Lindy HDMI Splitters Support 1080p and 3D

New Lindy HDMI Splitter (part codes 38026 and 38027) now support 3D over HDMI as well as 1080p.

Higher speed: HDMI 1.3 increases its single-link bandwidth to 340 MHz (10.2 Gbps) to support the demands of future HD display devices, such as higher resolutions, Deep Colour and high frame rates. In addition, built into the HDMI 1.3 specification is the technical foundations that will let future versions of HDMI reach significantly higher speeds

Deep Colour: HDMI 1.3 supports 10-bit, 12-bit and 16-bit (RGB or YCbCr) colour depths, up from the 8-bit depths in previous versions of the HDMI specification, for stunning rendering of over one billion colours in unprecedented detail

Broader colour space: HDMI 1.3 adds support for “x.v.Color™”, which removes current colour space limitations and enables the display of any colour viewable by the human eye

New mini connector: With small portable devices such as HD camcorders and still cameras demanding seamless connectivity to HDTVs, HDMI 1.3 offers a new, smaller form factor connector option

Lip Sync: Because consumer electronics devices are using increasingly complex digital signal processing to enhance the clarity and detail of the content, synchronization of video and audio in user devices has become a greater challenge and could potentially require complex end-user adjustments. HDMI 1.3 incorporates automatic audio synching capabilities which allow devices to perform this synchronization automatically with total accuracy

New HD lossless audio formats: In addition to HDMI‘s current ability to support high-bandwidth uncompressed digital audio and all currently-available compressed formats (such as Dolby® Digital and DTS®), HDMI 1.3 adds additional support for new lossless compressed digital audio formats Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio™

The splitter coupled with a high speed hdmi cable gives perfect 3D to more than 1 screen.

HDMI Matrix Switch

What is an HDMI Matrix switch?

It is an HDMI switch that allows 2 or more inputs to be connected to 2 or more outputs simultaneously, for example a 2 x 2 HDMI matrix switch has two inputs and two outputs, we could connect a blu ray DVD to input 1 and a Sky HD box to input  2, output 1 and output 2 would be connected to the displays, eg 2 plasmas or a plasma and a projector. With a matrix switch each output can connect to any input ie we could watch a blu ray DVD on display 1 and 2 or Sky HD on display 1 and blu ray on display 2 etc. A matrix can be configured to perform the same function as an HDMI splitter although they tend to cost more money.

HDMI Splitters

An HDMI splitter is a device that splits an HDMI signal to multiple displays, sometimes called an HDMI Distribution Amplifer. Suppose you wanted to watch Sky HD on 2 TVs, an HDMI splitter could be used to duplicate the input and give 2 identical outputs. The number of outputs provided is referred to as ports or ways, you may see the item described as a 2 port or 2 way if it has 2 outputs. A typical 2 port splitter shown below will cost around £40.

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