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.

Metra Home Theater Group (MHTG) is showcasing HDMI cables with 48Gbps bandwidth, 8K products, next-generation HDMI electronics and more at booth 1-Q80 at the 2020 Integrated Systems Europe show in Amsterdam. Their new products launched at the recent CEDIA Expo and CES will be heading to ISE.

Metra Home Theater Group's Brent McCall demos the new 100 meter Velox fiber HDMI cable, showcasing its 48Gbps bandwidth capability using a real 8K signal generator from Murideo at CES 2020 in the Metra Home Theater Group booth. The EHV-HDG2 Series from Velox will be available in lengths from 10 to 100 meters, or 32.8 to 328 feet.

Metra Home Theater Group's tech team discusses the recent announcement that HDMI made at CES 2020 regarding their ultra high speed HDMI cable certification program for HDMI 2.1. While this announcement made headlines, it also brought up some very important questions for installers. We sat down with Brent McCall to answer those questions with what we know about the testing and certification program.