Gefen (Chatsworth, CA) started shipping its GefenTV Wireless for HDMI 5Ghz Extender, which can deliver multiple identical non-HDCP-compliant HDTV signals to individual receivers. Digital 5.1 and analog stereo audio are bundled along with the video signal using technology by Amimon (Santa Clara, CA).
Operating in "unicast" mode, the extender simply extends a single HDCP-compliant signal up to 100 feet. But in "broadcast" mode, the same source can be directed to multiple displays. (HDCP is the content-protection system that regulates the transmission of, say, Blu-ray movies in consumer environments.) That makes it well-suited, Gefen says, for larger venues that have outgrown previous HD wireless systems.
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