HDBaseT: Why It's A Better Option Than Coaxial for Your Home Theater
If you are thinking about installing a new home theater system, you may be wondering what the best means is for distributing video throughout your home. For this reason, this article compares the features and benefits of the two most popular distribution systems: HD Coaxial and HDBaseT. It also gives some reasons as to why we think HDBaseT is the best of the two options. HD Coaxial. In an HD Coaxial system, the various video sources (satellite receivers, cable boxes, blu-ray players, DVRs, etc.) That are used in the house are placed into one location inside a single room. Each source is then connected to an RF Modulator, which is a device that takes the video signal from the source and encodes it into a particular channel to be broadcast through coaxial cable. A separate RF modulator must be used for each source that is connected to the system. After the signal goes through the modulator, it is connected to a "combiner", which combines the signals from all of ...