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Network cables are becoming one of the most used cables in both data and audio visual installations and there are a few different types to choose from. Copper network cables mainly use the common RJ45 connector and consist of 4 twisted pairs, 8 wires total. Network Cable Quality In terms of quality there are two […]
UK mains wall socket with built in USB charger provides a neat solution for charging all sorts of devices such as phones and tablets, available in white and chrome with prices as low as £11.50.
A new HDMI revision sparks the usual farce with unscrupulous retailers claiming to be selling HDMI 2.0 Cables even they don’t exist and never will! HDMI 2.0 introduces new features into equipment but cables remain exactly the same, the latest specification increased bandwidths up to 18Gbps using existing high speed and high speed with Ethernet […]
LG has switched their power connector to a cloverleaf C5 on recent TVs but are only supplying a 1m cable in the box, luckily a longer length cloverleaf power cable can be bought up to 10m long.
When choosing an HDMI cable for 3D you only need a high speed hdmi cable or a high speed with ethernet HDMI cable. There is no change in the wiring of the cable for 3D over HDMI so most older cables that were marked as HDMI 1.3 cables will work fine.
CAT6A patch cables are now available to support 10 gigabit ethernet, available in multiple colours and lengths.
Despite being in wide spread use the term HDMI 1.4 Cable is now defunct, instead cables are now referred to as standard speed, high speed or high speed with ethernet. If you want to make sure you have all the HDMI 1.4 functionality then you should now buy a high speed hdmi cable with ethernet.
New Lindy HDMI Splitter (part codes 38026 and 38027) now support 3D over HDMI as well as 1080p. Higher speed: HDMI 1.3 increases its single-link bandwidth to 340 MHz (10.2 Gbps) to support the demands of future HD display devices, such as higher resolutions, Deep Colour and high frame rates. In addition, built into the […]
All the benefits of a digital box, plus up to 70 hours a week of HD programmes, subscription-free. If you have an HD Ready TV or are thinking of buying one, this is a great option. Over 140 great digital TV and radio channels and services Free HD programmes from the BBC and ITV 8-day […]
Apple’s decision to remove the DVI port from the MacBook, MacBook Air and MacBook Pro in favor of Mini DisplayPort, and to offer Mini DisplayPort as the only video connector for the new 24-inch Cinema Display, has raised current compatibility concerns. This has a number of implications:-
High end cable manufacturer Lindy Electronics have announced a fibre optic HDMI extender that can send an HDMI signal up to 300m using a single SC duplex multimode fibre optic cable.
Owners of some older plasma and LCD TVs without HDMI inputs are finding themselves stuck with watching Standard Definition (SD) pictures from HD sources even though they have high resolution panels. Early panels supported High Definition TV HDTV via the component video inputs but many HD devices including Sky HD boxes have now dropped the […]
The best way to connect a PC to a TV depends on the connectors you have available, we will start by discussing older TVs that don’t have digital inputs such as HDMI or DVI. CRT TVs tend to have scart sockets as the primary connection, to connect a PC to a scart the PC or […]
An HDMI splitter is a device that splits an HDMI signal to multiple displays, sometimes called an HDMI Distribution Amplifer. Suppose you wanted to watch Sky HD on 2 TVs, an HDMI splitter could be used to duplicate the input and give 2 identical outputs. The number of outputs provided is referred to as ports or […]