History of HDMI: In the Beginning
Tuesday, July 7, 2015 8:50:46 PM America/New_York
By C. I. Source
Although HDMI® 2.0 has been out for a while, this technology still has a dark shroud of mystery surrounding it. Dealers and manufactures are afraid of HDMI while customer demand is looming. We’ll examine some of the issues we’ve had to deal with as we get underway with this new frontier in Part 1. Be sure to watch for Part 2, Into the Future of HDMI in our next installment.
The question is: “As an industry, how do we salve the fears and provide the client with what they need to move forward with the new HDMI interface?”
To fully understand the new technology, let’s review. Let’s look at how we evolved, where we are presently, and where we are headed in the future:
HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!!
Thursday, July 2, 2015 1:06:36 PM America/New_York
HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!!!!
FROM METRA HOME THEATER GROUP
Introducing C.I. Source
Tuesday, June 23, 2015 1:16:00 PM America/New_York
In an effort to better engage and inform our customers, Metra Home Theater Group would like to introduce our mascot - C.I. Source ! C.I. Source (appropriately named after the Custom Integrator audience he will serve), is an adorable, approachable, tech-savvy, and slightly frazzled-looking, home theater enthusiast created to provide brand recognition for Metra Home Theater and serve as a tool to educate and provide solutions to our customer base.
To ensure customers fully appreciate our new mascot, we gave C.I. Source a rich history:
Most asked Spyclops Tech Questions
Tuesday, June 9, 2015 1:55:49 PM America/New_York
Our Spyclops tech department is busy helping customers and I happen to sit in the same room. So the thought came to be one day, “What are the most asked questions?” I fired off an email and asked “What question do you answer the most regarding our Spyclops line?”
I was given the top three most asked Spyclops tech questions:
- I am having issues connecting on my phone with ESEE, HELP?
Make sure you have full signal on your Smartphone or tablet to pull the video through, especially if you have more than four cameras connected. Videos pull more bandwidth than games or regular apps.
The Easy Way To Digital Audio Back To Your AVR
Tuesday, June 2, 2015 2:03:52 PM America/New_York
Today everybody has a smart TV with all kinds of built in Apps. The most common problem that “CI's” face is getting the Digital Audio from these TV Apps back to the AVR. One answer is of course the ARC function back thru the HDMI® cable and while this is a “simple” one cable solution it is NOT a simple one button user solution.
Here is a simple one button user solution and if you can get a piece of coax (RG/6 or RG/59) between the display and the AVR you can make this happen.
Directions: First, on most displays there is an Optical output connection that supports Dolby Digital, come out of this with a short optical cable and go into our CS-D2D optical to coax format convertor. Second you will adapt the “F” connector to an RCA connection at both ends, plug the coax into one of the SPDIF connections on the back of your AVR. Third program the remote to select that SPDIF input when your client wants to watch in TV apps.
