Metra Home Theater Group (MHTG) announces new surveillance system cameras, hard drives, and a robust lineup of NVRs and XVRs from Spyclops. The new Spyclops Pro Series provides increased storage capacity for video recorders, 5-in-1 technology support for XVRs, and NVR options for larger surveillance systems to expand to 16, 36, and even 64 channels. New 4-in-1 HD Coax cameras and IP cameras come in a variety of styles for bullet, mini bullet, dome, turret dome, and mini turret dome options. An 8-channel wireless NVR kit allows for easy installation into smaller projects and new surveillance grade hard drives provide reliable storage options for video recording. The free Spyclops Pro remote viewing app features better uptime for reliable video playback and works specifically with the Pro Series line. These new products are in stock and shipping.

Metra Home Theater Group® (MHTG) is now shipping new LC fiber patch cables in lengths of 50, 75, 100, and 125 feet. These multi-mode OM3 cables feature an OFNR (Optical Fiber, Nonconductive, Riser) jacket rating and have duplex strand configuration. This is a new product category for Metra, which allows their customers to order all of their AV electronics and bulk cables from one trusted manufacturer. The following products are available now at MetraHomeTheater.com:

Metra Home Theater Group® (MHTG) is now shipping a new HDMI® Audio De-Embedder with Down Mixing, the CS-HDMABOD, by Ethereal®. This device allows you to take an HDMI source and de-embed the audio for use in either an optical audio connection or stereo RCA analog connection, all while still passing audio through on the HDMI output, preserving the quality of sound. This de-embedder can also down mix multi-channel bitstream audio to a stereo output to allow the installer to maintain 5.1 surround audio on the HDMI output.

Metra Home Theater Group® (MHTG) has added a new HDMI® 2.0 audio extractor to its AV product line, the CS-HAUD-EXT by Helios®. The CS-HAUD-EXT is a digital and analog audio extractor that provides full support for 1080p, 3D, 4K/30, 4K/60, and HDR. It features one HDMI input that converts audio to one HDMI, one optical, one digital coax, and one L/R stereo audio output. It supports ARC and the TV audio will return an output through the optical port. There are three audio mode options; 2.0, 5.1, and ADV. This new product is now shipping and provides custom integrators with a helpful solution when running audio return channels in professional home theater or commercial AV projects.

Metra Home Theater Group (MHTG) is now shipping new NVR and XVR surveillance system kits designed for easy setup and installation. The Spyclops® Pro Series kits are available in 4 and 8-channel NVR options that support 4K with PoE, 4 and 8-channel XVR kits that support 5MP, and a 4-channel wireless NVR kit that supports 1080p. These new kits include everything needed for installation in one convenient package; the NVR or XVR with a pre-installed hard drive, bullet cameras, wiring, and a USB mouse.