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Vistacom Tech Expo 2023: Lightware’s Innovative Taurus UCX

Industry leaders showcase how next-generation AV over IP technology is reshaping unified communications infrastructure

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Industry leaders showcase how next-generation AV over IP technology is reshaping unified communications infrastructure

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Celebrating its 15th rendition, Vistacom Tech Expo 2023 paves the way for tech enthusiasts and industry leaders to converge, unveiling the latest Audio-Visual (AV) technology. The expo's spectrum of booth interviews provides a deep dive into the cutting-edge solutions that are gearing up to redefine the AV landscape.

In this notable Vistacom booth interview, Steve Samson, Vice President at Lightware Visual Engineering, sheds light on Lightware's remarkable innovations. Lightware, a renowned manufacturer of audio-video products, delves into the realm of AV over IP with a robust 20-gigabit, zero-compression solution alongside a comprehensive catalog of HD and SDView-based extension solutions. Their newest revelation, the Taurus UCX, stands out as a groundbreaking USB switching and extension solution – a first of its kind in the market. The UCX kit, comprising a transmitter switcher and a receiver box, facilitates seamless switching between up to four hosts, thereby addressing the prevalent pain points in AV connectivity and switching.

The Taurus UCX stands out as a groundbreaking USB switching and extension solution – a first of its kind in the market.

Moreover, Samson accentuates the versatility of their UCX category, demonstrating its compatibility with modern USB-C and legacy devices like room PCs, nooks, or codecs. The highlight extends to their active optical cable, which encapsulates full bandwidth audio, video, and ethernet into a single cable, exemplifying Lightware's commitment to simplifying connectivity while maintaining high performance.

This intriguing conversation with Steve Samson uncovers Lightware's continuous endeavor to innovate and solve pertinent AV challenges, echoing the essence of progressive exploration that Vistacom Tech Expo 2023 embodies.

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Hi. My name is Steve Samson. I'm the vice president at Lightware Inc. So Lightware is a a video manufacturer of audio video products that do switching and extension. They have a whole category of AV over IP products in the highest performing category, a twenty gigabit, zero compression solution, as well as a catalog full of HD based T and SDView based extension solution, including our latest round baking USB C solutions. We're here at at the show to talk about. These days, likewise provide lots of solutions to to solve lots of pain points. So what we're showing at the Tex Expo this year is our most exciting product in the long time. It's our UCX category that allows USB switching and extension, and there's nothing else in the market like it. It's a two part, kit, if you will. Where we have a transmitter switcher that would normally be located at the table, and then a receiver box that's connected by a single piece of cat six up to one hundred meters. And that box, and I could have shown you here, actually, this is an example of what's on the table, has two USBC inputs for the first two hosts. And then the next two inputs are HDMI plus USB, and that's really the secret. So if you can have up to four hosts switching back and forth between the the common devices are walking in the room these days, and most of those are only USB C, as well as those legacy devices, room things like room PCs or, nooks, or codex Nest sort of thing. And we allow you to manage all of those things. And what's really cool is when it comes to devices, you can connect up the, four devices here at the table side And then you can also connect up the four devices at the front of the room at the receiver side. And by the way, this isn't a one trick pony. We have two by ones and four by twos and four by threes. I'm also showing an active optical cable. Does full bandwidth audio, video, ethernet, and everything that USB does one single cable. Love to show you more. If you'd like to come by and see other show, please do. Or visit us at lightwear dot com anytime. We're really excited because it was creating a new way of doing things and solving these problems.

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