Gefen Super Booster Plus for HDMI 1.3

The Gefen Super Booster Plus for HDMI 1.3 is an attractive alternative to the use of HDMI baluns for sending HDMI signals over intermediate distances. It enables you to use your standard, “off the shelf” HDMI cable to transmit superb HDTV visuals plus multichannel digital audio in a single cable way beyond the limited HDMI specification of normal cables.

The Super Booster Plus supports displays up to 1080p and HDMI 1.3 features such as deep colour and lossless audio formats. The Super Booster Plus model implements DDC reclocking which makes HDCP handshaking and EDID transmission more reliable over long distances of copper cable.

Using the tiny Gefen HDMI Super Booster Plus you can send HDMI digital audio and video up to 60 metres. The HDMI Super Booster works by correcting any digital degradation that occurs when HDMI is used to send AV signals beyond the specified distance.

The importance of a powered HDMI booster

This is a powered device and does not take power from the 5V feed on the HDMI cable. This means that it will not detract from the ability of your HDMI source, eg Blu-ray player, to trigger and communicate with your HDTV display. (HDMI sources send a 5 Volt feed to the display upon start up. The display reacts to this through a function known as 'hot plug detect'. This then triggers the HDMI source to send out a request for EDID information covering display resolution, etc. Only when this information has been received by the HDMI source will it set up communication with the display and then send out the HDCP checking signal. If the display confirms HDCP compliance then the video picture is sent. If the display does not receive a minimum of 4.7V on the HDMI cable the process will not begin and no video will be fed to the display)

How it works

This 'plug and play' installation takes mere seconds. You simply connect the HDMI cable on one side of the HDMI Super Booster and the display’s cable on the other side. The Gefen HDMI Super Booster sits between the end of your HDMI cable and your display. Because it replicates digital video signals, you also have the option of connecting another HDMI cable to the Super Booster, daisy chaining Boosters and cables for greater distances.
NB: The last Gefen Super Booster Plus for HDMI 1.3 in the chain should be no more than 5 metres from the display device.

CyberSelect testing

We have tested this device at a distance of 51 metres @1080p with no 'sparkles', ie the usual first sign of loss of quality on an HDMI digital signal. At 720p resolution we achieved 61 metres.

Features

• Perfects digital video sent over long stretches of HDMI cables
• Extends HDMI displays away from the HDTV source
• Maintains multiple high definition resolutions up to 1080p or 1920x1200 for computers
• HDCP pass-through and HDMI compliant
• DDC Robustness gives a stronger signal at long distances
• 5 Volt power supply included for extra amplification
• Installs in minutes

HDMI 1.3 Features Supported

• 225 MHz (up to 12 bit YUV 444 @ 1080p)
• Dolby TrueHD & DTS Master
• Deep Color Supported (XV Color)
• Lip-Sync Pass Through
• CEC Pass Through

Specification

• Video Amplifier Bandwidth: 225 MHz
• Actual Bandwidth: 1.6 GHz
• Input Video Signal: 1.2 Volts p-p
• Input DDC Signal: 5 Volts p-p (TTL)
• HDMI Connector: Type A 19 pin
• Dimensions: 41mm W x 19mm H x 44mm D Shipping Weight: 200g

Part code: EXT-HDMI1.3-141SBP