VizionWare Offers HDMI Switching with Lip-sync Correction

VizionWare will display its VZ-S5100 5x1 HDMI switcher and digital audio synchronizer at CEDIA Expo 2008 (booth 345).

The switcher offers lip-sync correction with 5-in, 1-out HDMI 1.3 switching.

The five HDMI inputs are combined with user-adjustable and programmable lip-sync correction that may be independently associated with its own degree of audio delay from 0-100ms in 2ms increments.

"Advanced installations require switching between multiple HDMI sources – typically more than are provided for on high-end switchers and other in-path distribution products, such as AV receivers," says VizionWare VP of sales and marketing Ben Jamison.

An HDMI switcher is the ideal place to add lip-sync correction to an A/V installation, otherwise correction must occur at each source device, or in an A/V receiver or A/V processor, which may not contain a sufficient number of HDMI inputs.

Once adjusted by the installer, audio synchronization values are set into each port's memory in order to compensate for the amount of video processing (the cause of audio and video being out of "sync”) required by each source.

These adjustments allow users to say goodbye to annoying "lip sync" artifacts that can mar an installation.

The VZ-S5100 also features:

• Maximum-length cable runs on each end of the switcher to delivering 1080p
• Bi-directional RS-232 to integrate with whole-house, home-theater or commercial A/V systems
• IR control

MSRP for the VZ-S5100 is $799.