ClearOne Digital Media - Manual (Page 76)

How StreamNet reduces HDMI switching time and improves
system stability
Sync time between an HDMI connected source and display is typically around 2 seconds.
This can cause confusion with any user who selects a program source, fails to see a picture
and begins making other source selections. Source switching time is compounded in large
systems as every additional matrix switch, video processor or other HDMI connected device
in the chain increases the overall handshake and key exchange time.
Since StreamNet is not a matrix switched topology, switching between sources occurs
nearly instantaneously as the source is always in sync with the StreamNet encoder, and the
display is always in sync with the StreamNet decoder.
This means in practical application, a user on a StreamNet system experiences the speed
and reliability of analog, but with the picture quality, resolution and performance of digital.
StreamNet system architecture is point to point, exactly how the HDMI interface was
conceived to operate. With StreamNet, system stability is improved due to the elimination of
multiple levels of devices leading to fewer key exchanges, improving the odds of a display
not blanking.
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