Black Box’s IP and Coax RF Distribution for Digital Signage

Black Box Corp. (Lawrence, PA), a provider of voice communications, data infrastructure, and product solutions, has introduced MediaCento™ solutions that s designed to reduce the cost of distributing media to digital signage in large buildings.
The plug-and-play hardware solutions include:
The MediaCento IP, which uses video-over-IP technology to distribute HD video and audio over an existing LAN (or a qualified WAN). A single transmitter can deliver 1080p media, including Flash, DVD and HDMI video content, at Gigabit speeds over CAT5e or CAT6 to an unlimited number of digital displays by leveraging existing TCP/IP network connections.
The MediaCento RF uses low-cost coax cabling to broadcast video and audio to one or more HDTV screens. Supporting both VGA and Component video-source input, it encodes and modulates signals for single-channel RF transmission over existing coax wiring. The HDTV’s QAM tuner enables the reception of the MediaCento channel, so no set-top box or other piece of hardware is required at the digital-signage screen. The channel can even be combined with 133 other HDTV channels for broadcast to rooms throughout a hotel, hospital or other building.
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