Digital Video

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White Paper: Introduction to HDCP 2.3

Keeping pace with advancements in digital video technology, HDCP has evolved to version 2.3, with stronger encryption, dedicated protection for high value 4K content, and new restrictions on the AV distribution system. AV professionals will need to understand HDCP 2.3 to integrate protected 4K content into... Download White Paper

White Paper: Video Compression Codecs

Video compression codecs have been developed to address a wide variety of applications in AV systems. They enable video conferencing, streaming video across computer networks, delivering 4K video over an existing infrastructure, extending the capabilities of a display link, and storing a full-length motion picture in HD... Download White Paper

White Paper: Video Compression Technologies

Video compression technologies have been developed to address a wide variety of applications in AV systems. They enable video conferencing, streaming video across computer networks, delivering 4K video over an existing infrastructure, extending the capabilities of a display link, and storing a full-length motion picture... Download White Paper

White Paper: Elements of High Dynamic Range Video

Over the past seven decades, display technology has progressed to the point where 4K/Ultra HD video is now the gold standard. 4K resolution yields four times the number of pixels as HD video, but depending upon the size of the display and the viewing distance, there may be no perceptible difference between an HD image... Download White Paper

White Paper: Hitting the Moving Target of 4K

As 4K continues to gain traction in the consumer market, it is rapidly becoming a popular requirement for professional AV systems as well. But 4K is a developing technology that will eventually evolve beyond what is available today. This paper will help you understand what you need to know about 4K signals for today’s... Download White Paper

8K Data Rate Calculator

The 8K Data Rate Calculator is an online tool designed to assist you during the system design phase as well as the installation and setup phase. The basic calculator lets you quickly identify the maximum digital data rate that must be supported by cables, scalers, or other system components based on your selected resolution,... Read more

Digital Design Best Practices - Signal Integrity

This article concentrates on signal integrity, one of the three core components in digital system architecture. The other two, equally important components are content protection and resolution management. Signal integrity relates to maintaining the signal waveforms and sync timing throughout the signal path so that the... Read more

HDMI Cable Quality Matters in Pro AV

There’s a popular belief, widely tossed around on the Internet, that all HDMI cables are the same. If there’s a picture at the end of the cable, it’s impossible to tell the difference between a cheap cable and one that costs two or three or ten times as much. I suppose that’s a fair statement if one is connecting a $99... (Login required: ) Read more

HDMI: The Short and the Long of It

HDMI, or High Definition Multimedia Interface, is a digital AV interface that supports high resolution computer-video and HDTV as well as multiple channels of audio on a single cable. It is prevalent in flat-panel displays and projectors as well as DVD players, Blu-ray Disc players, and even some laptops and PC graphics... Read more

DVI and HDMI: The Short and the Long of It

Most DVI input cables for computer monitors are two meters long just like the typical analog VGA input cable. In our world of systems design, two meters is too short. For AV digital interfaces to become commonplace, the norm will not be these simple, desktop hookups. Systems designers and integrators require long run distance... Read more

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Digital Video

White Paper: Introduction to HDCP 2.3

White Paper: Video Compression Codecs

White Paper: Video Compression Technologies

White Paper: Elements of High Dynamic Range Video

White Paper: Hitting the Moving Target of 4K

8K Data Rate Calculator

Digital Design Best Practices - Signal Integrity

HDMI Cable Quality Matters in Pro AV

HDMI: The Short and the Long of It

DVI and HDMI: The Short and the Long of It

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