How Can Crestron Enhance Your Media Distribution?

Crestron has been the standard bearer of the home automation industry since its foundation in the 1970's. It excels at creating whole-home solutions that incorporate your lights, security, entertainment and more. For all your entertainment needs, it offers its DigitalMedia solutions. Crestron dealers must go through extensive training to become certified. What does this mean? It means they have the knowledge and experience to ensure success in all their projects.

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What is DigitalMedia?

DigitalMedia is Crestron's standard 4K Ultra HD distribution system. As an official Crestron dealer with more than fifteen years of experience, Relative Home Systems can design a solution that takes into account the challenges that come with the digital era. Which means we have learned all the distribution specifications necessary to build a successful system in your home.

What is the DM 3.0 standard?

The foundation of a Digital Media system is not only the technology but also the programming within it. DM 3.0 is a set of standards dedicated to meeting the core requirements of a Crestron A/V system: 4K distribution and scaling, streaming capabilities, and scalable solutions. A scalable solution is one primed for growth, so it is easy to expand from one room to your entire home or add new technology.

How does 4K technology come into play?

While 4K technology brings a lot of benefits to the end user, it presents a lot of challenges for the AV industry. The added bandwidth requirements make it difficult to transition from traditional HD to 4K. Crestron has led the charge in embracing the new technology, becoming the first company to create a complete 4K certified distribution system.

Crestron Dealers interested in distributing 4K content were instructed to take a 4-day program that detailed every aspect of installation from consultations with clients all the way through system testing and reporting.

The company also offers a 4K certification program in which manufacturers submit sources and displays to ensure they deliver true Ultra UHD signals and work well with the DigitalMedia interface and system. This way clients can be sure their technology will fit well with their home audio video solution.

How does DigitalMedia affect streaming services?

Streaming services changed the home entertainment landscape way before 4K technology, ever since Blockbuster first filed for bankruptcy in 2010. For this reason, Crestron dealers have made media streaming a focal point of their AV distribution systems.

Crestron was the first company to offer uncompressed 4K video streaming capabilities by reducing the bandwidth requirements to 10 Mb/s. This means clients can enjoy Ultra HD content from Amazon Prime and Netflix without having to invest in enterprise-grade networks.

If you want to enjoy high-quality 4K signals throughout your home, Crestron has the answers. As your trusted neighborhood Crestron dealer, Relative Home Systems can design a custom solution to get the most out of your favorite entertainment.