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Metra / Ethereal M3B vs. Just Add Power
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Topic: | Metra / Ethereal M3B vs. Just Add Power This thread has 23 replies. Displaying posts 1 through 15. |
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Post 1 made on Saturday April 9, 2016 at 01:12 |
Mario Loyal Member |
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Can someone explain what the main differences are between the two? I'm only concerned about resi or small office environment, so limit of 100 sources for example is not a concern.
Other than one using Coax and the other using category or fiber cabling, what is a real advantage/disadvantage of one vs. another?
Here is what I see:
1. JAP doesn't do interlaced, which is what most of DirecTV stuff is. 2. JAP is little more complicated if sources are not in same location (stacking 500 series switch is required)
1. M3B as no IR. 2. M3B lipsync under certain cases
Seems that M3B has a cost advantage, but sine there is no IR, that needs to be taken into consideration.
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Post 2 made on Saturday April 9, 2016 at 09:00 |
brent mccall Long Time Member |
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Here are the differences (from my point of view).
M3B Pro's Uses Coax (New or old) Uses Coax Splitters for signal Distribution (not expensive Network switches) Easy Cable termination Up to 50 sources to an unlimited amount of displays Small size Can be powered by USB Great Price per unit 95% Blu Ray Picture Quality Moderate System Price Great Support
M3B Cons Only supports PCM 2 channel Audio Does not return IR commands to source Takes about 8 seconds to change source
JAP (from what I know) Pros 256 Sources to unlimited displays Returns commands to source Supports Multi Channel Audio Quick(ish) source change Great Support
JAP Cons Requires expensive Network Switch Requires good quality termination practices Expensive System Price Large(ish) unit size
PS: I am sure that I missed Pro's & Cons for both systems, dealer input (for both) is wanted.
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Post 3 made on Saturday April 9, 2016 at 09:17 |
MediaImageAV Long Time Member |
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Post 4 made on Saturday April 9, 2016 at 09:28 |
Fins Elite Member |
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Brent, what about audio delay if you break it out to speakers?
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Post 5 made on Saturday April 9, 2016 at 09:42 |
brent mccall Long Time Member |
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On April 9, 2016 at 09:28, Fins said...
Brent, what about audio delay if you break it out to speakers? And that is why I ask for Dealer input. Due to the encode/decode process there will be a .75 second delay between the source and the display. This will ONLY be apparent if you break out the audio at the source for separate distribution.
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Brent McCall Envy, it is a dirty emotion. |
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Post 6 made on Saturday April 9, 2016 at 10:46 |
goldenzrule Loyal Member |
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On April 9, 2016 at 01:12, Mario said...
Can someone explain what the main differences are between the two? I'm only concerned about resi or small office environment, so limit of 100 sources for example is not a concern.
Other than one using Coax and the other using category or fiber cabling, what is a real advantage/disadvantage of one vs. another?
Here is what I see:
1. JAP doesn't do interlaced, which is what most of DirecTV stuff is. 2. JAP is little more complicated if sources are not in same location (stacking 500 series switch is required)
1. M3B as no IR. 2. M3B lipsync under certain cases
Seems that M3B has a cost advantage, but sine there is no IR, that needs to be taken into consideration. JAP 3G equipment works with interlaced signal. The 2G stuff requires progressive.
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Post 7 made on Saturday April 9, 2016 at 11:04 |
Fins Elite Member |
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On April 9, 2016 at 09:42, brent mccall said...
And that is why I ask for Dealer input.
Due to the encode/decode process there will be a .75 second delay between the source and the display. This will ONLY be apparent if you break out the audio at the source for separate distribution. How does JAP perform if you break out the audio?
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Post 8 made on Saturday April 9, 2016 at 11:31 |
Duct Tape Loyal Member |
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On April 9, 2016 at 11:04, Fins said...
How does JAP perform if you break out the audio? Works fine for me. They have buttons on them to adjust the audio delay. I think you can adjust the audio delay via ip commands as well.
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Post 9 made on Saturday April 9, 2016 at 12:07 |
vwpower44 Super Member |
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On April 9, 2016 at 11:04, Fins said...
How does JAP perform if you break out the audio? Perfect. On the 3g and 2g+ you can login to adjust for lipsync. JAP can go from 4000 inputs to 60000 outputs. JAP can do a 47x 88, then when the customer wants to add more, its very easy and doesn't require and entire system rebuild. JAP has 2k and 4k in the same system. 4k downscaling to 2k. Who the f uses interlace? 720p, 1080p, and 2160p. JAP has CEC, 232, Network and IR over one CAT5. JAP has image push and image pull. I use this all the time and it is amazing!!!! Best feature ever!!! JAP has a sku labelled "Flux Capacitor" JAP switches video in a single frame rate, so 1/25 of a second. The encoding is so quick that I saw a BluRay split between a display and a JAP system and you couldn't tell which one was what. They both looked identical in timing. Video Wall built in. They also have a Tiling Piece. The JAP stuff is rock solid. I have hundreds in the field and have not had a single failure. I am sure Ed while chime in :)
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Post 10 made on Saturday April 9, 2016 at 12:43 |
BlackWire Designs Senior Member |
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vwpower nailed it..
My comments below are just my opinion and in hope Brent learns more about the product.
"JAP Cons Requires expensive Network Switch Requires good quality termination practices Expensive System Price Large(ish) unit size"
Luxul and Cisco both make affordable swiches that are much lower cost than you think
Any network requires good termination practices. A dealer who cant terminate an RJ45 connectors shouldn't be installing AV gear.
When you are talking a small size system yes JAP is very expensive. Keep in mind though when you add all of the additional features that JAP does there is a cost associated with them and its sometimes easy to let a price tag make you forget about all of the things vwpower listed above.
Im not sure their units would be considered that large. I havnt had any dealers have issues placing them.
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Post 11 made on Saturday April 9, 2016 at 15:16 |
andrewinboulder Select Member |
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On April 9, 2016 at 12:07, vwpower44 said...
Perfect. On the 3g and 2g+ you can login to adjust for lipsync.
JAP can go from 4000 inputs to 60000 outputs.
JAP can do a 47x 88, then when the customer wants to add more, its very easy and doesn't require and entire system rebuild.
JAP has 2k and 4k in the same system. 4k downscaling to 2k.
Who the f uses interlace? 720p, 1080p, and 2160p.
JAP has CEC, 232, Network and IR over one CAT5.
JAP has image push and image pull. I use this all the time and it is amazing!!!! Best feature ever!!! What is this image push/pull that you speak of? So JAP can or cannot do interlaced signals?
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Post 12 made on Saturday April 9, 2016 at 16:16 |
tweeterguy Loyal Member |
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On April 9, 2016 at 15:16, andrewinboulder said...
What is this image push/pull that you speak of? You can push (send) a jpeg image to the display for digital signage or slideshows. You can pull (capture) an image from the video display to capture the image. So JAP can or cannot do interlaced signals? Can...3G series units.
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OP | Post 13 made on Sunday April 10, 2016 at 08:34 |
Mario Loyal Member |
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On April 9, 2016 at 12:07, vwpower44 said...
Who the f uses interlace? 720p, 1080p, and 2160p. 900+ channels on DirecTV, Dish Network and cable boxes everywhere. Direct quote: "All HDTV broadcasts are either 1080i or 720p. Most stations, such as CBS, NBC, and others, are 1080i."
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Post 14 made on Sunday April 10, 2016 at 08:41 |
brent mccall Long Time Member |
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Do not forget that in some areas the CATV default rez is 480P for non HD channels.
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OP | Post 15 made on Sunday April 10, 2016 at 08:42 |
Mario Loyal Member |
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This is why I brought it up. I was not aware that 3G did interlaced. 720p was OK with 40-50" TVs, but with 65", 75"+, those pixels get stretched (or scaled) a lot. " frameborder="0" allowfullscreen> 720p was OK with 40-50" TVs, but with 65", 75"+, those pixels get stretched (or scaled) a lot. [Link: carltonbale.com]
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