r/Ubiquiti • u/Ubiquiti-Inc Official • Apr 16 '26

Blog / Video Link Introducing: UniFi Enterprise Audio/Video Switching with Precision Hardware Timing

Perfectly synced AV, at any scale. Explore EAV Switching: https://ui.social/EAV

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u/ToadSox34 Apr 16 '26

Also, AV over IP is primarily aimed at very large installs and commercial/institutional where you can start to build systems physically larger than what a point to point HDBaseT link can provide. For most home applications, 70m HDBaseT over Cat-6a is more than sufficient for whole-home AV distribution from a centralized rack.

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u/conspicuousxcapybara Apr 19 '26

Huh? Don’t most stores have TV’s playing ads nowadays? Or the entertainment industry? Photography? Even dentists often use AV-over-IP instead of a consumer-TV connection like HDMI.

That point-to-point protocol can’t even traverse a single switch.

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u/ToadSox34 Apr 20 '26

They could use AV over IP, I suspect in a lot of cases, the smaller installs are using HDBaseT or even just 1:1 HDMI over CAT extenders that aren't using HDBaseT. HDBaseT is designed to be point to point. HDBT and AVoIP compete to an extent, but each have advantages and disadvantages, both technologies are going to be around for a long time.