Re: HDMI Baluns
HDCP and EDID involved two-way communications, negotiations and handshakes that take time and that have to reoccur if anything changes, however some manufacturers are getting creative at ways to minimize that.
Just so others don't get the wrong idea, the HDFury devices get around the related legal issues by being intended to convert a non-HDCP compatible input on a TV, monitor, projector or similar device input into a HDCP compliant HDMI input. They are not intended to be used on source device outputs where they could be used to defeat HDCP as that would be illegal.
There was a period that many were in a panic regarding the Analog Sunset and then people started to realize that the Analog Sunset does not apply to cable/satellite/OTA tuners, it relates not only just to HD outputs but also only to Blu-Ray devices and only to AACS protected content. So other than 'movie night' type use it actually has rather limited direct implications outside consumer applications, however the byproduct is that many Blu-Ray player manufacturers are responding by reducing product costs by eliminating providing outputs other than HDMI.
