User:FKnight88/sandbox

Lightware Visual Engineering is a leading manufacturer of DVI, HDMI and DisplayPort matrix switchers, signal extenders and accessories for the professional AV market. Lightware’s goal is to recognize industry needs and develop the highest quality, high performance products by continuously consulting with integrators, rental technicians and design engineers.

Overview
Lightware principally produces Pro-series matrix routers. The technology breaks many standard limitations allowing 60 meters DVI cable on input, Advanced EDID Management, Pixel Accurate Reclocking, LAN, RS-232, RS-422 control, fiber cable powering and more. All signals from Single-Link DVI to the highest resolution Dual-Link DVI can be managed by these routers which deliver the highest quality and performance in signal conditioning, retransmission and are designed for easy system integration. The Hybrid Modular Design means that AV professionals can choose various I/O sizes, video signal types and transport media options. The future-proofed matrix backplanes are able to switch 12.8 Gigabit per second allowing transportation of the next generation HDMI 1.4, 4K x 2K, 3D and Displayport 1.1 video signals. All of Lightware's products utilize pixel by pixel signal transmission from A to B. No latency and no compression ensure the signal is kept to its original quality.

Support
Lightware prides itself on top quality support and it is company policy that all system and product issues (both for end users and resellers) must be solved to complete satisfaction. This is the origin of one of their key principles: Customer satisfaction above all.

Training
Lightware gives educational seminars worldwide which are designed to provide an insight into the specifics, pitfalls and best practices when integrating the major digital video formats. Lightware trainers and engineers respond to all questions using their extensive knowledge of signal transmission.

25G
The 25G is the latest product from Lightware. It is not only a matrix switcher or router. It’s a full signal path infrastructure from end to end. The 25G is capable of receiving Video, Audio, Ethernet, USB KVM, IR, CEC and RS-232 signals through a single HDMI, CAT, or optical cable and routing these from 160 inputs to 160 outputs. On top of this additional layers are added for each signal type allows for multiple signal types to come in on one input and be routed to any output independently of each other. These layers add a new dimension to the switching capabilities; the 25G effectively contains a separate 160x160 matrix switch for each different signal type.

The 25G can accept many video formats such as analog VGA, Interlaced Composite Video, DVI, Dual-Link DVI, HDMI 1.4 with 3D, SDI, 3G-SDI and/or DisplayPort 1.1/1.2. It has 3 channels for audio: embedded audio, forward audio(a separate S/PDIF channel), and return audio. The Ethernet acts as a 320 port switcher which can be divided up into separate VLANs. The other signals can also be divided to allow or restricted access of different users. Specific inputs can also be restricted from specific outputs effectively creating virtual matrices with the capability of having such matrices overlap one another.

Awards
Lightware’s UMX4x4-Pro professional universal matrix switcher was highly recommended at the 2012 EMEA InAVation Awards.

Lightware’s MX-FR80R digital crosspoint router frame was highly recommended at the 2011 EMEA InAVation Awards.