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Storm Audio has completed in-house development of a proprietary HDMI card that in late September 2019 will be integrated into its preamp/processors and becomes available as an upgrade for 4U StormAudio processors in the field. The HDMI 7 + 2 eARC card brings to StormAudio’s immersive audio preamp/processor’s compatibility with all HDMI devices, fast switching, eARC, 4K, 18 Gbps, Dolby Vision and HDR10.
The card will be revealed at CEDIA Expo, September 10-14 Denver Colorado at StormAudio’s booth #4327 and in 3 high-profile home theater demonstrations: Seymour-Screen Excellence (SR-10), Alcons Audio (SR-13), and M&K (#4143).
The StormAudio HDMI 7+2 eARC 7 input / 2 output card delivers improved switching time and compatibility with all HDMI connectable devices. Significant key features include full 4K, 18 Gigabytes per second bandwidth on all input and output ports, plus DolbyVision and HDR10. Also integrated is eARC, a feature of HDMI 2.1, wherein immersive sound comes from the 8K TV via HDMI to the processor then on to the amps and speakers.
However the card itself is limited to 4K video, as it is not compatible with HDMI 2.2, that offers the bandwidth for 8K video. That's because Storm Audio is a small manufacturer that does not have premium access to HDMI chips, nor the funds to develop them from scratch, so it has to refer to others, but offer as much quality through customisation, as possible.
“The new card is the result of a collaborative effort between our product development team in France and a specialized circuit board manufacturer partner,” says StormAudio US Sales Manager Gary Blouse. “This was critical for us to undertake as flawless HDMI performance is critical. Yet we see that mediocre HDMI performance has been the bane of our competition.”
Blouse continued “Manufacturers are often at the mercy of vendors, having to accept ‘off-the-shelf’ HDMI cards that deliver less than optimal results. Given the newest formats and associated demanding performance specs, this simply would not do. Since coming to market in 2016, top designers and acousticians have identified StormAudio as having something truly special to offer with key attributes being sound, ease-of-programming and upgrade capability, evidenced by our processors and amps being featured in the 2019 CEDIA Home Technology Professional Awards competition, which recognizes the best custom-installation projects completed this past year. With this new card, our processors continue the innovation and rise to the top as the most performance-rich whilst easiest to deploy and upgrade.”
The card will be revealed at CEDIA Expo, September 10-14 Denver Colorado at StormAudio’s booth #4327 and in 3 high-profile home theater demonstrations: Seymour-Screen Excellence (SR-10), Alcons Audio (SR-13), and M&K (#4143).
The StormAudio HDMI 7+2 eARC 7 input / 2 output card delivers improved switching time and compatibility with all HDMI connectable devices. Significant key features include full 4K, 18 Gigabytes per second bandwidth on all input and output ports, plus DolbyVision and HDR10. Also integrated is eARC, a feature of HDMI 2.1, wherein immersive sound comes from the 8K TV via HDMI to the processor then on to the amps and speakers.
However the card itself is limited to 4K video, as it is not compatible with HDMI 2.2, that offers the bandwidth for 8K video. That's because Storm Audio is a small manufacturer that does not have premium access to HDMI chips, nor the funds to develop them from scratch, so it has to refer to others, but offer as much quality through customisation, as possible.
“The new card is the result of a collaborative effort between our product development team in France and a specialized circuit board manufacturer partner,” says StormAudio US Sales Manager Gary Blouse. “This was critical for us to undertake as flawless HDMI performance is critical. Yet we see that mediocre HDMI performance has been the bane of our competition.”
Blouse continued “Manufacturers are often at the mercy of vendors, having to accept ‘off-the-shelf’ HDMI cards that deliver less than optimal results. Given the newest formats and associated demanding performance specs, this simply would not do. Since coming to market in 2016, top designers and acousticians have identified StormAudio as having something truly special to offer with key attributes being sound, ease-of-programming and upgrade capability, evidenced by our processors and amps being featured in the 2019 CEDIA Home Technology Professional Awards competition, which recognizes the best custom-installation projects completed this past year. With this new card, our processors continue the innovation and rise to the top as the most performance-rich whilst easiest to deploy and upgrade.”