Sound & Communications February 2009 Issue

The Only Solution for the Digital AgeThere’s no question that the digital age is here today. Analog television is going off the air; practically every devicethat plugs into a display has an HDMI port; the latest MacBooks only provide DisplayPort outputs; laptops nowinclude built-in Blu-ray players; and the latest video conferencing systems feature HDMI/DVI outputs exclusively.The products you’re using now won’t work for much longer. Crestron DigitalMedia (DM) is the only solution thatanswers the challenges of tomorrow – today.Crestron began designing products with HDMI technology more than five years ago, and have shipped thousandsof HDMI products over the last three years. But DM is more than just another HDMI switcher or extender; it’sa complete, integrated solution that manages, controls and distributes all analog and uncompressed HD digitalcontent over twisted pair or fiber. DM matrix switchers are flexible, modular systems that can accept virtually everysignal type and transmit them long distance as digital DM signals. Built-in exclusive QuickSwitch HD TM maintainsa constant HDCP connection for fast, glitch-free HD switching. At the end points, DM receivers control and outputHDMI to the display.Distributes:+ analog AV and HD computer+ uncompressed digital AV+ HDMI 1.3 with Deep Color+ Simultaneous HDMI stereo and 7.1+ USB mouse and keyboard+ QuickSwitch HD TM - glitch-free HDMI switching+ Manages HDCP content protection+ EDID resolution management+ CEC device control over HDMI+ Gigabit Ethernet switchingGo to crestron.com/digitalmedia to learn the facts about HD distributionand how Crestron DigitalMedia is delivering the solutions you’ll need fortomorrow right now.