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It has become clear recently that deploying high-performance and reliable wireless networks is a bit of a pain point for integrators. While I believe a physical cable offers higher performance and reliability, there simply are too many products designed to rely solely on wireless in today’s mobile-device-centric world for integrators to solve problems by running new cables.
Coming from an industry that has a strong background in high-performance audio systems, talking about “wireless speakers” among peers has traditionally been viewed akin to using a four-letter word during a religious service.
I’m guessing you’ve heard the terms Ultra HD and 4K by now. Coming out of CES 2013, the buzz about these new ultra high-resolution video formats has been inescapable. With major display manufacturers championing UHD as the greatest thing since the invention of the motion picture, it is tough to separate the technophile specs that we all love to geek out on from the real-world applications.
I’m fairly confident that anyone reading this column already knows what an HDMI cable is and what it’s designed to do. However, just like a truck morphing into a giant super-cool robot, there are multitudes of complexities to the HDMI system lurking beneath that seemingly simple PVC-jacketed exterior.
Over the course of the past few years Ethernet jacks and/or WiFi features have become ubiquitous across every category of electronic device imaginable and — just in case you haven’t noticed — the security industry is certainly no exception. From IP cameras, to DVRs, to RFID access controls, the number of devices being manufactured that include network connectivity options is increasing at an exponential rate.
