HDMI is one of the hottest features in all of home theater these days. A single cable that can carry uncompressed, high definition, multi-channel digital audio and gigabit HD video is the kind of simplicity that mainstream consumers have always wished for in their HDTV home theater systems. Receiver and AV preamp companies are scurrying to add HDMI switching to their components as quickly as possible.

As a precautionary measure and out of concern for consumer safety, Microsoft Corp. announced that it will voluntarily replace the power cords on 14.1 million Xbox consoles worldwide.

Police raided the offices and warehouse of Ashland, Oregon-based high-end audio cable company Tara Labs last week, according to news sources. The raid is reportedly due to the company falsely claiming to make their cables in the United States when they were outsourcing the manufacturing overseas.

Typical DVI cable has bandwidth limitations in lengths greater than 15 feet. These limitations pose performance problems for projector installations that require lengths much greater than 15 feet. Most projector installations with typical DVI cable require inline signal boosting or optical conversion to transfer the DVI signal over longer lengths. Signal boosting and optical conversion, however, introduce noise and artifacts that are deleterious to the best video resolution.

Runco International has unveiled the LiveLink DVI Cabling System. The LiveLink Cabling System is the first and only DVI cable system that effectively supports long distance signal transmissions, preserving the quality of digital high definition video signal at cable runs up to 75 feet. This Runco-engineered innovation also allows custom installers to use standard sized wall and floor conduits in sending DVI signals from processors to remote video displays. Runco’s LiveLink DVI Cabling System is available now in lengths of 25, 35, 50 and 75 feet.