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Audio, video,
VGA, DVI, HDMI, and USB baluns are frequently used in home
theater applications, particularly because: |
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Baluns allow
you to send ultra high resolution signals, such as DVI and
HDMI, longer distances
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Many houses
already have twisted pair cabling, such as Cat 5, installed
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Twisted
Pair cable is smaller and easier to pull and hide than traditional
cable
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Baluns help eliminate
ground loops and RF interference
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Baluns and
twisted pair cable typically cost significantly less than
traditional cable over long distances
 A
common home theater application is distributed audio and video,
or sending a single source to multiple destinations. Typically,
this will be the audio and video from a DVD player or VCR
sent to multiple televisions located throughout the house.
In such applications, the Intelix AVDA-8-F,
HDDA-8-F, HDMI-2X2,
or HDMI-2X8 are typically
used as distribution hubs.
Another common application is
switching between multiple high-definition sources. The Intelix
HDMI-5X1 provides switching
between five inputs.
 Another
common home theater application is routing audio and video from a VCR,
DVD player, or satellite to a remote projector or plasma. Traditionally,
this could become an expensive, cumbersome task if the AV cables were
not already installed--especially when sending the high resolution
signals associated with HDTV and DVI. However, baluns allow you to
transmit audio and video--including hi-definition--over a single,
inexpensive Cat 5 cable that is easy to run or hide.
 Audio
transmission also frequently factors into home theater applications.
In many cases, the audio is disassociated from the video.
In other words, a DVD player source transmitting both audio
and video will send audio to a receive and video to a monitor,
such as a plasma. The beauty of baluns is that a single Cat
5 cable typically supports both the audio and video signals.
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