For years experts have been saying that fiber will eventually make its way into the home market to deliver high-speed connectivity for next-generation technology systems.
Today, after years of anticipation, fiber is now viable for home system installations. Helping to bring this technology into the residential market is cabling manufacturer Cleerline.
Cleerline's SSF fiber optic cables are designed to eliminate the challenges of using fiber on a regular basis, including residential installations.
The company explains that with bandwidth-intensive technologies such as 4K Ultra HD with high-dynamic range (HDR) and wide color gamuts (WCG) growing quickly the need for high-bandwidth fiber solutions is gaining popularity.
Looking back over the past decade, Cleerline explains that the electronics market has migrated from coax to Cat-5, Cat-5e, Cat-6, Cat-6a and Cat-7 with Cat-8 the next format to hit the industry.
Fiber, it says, has remained consistent and ahead of the curve throughout the evolution of category cabling formats, and it emphasizes that fiber is the only format that is capable of handling the bandwidth requirements of new technologies such as 4K at 60Hz and 4:4:4.
The company's SSF fiber products incorporate Cleerline's latest construction methods that result in the products being stronger and more robust than standard fiber solutions.
Cleerline says that its SSF products are also easier to terminate than standard fiber cables through the use of a proprietary polymer that prevents glass fiber from puncturing soft tissue to eliminate shards of glass from splintering away from the cabling.
