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Essential Testing Equipment for AV Technicians

By Eric Bodley in Latest News & Insights Oct 16, 2024 0 comment

We’re often asked: what are the essential testing tools that my technicians absolutely need? After all, there are hundreds of products that analyze low-voltage signals, cables and connections. Some are feature rich, others target affordability. But what testers are essential? Which tools speed up installations and service calls, ensuring infrastructures meet specifications and signals perform […]

PDF Download: Comparing HDMI Extender Technology

By Eric Bodley in Latest News & Insights Oct 14, 2024 0 comment

What’s the best technology for extending HDMI? DSC, HDBaseT or SDVoE? When should HDMI over fiber extenders be selected over twisted pair extenders? Is it possible to extend control and multiplexed network signals with the HDMI stream? If so, how far? These questions are answered in a new LightSpeed Technologies® Advanced HDMI Extenders brochure from […]

HDMI Video Testers: Choosing the Right Tool

By Eric Bodley in Latest News & Insights Oct 10, 2024 0 comment

HDMI installations are notoriously hard to troubleshoot. Transmission length, device compliancy, resolution, handshaking and a myriad of other complexities go into a successful connection, and a single out-of-sync signal can mean the difference between ultra high-definition performance and a service call. Murideo was created to satisfy the need for modern testing tools in the audio-visual […]

Fiber Optic Testers: Choosing the Right Tool

By Eric Bodley in Latest News & Insights Oct 09, 2024 0 comment

Pulling and terminating fiber is only the start of the installation… how do you ensure the high-bandwidth cable you’re integrating fully performs to spec? After all, tight bends, dirty connections and loose connectors can all lead to loss, and fiber-based electronics are extremely sensitive to anything that affects the flow of light. This article examines […]

Rapidly Installing Fiber Demarcations — No Terminating Required!

By Eric Bodley in Latest News & Insights Oct 08, 2024 0 comment

Fiber broadband has become a necessary part of residential network, security and audio-visual installations. As of 2024, over 50% of US homes have access to fiber-based internet with over 69 million homes already connected with fiber. Thanks to $55 billion in allocated government infrastructure spending, this number is expected to grow beyond 91 million homes […]

Network Cable Testers: Choosing the Right Tool

By Eric Bodley in Latest News & Insights Oct 07, 2024 0 comment

Platinum Tools® delivers powerful, easy-to-use testing equipment for the installation, troubleshooting and maintenance of low-voltage cables and networks. Whether you need to verify cable continuity and length, map network locations or troubleshoot PoE, Platinum Tools ensures the project installs quickly and performs flawlessly. But with so many options, how do you know which tester is […]

PDF Download: Fiber Optic Reference Guide

By Eric Bodley in Latest News & Insights Oct 07, 2024 0 comment

New to fiber? Future Ready Solutions created a two-page Reference Guide to help identify and choose fiber type, cable construction and connectors by application. The guide is available in downloadable PDF format from www.futurereadysolutions.com or in printed format by contacting Future Ready Solutions directly at info@futurereadysolutions.com. Future Ready Solutions’ Fiber Optic Reference Guide furthers their […]

Future Ready Solutions Introduces Fiber Optic Training Course

By Eric Bodley in Latest News & Insights Oct 04, 2024 0 comment

Fiber has become a necessary part of low voltage installations thanks to fiber-to-the-home and business, increasing network speeds and ultra high-definition video. And while fiber is a new topic for many designers and installers, integrating fiber isn’t that difficult provided you understand the fundamentals of the infrastructure, tools, testers and troubleshooting. Future Ready Solutions, a […]

Why Input Dynamic Range Impacts Performance on Optical Fiber

By Jeff Boccacio in Latest News & Insights, DPL Labs Sep 22, 2024 0 comment

We take a look at a recurring issue within optical fiber installations that’s been causing many units to appear dead-on-arrival. Click Here to read this article on CEPro.com In a previous column, we noted that as newer optical fiber products are released, manufacturers are gradually understanding that emulating short copper cable with long-distance active optical fiber is […]

HDMI Extender Technology: DSC, HDBaseT or SDVoE?

By Eric Bodley in Latest News & Insights Sep 19, 2024 0 comment

Audio-visual extenders used to be simple. Choose a balun based on connector format, connect a twisted pair cable, and signals flow from point A to point B. At least that was the theory…. and it worked fine until HDMI and high-definition video came along. Today, baluns — those ubiquitous black boxes that balanced and transmitted […]

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