The Market

As the consumption of and demand for high quality HD content increases, so does the interest of the end user in enhancing his entertainment experience. The need for easy access to premium HD content increases with the desire to easily distribute, control and consume the content, while enjoying a home entertainment experience with an improved look and feel.  

Consumers are looking for a way to connect TVs and other display equipment with entertainment devices, such as a Blu-ray DVD player, for in-home converged distribution of HD multimedia content. But today, connectivity and distribution of video, audio and Internet are inconsistent. Consumer electronics manufacturers and content providers are pushing the limits of existing wired connectivity technologies, such as HDMI, MOCA and HomePlug, and emerging wireless technologies, including 802.11n, WHDI and WirelessHD.  

While some of these existing technologies are limited in terms of bandwidth and cannot support uncompressed video, others are limited in terms of distance, reliability, flexibility, overall system cost and cost of installation – all pressure points for the end user.  

The demand for in-home converged distribution of HD multimedia content and the lack of adequate existing technologies are driving the industry towards a HD digital connectivity standard that increases distance of data transfer, expands distribution, extends the range, simplifies installations and lowers overall system cost.  

There is no technology on the market today that is better positioned to be the future HD digital connectivity standard than HDBaseT™. Valens’ HDBaseT is the next HD digital connectivity standard that enables the evolution of HD video, audio and data connectivity and converged distribution in the home by offering a unique feature set to address the needs of CE manufacturers, content providers and the end-users.