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Are you kidding? What kind of a/v user needs to extend HDMI over 500 feet AND have fiber optic run in their house AND can't afford a $1500 solution? The only houses I know being prewired with fiber are the mansions outside of my neighborhood. For the rest of us, CAT5e will work just fine until the pricing comes down on fiber.]]>Mar 4th 2009 9:35AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/04/gefen-ships-pricey-hdmi-v1-3-fiber-extender/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/04/gefen-ships-pricey-hdmi-v1-3-fiber-extender/
Mike - pretty dope that you live near mansions. ]]>Mar 4th 2009 10:04AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/04/gefen-ships-pricey-hdmi-v1-3-fiber-extender/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/04/gefen-ships-pricey-hdmi-v1-3-fiber-extender/
The brand new Cat6 baluns from Gefen will work up to 70ft with HDMI 1.3. If you go over that, you have to drop down to HDMI 1.2 support, you also lose bitstream audio capability and support for mult-channel drops from 7.1 to 5.1. While the Cat6 extenders are only $599 retail compared to $1500 for the fiber solution (plus fiber optic cables!), in many situations where the customer wants or needs to maintain full functionality, this is the ONLY solution.

Mike is correct in his assesment, the person who needs this product is not going to shy away from the price tag. This will be used in high end projector setups as well as for HDMI video distribution throughout the home. If a person can afford the costs involved with video distribution, and extra $1500 per TV is not going to be an issue.]]>Mar 4th 2009 12:23PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/04/gefen-ships-pricey-hdmi-v1-3-fiber-extender/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/04/gefen-ships-pricey-hdmi-v1-3-fiber-extender/Mar 11th 2009 5:39PM