All Articles Tagged Locking Hdmi

Julie Jacobson | 05/14 09:29 AM, 1 Comment

While numerous manufacturers have tried, only two of them have received blessings from HDMI Licensing for their HDMI locking connectors. Perfect Path from PPC is one of them. Arguably the first company to introduce locking connectors back in 2007, PPC started out with a “high-retention” product that could withstand 10 pounds of force. Early efforts from other manufacturers required external pieces, including screws and special accommodations on the components themselves. Not so with PPC cables. The first-generation product included a latch on the connector that locked into the corresponding hole… View this story

Julie Jacobson | 01/25 09:52 AM, 2 Comments

Let’s face it, integrators have a love-hate relationship with HDMI cables. They fall out of components. They’re terribly unforgiving if you bend them too far or damage the connector. And that’s just the beginning. For the past couple of years, cable manufacturers have implemented clever ways to overcome the inherent problems of the HDMI standard. PPC, for example, started the “locking HDMI” movement back in 2008, but other contenders have emerged since then to provide solutions for the nagging problem of HDMI cables falling out of components. Numerous other manufacturers… View this story