The Need for Speed

I like performance cars, and I always have. They are fun to drive, look at, and talk about. I used to have a vintage Chevrolet Corvette – a real muscle car. I could go anywhere in that car, and people would invariably want to talk to me about it. Wherever I went, the car was a conversation starter. Car enthusiasts are often interested in the specs of the vehicle. They talk about the top speed, rate of acceleration, horsepower, torque and other sporty features.

Unless they take their car out on the track, they rarely experience the car’s full potential. For those that haven’t tracked a car, it’s a lot of fun and I recommend trying it. From what I have observed, the typical driver is taking their car to the coffee shop, ski slope or a trendy nightspot –?just like I used to do with the Corvette.

In the professional AV world, we are obsessed with performance specifications, too. We spend a lot of time exchanging specs, such as lines of resolution, MHz, refresh rates, color depth and other important details. Do these specs truly make a difference? In the day-to-day life of these integrated systems, people spend most of their time simply driving to the coffee shop (hypothetically speaking). They’re displaying presentations, charts and graphs, web pages or plain video signals.

Sometimes customers have a real need for speed, though. They are delivering signals at the leading edge of video performance for special and unique applications. A few examples include:

·???????Extended reality (XR) and augmented reality (AR) in large format spaces and studios utilize the highest resolution video possible. These applications tout gaming reality engine servers, proper resolution, refresh rates and color depth, which are critical to creating the realism these platforms can offer.

·???????eSports and large-format gaming applications depend on the hand and eye coordination of players seeing and reacting to visual cues. Any lags in performance can literally affect their ability to compete effectively.

Lightware offers a range of AV over IP solutions. In traditional huddle and meeting spaces, our VINX product line allows for simple and affordable HDMI 1.4 4K signal distribution over CatX wiring using one Gigabit Ethernet technology.

For those that have a real need for speed, we also make the fastest car on the track. Lightware’s UBEX solution allows up to 600 MHz bandwidth signals to pass at pixel and frame-accurate 18 Gpbs data rates. When deployed with 10 Gigabit Ethernet switches using our link aggregation technology, users can setup practically unlimited virtual matrices with bi-directional failover capability. This will ensure that every bit of the creators’ intent and the operators’ input are seen and recorded with maximum fidelity. UBEX is being installed to support the most important events at the most demanding enterprise users in the world. Ubex is also powering the live events from your favorite artists and performers. When you need the best and fastest car on the track, we can help. Hop in! Let’s take a spin!

Learn more about Lightware’s AVoverIP offerings here: https://lightware.com/products/av-over-ip