HDMI matrix with Cat6 outputs?

[Richard Challis <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

My wife has a real thing about the noise harddrives and fans make. So
getting the budget for putting our Freeview HD Humax, Proposed Freesat
Humax, Bluray player, media PC all together in node zero has started
to look promising. Esp as I am gradually floodwiring with Cat 5e (with
Cat 6 to places where I think I'm going to need serious bandwidth ie
TV's etc)

I've been looking at the VisionHD MX0404-320 from CyberSelect. Which
is a 4 by 4 matrix.

http://www.cyberselect.co.uk/product/1585

This looks like it ticks all the boxes. With ethernet control, RS232
control and IR. Distribution over HDMI or Cat6. Also has IR relay back
from the TV's.

Also been looking at the range Keene has -

http://www.keene.co.uk/electronic/cyp/cyp-pu-04h4c-v1.3-hdmi-4-x-4-matrix-w/-cat6-module/PU04H4C.html

I have looked at several of the HDMI true IP products, inc the one
reviewed on Automated Home. Are they really worth the price premium?

Any that I really should touch with a barge pole?

I read somewhere that a number of installers have given up with HDMI
and still use component? I have a bunch of component Kramer units here
for converting to cat5 and back, is this really the answer?

What ever the solution I would want to still to use 1080p as a default
resolution.

I use Idratek as my home automation, but also use XAP, modbus over
RS485 and TCP/IP. So IR control and serial are normally the best way
to control anything. Any Matrix out there understand XAP natively /
directly over ethernet?

Any ideas?

Thanks

Richard


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