New Zigen Cards Enable Distribution of HDCP 2.2-Compliant 4K Video

Zigen said it tested and released HDCP 2.2 cards for its line of modular 4K UHD matrix switches, which will enable custom integrators, for the first time, to distribute HDCP 2.2 content from home theater PCs, 4K media players such as the Sony FMP-X10, DirecTV’s Genie set-top box and upcoming Ultra HD Blu-ray players. Until now, dealers haven’t been able to integrate HDCP 2.2-compliant 4K video into their distribution systems, “leading to frustration from some 10 million consumers who picked up 4K UHD TVs as early adopters,” said the company Tuesday. The Zigen 2K/4K modular HDMI to HDBaseT matrix switch is field upgradable from 2x2 to 16x16 configurations, it said. Available two-port cards (two inputs and two outputs) include 70m and 100m HDBaseT along with HDMI to HDMI cards, and all new switches will be loaded with HDCP 2.2 cards that are backward-compatible with previous versions of HDCP, it said. Drivers are available for control systems from AMX, Bitwise, Crestron, Control4, RTI, Savant and URC.