[mythtv-users] HDMI over IP

[Bill Williamson]

On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 2:34 PM, Bill Williamson <bill at bbqninja.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 2:14 PM, Jean-Yves Avenard <jyavenard at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 2009/9/16 Allen Edwards <allen.p.edwards at gmail.com>:
>>
>>> It sounds like they are just using Cat5 cable and not an IP protocol.
>>
>> That can't be...
>> They would never be able to carry hdmi 1.3 over cat5 over 300 feet if
>> that was the case.
>>
>> Current hdmi over cat5 solutions require two cat5 cable.
>>
>> In any case, I wonder what kind of magical compression they can use to
>> transfer a 2.25Gbit/s over a 100Mbit/s link
>
>
> blu rays are 1080p24 at 20-30mbps.  On air HDTV is 1080i50 at 12mbps.
> All they need is a realtime encoder/decoder, which from reading their
> specs is what is sounds like they have....
>
> Not a good solution IMO but it IS a solution.
>

And for in-building video distribution networks it actually COULD be a
good solution to be honest.