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THE GAME CHANGER NetworkHD 500 is the AVoIP system to beat for performance, control and simplicity

Build video walls up to 16x16 and control them with the NetworkHD Touch app

Wyrestorm’s new NetworkHD 500 series is changing the face of AVoIP, and it’s available today, says Habitech’s Video Solutions BDM Jay Brand.

For almost as long as the need for multiroom AV has existed, Wyrestorm’s been leading the drive to support it. Founded in 2010, the company has developed an unrivalled product ecosystem, embracing HDBT, HDMI, and AVoIP with a vast array of compatible cable, switch and matrix hardware, collecting over fifty innovation awards on the way to addressing every AV distribution challenge.

Today, Wyrestorm’s global reach co-opts the power of the Internet to deliver state-of-the-art VC and UC solutions in corporate and enterprise environments, or energise the best retail and hospitality experiences with compelling video walls, digital signage and astonishing high resolution AV. And at home, Wyrestorm has kept abreast of soaring AV resolutions, delivery platforms and consumer preferences to connect content room to room, boosting range, quality and convenience with entertainment and home office solutions that are powerful, reliable and simple to deploy.

And now that cloud-based AV distribution is everywhere and becoming mainstream in CI and commercial installation, you’d expect Wyrestorm to have that covered as well. In fact, it’s been leading the field in AVoIP since 2016 with its NetworkHD product line. No surprise then that Wyrestorm’s latest AVoIP platform, NHD500, is set to empower the technology with game-changing video performance, range, speed, and plug-and-play simplicity.

AVOIP IS ALL AROUND US

The arrival is perfectly timed because Audio Video over Internet Protocol is fast becoming the go-to distribution technology in AV install. It has so much going for it. For instance, AVoIP removes the need for dedicated cables, converters and adaptors by allowing audio, video and control signals to travel over standard ethernet through existing IP network infrastructure, reducing cost and simplifying design while introducing unrivalled flexibility, scalability and range. What’s more, it has evolved in step with multi-GbE network technology and higher bit rate video transmission to support 4K UHD, high frame rates, 4:4:4 and HDR with ultra-low latency. Measured by every metric you’d care to deploy, AVoIP is today, and tomorrow, the engine of true AV convergence. Which is why its latest evolution, in the form of Wyrestorm’s NHD500, will deliver all of this technology’s enabling potential to your door.

AND IT NEVER LOOKED SO GOOD

The NetworkHD 500 series is a full HDMI 2.0 AV over IP solution with a big advantage. Unlike competing products, Wyrestorm has enhanced superior encoding technology with a larger, faster memory - as big as 8Gb - for the most pristine JPEG2000 performance I have ever experienced. The results are simply stunning. We AB’d NHD500 against a direct video feed and found them to be visually identical. Then we compared NHD500 with a well-known competitor and discovered Wyrestorm’s rendering superior in every way: as clean as a whistle with no pixel scatter or image gradation, even when viewing 4:2:0 content. NHD500 squeezes every last scintilla of performance

The new brain for NetworkHD, Wyrestorm’s NHD-CTL-PRO controller reimagines how a system should operate

from JPEG2000 compression for ultra-low latency encoding and visually lossless results up to 4K60 4:4:4 8bit, together with support for high framerate Dolby Vision, HDR10 and HLG content up to 12bit 4:2:2 at 60Hz over a 1GbE network at a range of up to 100m.

FIBRE TO 550M!

New range-busting fibre outputs extend the reach to 550m using typical OM3 MM links while a powerful routing engine allows audio, video, USB and control signals to be sent discretely to any endpoint. ARC capability supporting up to Dolby Digital Plus (including Dolby Atmos) and DTS 5.1 formats makes the same journey, and on top of all this, advanced processing delivers ultra-fast switching, as well as the ability to build imaginative video walls of up to 16x16 (256 screens) with bezel correction - even on rotated screens - and control them with the NetworkHD Touch control app.

LIBERATING TOUCH CONTROL WITH REAL-TIME VIDEO PREVIEWS

Completely free of charge with NetworkHD and available for iPad (iPad iOS 9.3.6 or newer) and Android (Android 9 (Pie) or newer) devices, the NetworkHD Touch app places all NetworkHD systems at your fingertips for single screen and video wall applications. Presenting a zero learning curve experience, the app works in tandem with a NetworkHD controller to offer you effortless system management using familiar gestures. Preview all source and display selections in real time; switch sources with simple drag and drop gestures or group displays into rooms, areas or video walls; save preset switching configurations for individual screens and groups of screens; change, save and recall video wall layouts at the touch of a button or send a single source selection to all screens and order all displays on/off with similar ease. In addition, you can add graphics or images to group buttons for easier zone/venue identification when selecting sources to displays, and effortlessly integrate with third-party control apps by using the QR code scanning of application URLs. There’s even an interactive demonstration feature, which showcases the key benefits for dealers and clients. Best of all, device discovery and configuration is automatic when connected to a NetworkHD controller - like the new NHD-CTL-PRO, purpose built for the NHD500 series.

Working together, the NetworkHD Touch app and NetworkHD controller make NHD 500 one of the simplest AVoIP systems on the market to configure and control

THE PRO CONTROLLER

The new brain for NetworkHD reimagines how a system should operate. Wyrestorm’s NHDCTL-PRO controller allows all configurations to be made intuitively from a single user interface. Its powerfully unified setup environment, which can be accessed from any device with a web browser, includes a setup wizard for easy stepby-step success in adjusting IP addresses, naming endpoints, creating video walls and running firmware updates for instance. This, in conjunction with the Touch app, makes NetworkHD 500 one of the simplest AVoIP systems on the market to configure and control. And if you need to design custom control interfaces, the powerful NetworkHD API is easy to use and understand. What’s more, dual power supports both PoE or a local AC power connection while dual network interfaces allow the NHD-CTL-PRO to bridge AV networks and enterprise/control networks, keeping multicast AV traffic separated from managed IT systems.

POWERFUL. RELIABLE. SIMPLE. AVAILABLE

And you can trust Habitech to support the NHD500 ecology end-to-end with the best cost compatible IP network infrastructure. Scale up your AVoIP systems simply by adding a switch from our new Netgear range of powerful and affordable Gigabit PoE+ designs and connect to a cosmos of high performance endpoints within our range - including Dahua cameras, JVC projectors and Samsung TVs - using Habitech’s complete cable offering. We’re ready when you are!

If you’re familiar with AVoIP, the clear cost/ performance advantages that Wyrestorm’s game changing NHD500 series delivers will leap from the screen, but if you’ve yet to appreciate what the latest AVoIP tech can bring to residential and commercial AV distribution, NHD500 is a great place to start - especially when, as competing supplies dry up, it’s in stock right now at Habitech.

For further information, please contact the sales and support team on 01256 638500; sales@habitech.co.uk