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This is a very exciting time in Consumer Electronics. Content creators and CE device manufacturers are all doing their part to create better HD video and audio. All this adds up to more opportunity for the CE Installer. To successfully navigate these new opportunities you must first understand what is out there today and what’s coming in the near future. What kind of HD are you selling?

Bandwidth Required (Gbps) 12

Honeywell cables are capable of performing at 10.2 Gbps.

Improvements in HD video are being made in three major ways: Resolution: The total number of pixels in the video field (or dots on the screen). 1080p is the highest resolution available today via Blu-ray, HDDVD, PS3, XBox360 and download. Color Depth: The number of colors available for display (think the more crayons in the box, the better picture you can draw). Measured by bit-rate, 8 bit is common today, enabling 16.9 million colors, 12 bit is the highest available today which enables trillions of colors. Refresh Rate: The frequency with which new information appears on the screen. Most televisions today have a 60 Hz refresh rate, or simply put they display new information 60 times a second. New televisions by the end of 2007 will be able to refresh at 120Hz.

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480p Standard DVDPlayer

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720p/1080i HD Set Top Box

1080p HDDVD, Blue-ray, PS3, Other

Most “minimally compliant” HDMI cables can only perform at 2.23 Gbps.

The bandwidth required to pass a HD signal is computed by: Resolution X Color Depth X Refresh Rate

As new technologies are making improvements on all fronts, the bandwidth requirements are increasing dramatically. To support the best HD, you must choose an HDMI cable that can support the bandwidth requirements! Eye Pattern Tests can graphically depict how well an HDMI cable can pass a signal. As content improves and bandwidth requirements increase, the results from this test become more critical. While most “minimally compliant” cables only support bandwidths up to 2 Gbps, Honeywell cables far exceed today’s requirements by supporting bandwidths up to 10 Gbps. This means that the Honeywell HDMI cable you install today will be able to support the best HD of tomorrow.

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