMI_extender_HD70STPEX.html HD over LAN - this would replace the HDMI extender and Distribution amp and would use CAT5 or CAT6 plus a managed (Matrix) or unmanaged Gigabit (Distribution) Switch - we have been supplying a lot of these systems to Houses of Worship - http://octavainc.com/HDDSX_Matrix.html The team at our Atlanta office can take you through the Pro's and Cons of both systems. Joe PS I would avoid long HDMI cables as going forward they will always be a potential fail point in the system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.elsbury Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Hd over lan often seems to introduce latency. Hdbase doesn't, might be worth considering if latency will be an issue for you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Fernand Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 HD over LAN does introduce latency and it can vary with cable length - it can be more obvious with audio than it is with video if you are using TV 'speakers'. As you say it's always part of the discussion when considering which technology best fits each requirement. Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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