Collaboration and Screen Sharing with macbook users

Since 2018, Apple has opted for one output port on new MacBooks, and that is USB-C. Through this one port, a user can share Audio, Video, Control, Power, Data, and more. Seems ideal, right? 

​Not so much, with the differences in USB-C cables combined with the fact that 99% of USB devices do not have a USB-C end, these USB-C ports can be a problem. Think flash drives, cameras, mouse devices,  keyboards, cell phones, and more -- all USB devices that do not have USB-C as a standard. As we head into the future, this will change. The USB-C port will become the new standard. We can see this as other computer and cell phone manufacturers, including Dell, HP, Lenovo, Samsung, and more, are adopting the USB-C ports as a standard.

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Not so much, with the differences in USB-C cables combined with the fact that 99% of USB devices do not have a USB-C end, these USB-C ports can be a problem. Think flash drives, cameras, mouse devices,  keyboards, cell phones, and more -- all USB devices that do not have USB-C as a standard. As we head into the future, this will change. The USB-C port will become the new standard. We can see this as other computer and cell phone manufacturers, including Dell, HP, Lenovo, Samsung, and more, are adopting the USB-C ports as a standard.

No matter how you utilize the USB-C HDBaseT transmitter from AVPro Edge’s ConferX line of classroom and conference room solutions, the end-user is the real winner. They will walk into a huddle space, connect their computer directly to the USB-C input on the transmitter, and will now be sharing their computer screen on all the connected displays.

For Mac users, this solution eliminates the need to carry ten dongle/converters everywhere you go just to connect with various devices. Now you only need one trusted USB-C cable (3.1 version or better), and you can deliver a high bandwidth video signal to everyone in the room.

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What does this mean for the Audio Video Integrator? It means we as an industry need to be making sure that USB-C is a viable path for screen sharing in classrooms, conference rooms, and huddle spaces across the globe. AVPro is ensuring this with our USB-C input HDBaseT Transmitter.

Using this transmitter, you have multiple options for sharing the screen of any 2018 or newer MacBook:

1. Directly to a projector or display with HDBaseT
2. Into an HDBaseT to HDMI receiver, and then directly to the tv or projector
3. Into a classroom switch that has an HDBaseT input, then distributed throughout the entire system like the one below

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