HDBaseT- new cable technology to replace your power, ethernet, and HDMI cable

By on Jul 2, 2010 at 10:09 AM
Hardware July 2, 2010

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New cable technology on the horizon may be the closest thing to the Holy Grail of cabling; by offering a single cable replacement for your power cable, ethernet cable and HDMI cable. Dubbed HDBaseT, the new technology was co-developed over the past six months by LG, Samsung, Sony Pictures, and Valens Semiconductor. HDBaseT uses a single RJ45 cable to carry audio, HD video, ethernet, and even a 100 watts of power to a device. Unlike its HDMI counterpart, which is limited to approximately 15 meters in length, HDBaseT supports cables up to 100 meters long. If the technology catches on, we could see devices with HDBaseT support by the end of the year and wide-scale adoption in 2011.

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  • FriarNurgle

    Glad I have not upgraded to HDTV yet.

    • Randall Lowe

      Wow. Don’t miss out on ejoying life because technology will never slow down. It will only accelerate.

  • Kloc

    Awesome! Audio, Video, and power through one cable is win! And at 100 Meters I can finally hook my PC up to my tv without having to move the tower :)

    • Duhback

      Um, I’ve done it over 300meters over fiber to balun. 1080P with audio…

      We don’t another format.

      Fiber is greater than copper.

      • http://www.smiteahippie.com Smite A. Hippie

        really, you did that, huh? and how pray tell, do you get power through that fiber?

      • Duhback

        Who said anything about sending power? Power is at both ends already. This isn’t POE!

        http://www.ad-net.com.tw/index.php?id=21

      • Ashleigh

        The article mentions power,

        The reason is if you use it for your TV you don’t need 4 different cables for each device, you can do it with one

  • Jonathan Falkor

    What is going to be plugged into the wall?? Is there going to be a box “hub”? How is this going to work?

    • http://www.powerhouse.com PH Admin

      You need a Power of Ethernet switch. There cheap enough and already widely available. None of this technology is cutting edge and has been around. It’s nice to see that it’s all being brought together in one standard.

  • Dan

    So this RJ 45 is the same as Cat 5 Cable right? If so as long as you have an ethernet port your good right?

    • Daniel Blois

      not always, You can have an Ethernet port that does not support power.

    • JaS

      CAT5 is the grade of UTP (unshielded twisted pair) cable. A higher category generally indicates higher bandwidth and hence faster speeds.

      CAT3, for instance, can carry 10 Mbps; CAT4 can do 100 Mbps; CAT5 can carry gigabit ethernet; CAT6 is capable of carrying 10Gbps, and so on it goes.

      RJ45 is the moniker for the connector.

      • Joe

        If you want to get technical, RJ45 was originally actually a registered jack standard, that lays out the pin out configuration. 8P8C is the actual connector (8 Position 8 Conductor). 8P8C can be wired to many different RJ standards, such as RJ48, etc, etc.

        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RJ45

        But, you’re also correct, since many places misname all cat5 cables with 8P8C connectors as “RJ45″.

  • Superman

    This is going to AV integrators dream.

    • Randall Lowe

      Yep. I’ve already been using this.

  • http://www.chrisdpratt.com Chris Pratt

    And with that Monster Cable is dead. Of course, they’ll probably just come out with a line of “High Def” Cat6 that’s only $200 for 6ft.

    • SOUTHERN MISS ELITE

      …And there will be a manger who will push his employees to sell it to the uneducated folks as something that is vital for maximum performance.

      I would not mind this at all. Except, I know this really won’t be a standard in 2011…I got a feeling something is going to slow down this great technological advance.

    • JMR

      Ugh Monster. I hate when you go to someones house to see their new setup and they go on about how they paid a grand extra for the best of the best.

  • JMR

    God dammit! I FINALLY make the switch to HDTV and HDMI and this comes out. Damn consumerism.

    • Randall Lowe

      HDMI is not going anywhere. Soon we will have power over HDMI as well as control, and internet.

  • dba

    and I just bought a few hdmi cables for $3.99 each

    Posted from BGR Mobile (iPhone).

    • egg street

      Yeah no joke, anyone who bought a Monster cable is a moron, I bought my dad 4 cables for around $20 with shipping online for Christmas last year to bring him up to speed, and he thought I spent at least $100

      • Steve

        It’s not nice to call your dad a moron.

  • bryan

    I don’t see this happening anytime soon! HDMI is an entire market all on its own. Cat5e-6 is already spec’ed to go 100 meters. Although 100 watts is a lot for POE (power over ethernet).Its usually 12-25 watts. And Fiber is NOT greater than copper! True it can be run further, but 99% of the time it is not practical for home use. And there are 0 consumer rated products that use fiber. Even att and fios are not fiber “in” your home.

    • avintegrator

      Fiber = glass/ glass is fragile. Copper is fragile to an extent but not anywhere near fiber. Home integrators would not put anything like fiber inside someones house.

  • WIZ

    And you guys think they would leave RJ45 so that you dhdon’tave to buy something new dream on the new plug might be a bit bigger than RJ45 with some type of micro HDMI in the middle

    • Jim Davis

      If you bothered to read the article, (or the specifications on the HDbaseT web site), you would know that the connectors are indeed RJ45.

  • blargh

    Faster. Longer. Reliable. That’s what she said.

  • Bill

    I wonder how well this system will work when the cables don’t stay in place properly due to the clips on the connector breaking like they seem to do on most ethernet cables.

  • avintegrator

    The clip on the RJ45 breaks because of people unplugging and replugging them. Maybe thats where monster comes in, they can make a gold plated RJ45

  • http://alghienkad06.student.ipb.ac.id/ thea

    I FINALLY make the switch to HDTV

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