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How to Control Cloud Costs on Microsoft Azure
3 Mar, 2026
£97.98 inc. VAT
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For £81.65 ex-VAT, this “HDMI + USB over IP transmitter only” is the kind of budget workhorse that makes sense when you already have the matching receiver(s) and you just need to extend a signal without dragging out a bigger matrix. The big practical win here is that it’s basically plug-and-play and the IR pass-through is genuinely useful for meeting rooms and training spaces where someone will inevitably try to change input or power the display. The H.265 angle and sub-120ms latency are “good enough” for office presentations, live demo video and screen shares—though if you’re expecting gamer-level responsiveness or slick motion-heavy video, you may still notice artefacts compared to direct HDMI.
Who should buy: resellers, integrators, and IT teams outfitting small estates—one display or a couple of zones—where you can afford one-to-one or small one-to-many layouts and you want to keep costs down. It also suits scenarios where the display should be allowed to sleep (auto-standby), because that prevents the always-on “hotel TV” problem. Why you might not: it’s transmitter-only, so make sure you’re not under-spec’ing the solution by forgetting the receiver(s), and the claimed “150m point-to-point” is only as good as your network plan (and whether you’re using the right cabling/switching for the job). Also, if you need high-fidelity video for broadcast-grade content, or you’re dealing with dense networks full of other traffic, a cheap encoder/decoder over IP can turn into an IT troubleshooting exercise rather than a set-and-forget win.

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