Epson becomes the latest leading manufacturer to join the HDBaseT Alliance, a consortium of companies that works to promote and standardise HDBaseT technology. Empowered by the Valens Semiconductor HDBaseT chipset, HDBaseT enables whole-home and commercial distribution of uncompressed HD multimedia content over a single Cat 5e/6 cable.

“One feature that makes HDBaseT so unique is that it enables long-reach wired connectivity up to 100m for uncompressed full HD multimedia content, making it ideal for projectors,” says Epson VI planning and design department general manager Yasunori Ogawa.

“Joining the HDBaseT Alliance enables us to provide our customers with the HDBaseT standard technology that will enable them to realise significant time and labour cost savings in part by relieving them of concerns about loss of video fidelity due to cable length.”

“Adding Epson, a worldwide leader in the projector market, to the HDBaseT Alliance will make the HDBaseT technology more available to meet the growing demand among both professionals and consumers,” says HDBaseT Alliance marketing chair Micha Risling.

“The HDBaseT Alliance has seen tremendous growth in membership, and products enabled by HDBaseT are already on the market. We expect to see additional devices coming to market throughout 2013 as the adoption rate continues to increase.”