Cleerline's Rick Sant spoke with CE Pro about the company's latest products coming to CEDIA Expo 2019 including new HDMI AOCs, rugged cables and more.

Fiber, 8K, IoT, and resi-mercial products are cited as key contributors to 15% growth rate among 12-member Catalyst AV distributor group.

Active optical fiber (AOC) failure rates can largely depend on crude testing that does not account for increased distances after adding passive HDMI extenders.

According to Primex, device compatibility, service flexibility, security, and service coverage could slow the 5G revolution.

Luxul designed its new AMS-1816P 18-port PoE+ L2/L3 network switch as an affordable networking device integrators can use for mid-size A/V installations.

At CES 2019, the fiber-optic cabling company FIBBR will show its new 4-in-1 HDMI cable that is capable of supporting resolutions as high as 8K.