The VS3000 chip from Valens enables HDBaseT to carry HDMI 2.0 signals up to 100 meters, and it also supports 1G Ethernet, USB 2.0, control signals and power delivery

Fully uncompressed video, enhanced audio, higher-quality USB among HDBaseT 3.0 highlights; port duality, online Certified Product list aid installers.

At ISE 2018, the HDMI-CEC geniuses at Pulse-Eight showed new Amazon Alexa audio matrix, NFC-enabled TV remote control, and first shipping 18 Gbps HDBaseT extender that supports 4K/60, HDR10, HDCP 2.2 and DSC compression scheme.

HDBaseT-IP and SDVoE are competing for long-distance AV-over-IP supremacy, with one having a big head start, and the other a recognized brand and strong legacy in HD video over Cat 5.

HDBaseT over IP, due out in June 2017, aims to maintain the HDBaseT protocol and encapsulate it over IP. See it at ISE 2017.