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Rainbow Fish Solves Issue of Long HDMI Runs
Rainbow Fish's proprietary solution distributes the uncompressed HDMI signal over fiber up to 1,000 feet and does not require additional gear such as baluns or power supplies.
"We are the first company in the world to offer dealers a pre-terminated solution for longer runs of HDMI," commented Buzz Delano of Delano & Associates, consultant for the company, at CEDIA Expo 2011. The cable comes pre-terminated with proprietary silicon at the transmission and receiving side and leverages the power from the transmission side (via the HDMI connection at the source).
Rainbow Fish pull rings are available to make pulling the pre-terminated wire through walls or ceilings, increasing the pull strength of the fiber and reducing the tension at the termination. All a dealer has to do is take the Rainbow Fish cable, wrap it twice around the pull ring and pull the ring through the walls.
Rainbow Fish pre-terminated HDMI over fiber cables are available this October.
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So what happens if your TV does not have a USB port?
It pulls voltage from the HDMI port(s).
Actually, these cables are already available and in stock at AVAD!
I have tested them in our showroom and they work FLAWLESSLY! I saw a MAJOR improvement in picture quality when I swapped out an older cable we were using on a display with one of these. (Yes, there IS a difference in picture quality with different HDMI cables!)
The reason the USB connection is required is because you need power both at the transmit and receive side of the cable. On the transmit side, they can simply pull power off of the 5volt rail on the HDMI connection, but on the receive side, there is no power available on the HDMI plug. If you do not have a USB connection available, a garden variety USB “wall wart” transformer will work just fine.
I really think Rainbow Fish has a winner with their new products. We have been selling out of the 55 foot and 75 foot cables as fast as we get them in! My favorite thing about them is they offer a concealed cable solution for situations where you CANT get a cable into the walls. It is extremely easy to tuck this cable under a base board or under carpet. Additionally, the price of the cables often makes them cheaper than a cat5/cat6 HDMI extender! Good stuff, HIGHLY recommended!
This was one of CEDIA 11’s best launches. I understand this solution is HDMI certified - cool!
@Hagai, yes it is HDMI certified! I agree with you - very cool!
Yeah, I spent a good amount of time in the booth with these guys. I drilled them on the product, took a seriously long look at the picture quality going thru the 1kft reel and up to the tv, and wiggling the cable around to see how flexible durable it is. In a word. Awesome. I cannot wait to use this on longer hdmi runs.
I saw this at the EXPO and thought it was really cool, especially the all-in-one 1000’ kit. Each HDMI termination has the electrics required for fiber optic transmission which makes them larger than regular HDMI ends. I could imagine these would be HARD to pull through walls. I spoke to them about making the HDMI terminations removable via an SC connector, which they mentioned was already in the works.