Apantac Brings Together HDBaseT and openGear Technology in a Single Solution at ISE 2016

Apantac, provider of cost-effective multiviewers, video walls, extenders, and signal processing solutions is launching its new HDMI Extender/Receiver Set with HDBaseT™ Technology for the openGear® Platform at ISE 2016, stand 10-S114.

Apantac brings the Technical & Engineering Emmy® Award technology of HDBaseT and openGear together in a new openGear card. openGear is an open platform with over 60 development partners that offers broadcast quality & stability for HDBaseT extension. The combination of HDBaseT and openGear provides the redundancy and reliability for live events as well as mission critical installations.

Apantac’s new HDMI HDBaseT Extender card for openGear (Model: OG-HDBT-EAPx) transmits uncompressed 4K, 2K, HD, 3D, embedded digital audio, as well as control signals such as RS232 and IR over a single CATx cable. The card is front accessible, hot swappable and modular, which combines seamlessly with existing openGear cards with other functionality such as; scalers, converters, multiviewers with HDMI/DVI and SDI inputs (and more) in the same 2RU chassis. Ten of the OG-HDBT-EAPx cards can fit into an openGear frame, and when used with the standalone HDBT-1-R receiver, it supports distances up to 100 meters / 330 feet. 

The new HDMI with HDBaseT Extender for openGear will be shown at Apantac’s ISE 2016 stand 10-S114.