A video extender or video over CAT5 extender is used to transmit video over long distances. These products are perfect for transmitting video from a computer located in one room to a monitor of LCD display in another room. In fact, the distances that you can send the video signal are pretty amazing. Find out more about using video extenders in this brief article.
A video extender is used to send video signals down a cable longer distances than can be achieved with the cable that comes with a monitor or projector. Often presentation rooms are set up where the host computer is located more than 10 or 15 feet from the projector. In other scenarios, such as in banks, military settings or in hospital applications, the monitor must be in a room separate from the computer. This may be for security or another reason, but the challenge is getting the computer and monitor connected so that the video is displayed without distortion. This is when the video over CAT5 extender is used instead of traditional video cable.
One type of video extender is the VGA over CAT5 device. The benefit of using this component is that the short bulky VGA cable provided with a new monitor won't transmit the video signal more than a few dozen feet. Beyond that and the video ends up distorted on the receiving display. By using a VGA over CAT5 extender, the signal is transported a very long distance from the host PC, as much as 1,000 feet.
The video extender is also used outside of business applications. For example, you may have a digital video recorder, or DVR, in your family room, but want to be able to view or record a broadcast from the television in your bedroom. In this case a video extender is used to send the signal from the bedroom television to the DVR in the family room.
The other type of popular configuration using a video over CAT5 extender is sending a single signal from one source to multiple displays. For example, an airport would send the arrival and departure schedule from a control center to multiple displays located throughout the airport terminals.
Now that you understand the different uses for a video extender you probably are thinking of ways to use them at home or at work. They really have been a big improvement over having to always have a display directly next to a computer.
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Video Walls Stand Out In a Crowd
If you recently attended a trade show or conference, it's likely you saw vendors using a video wall to demonstrate products and services. This method of presenting is very popular as it reaches out to the audience capturing their attention, often better than the sales person behind the table. The price and weight of high-definition LCDs and televisions is trending lower and when coupled with video wall hardware it makes this an attractive solution for many different venues.
Originally, this type of marketing was used exclusively in exhibitions and trade shows. However, with the steady drop in the cost of a high-definition television, video walls began showing up in places outside of the exhibit floor including in corporate office lobbies, at the airport, hotel and retail malls. LCD or plasma screens are designed as a single or multiple video wall panel configurations. The more popular formats are 2x2, 3x2, 3x3 and 4x4. The area required to set up a video wall depends on the size of display.
In the earlier days, video wall hardware was much more bulky, but today displays are very lightweight, easy to mount on a wall and affordable. Plus, the screens offer much higher resolution compared to predecessors.
Management
You may wonder how all those television panels are controlled. This is done using a management system. This is a sophisticated, yet user-friendly appliance that is set up in an office or cabinet usually located a distant from m the panel of screens. A technician configures the panels to display different images on the different panels or leave a single image on multiple screens. This provides a presentation that is easily modified to suit the audience or message.
This video wall hardware is housed in a compact device designed to fit into standard commercial grade computer cabinets or racks. Typically, the management system is set up away from the panel allowing a technician to remotely configure the settings and images. The video wall software is designed to be simple enough and does not require advanced training. Technical professionals learn how to set up and configure these systems in a single session.
The benefits of these types of visual marketing tools are available to any business and not limited to those with large technology and marketing budgets. They can be configured to allow interaction with the passerby or programmed to stream video or images 24 hours a day. People naturally are attracted to the television display making video walls an ideal method to deliver a highly targeted message to the viewer.
Originally, this type of marketing was used exclusively in exhibitions and trade shows. However, with the steady drop in the cost of a high-definition television, video walls began showing up in places outside of the exhibit floor including in corporate office lobbies, at the airport, hotel and retail malls. LCD or plasma screens are designed as a single or multiple video wall panel configurations. The more popular formats are 2x2, 3x2, 3x3 and 4x4. The area required to set up a video wall depends on the size of display.
In the earlier days, video wall hardware was much more bulky, but today displays are very lightweight, easy to mount on a wall and affordable. Plus, the screens offer much higher resolution compared to predecessors.
Management
You may wonder how all those television panels are controlled. This is done using a management system. This is a sophisticated, yet user-friendly appliance that is set up in an office or cabinet usually located a distant from m the panel of screens. A technician configures the panels to display different images on the different panels or leave a single image on multiple screens. This provides a presentation that is easily modified to suit the audience or message.
This video wall hardware is housed in a compact device designed to fit into standard commercial grade computer cabinets or racks. Typically, the management system is set up away from the panel allowing a technician to remotely configure the settings and images. The video wall software is designed to be simple enough and does not require advanced training. Technical professionals learn how to set up and configure these systems in a single session.
The benefits of these types of visual marketing tools are available to any business and not limited to those with large technology and marketing budgets. They can be configured to allow interaction with the passerby or programmed to stream video or images 24 hours a day. People naturally are attracted to the television display making video walls an ideal method to deliver a highly targeted message to the viewer.
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