We are

Lightware Visual Engineering

We design and manufacture precision video signal management products for high-end applications across multiple industries.

Delivering the AV Technologies of the Future

The Pioneers of Signal Management

Securely control, distribute, monitor and manage video and audio signals between diverse sources and multiple users — all of this with zero latency and without any loss of performance or quality.
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Serving the AV World Since 1998

The majority of our products are manufactured
in the EU in our headquarters
in Budapest, Hungary.

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Dedicated Team of 400+ Professionals

We listen to the people who are the driving force of the AV industry – engineers, system designers, integrators and AV experts.

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Present Across 30+ Countries

Our products are available in more than 30 countries worldwide through our 18 offices and 14 distributors.

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The world of AV technology, just like many other industries, changes rapidly, and these changes inevitably bring challenges into any project or operation.

As an AV manufacturer, our mission is to recognize these challenges well in advance and create the products that overcome them.

We focus on delivering simple and intuitive technology for AV users and fellow industry professionals via pioneering devices and features that invisibly supports their life.

Our

Advantages

More and more businesses rely on Lightware products to manage changes in their advanced technology needs. Reap the Benefits of Lightware’s Technology - With our solutions, businesses enjoy piece of mind knowing that our technology provides.

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Lightware products have a built-in video frame rate analyzer, a tool none of our competitors have. Users can receive constant feedback about the exact pixel count and clock frequency as well.

Our

Milestones

2006

Invented Edid Manager

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8x8 DVI Matrix with EDID Manager

We invented EDID Manager to help users handle various pre-defined video signal resolutions

2007

First Hybrid Matrix

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32x32 DVI and HDMI Matrix Switcher

Eliminated the need for multiple devices by combining DVI and HDMI connectivity ports on a large crosspoint size

2015

Built-in MeetingRoom Automatization

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Event Manager

Introduced Room Automation tool that simplifies system configuration while significantly reduces the need for complex programming

2017

Streaming The Future

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UBEX 10G AV-over-IP System

World's first solution to delivers the benefits of traditional AV devices such as zero frame latency and pixel-perfect video signals

2020

AV & IT Best Of Both World

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Taurus UCX

Utilizing USB-C technology to send video, audio, control and Ethernet signals through a single cable for enhanced collaborations

2023

The USB-C Extension of the Future

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Taurus TPX

As USB-C technology becomes the primary standard for meeting room connectivity, USB-C extension is the next challenge on the horizon

Our

Award-Winning Solutions

Our products have received a great deal of noteworthy recognition from the professional AV community.

  • At Integrated Systems Europe 2022, Lightware received the Best of Show Award for Taurus UCX in the AV Technology category.
  • At the end of 2022, our products also won two AV Awards: UBEX received the Event Technology of the Year award, and the Taurus UCX took home the trophy for the Collaboration Technology of the Year.
  • At Integrated Systems Europe 2023, Lightware marked its 25-Year anniversary with two Best of Show Awards for the UBEX and VINX AV-over-IP extenders.
  • At Infocomm 2023 our world premiere USB-C extension product – Taurus UCX TX/RX - won the prestigious Best of the Show Award in the AV Technology category. Moreover, PSNI Global Alliance awarded Lightware with the Growth Driver prize after already recognizing the company last year with the Rising Star trophy.

The Passion

Behind Lightware

Vida Gergely

Gergely Vida has started Lightware in 1998 in a spare room of a downtown apartment out of a natural passion for cutting-edge AV technology.

New technologies must support people’s lives seamlessly and invisibly, just like air and water.

- Gergely Vida, CEO

Being on the market for more than 23 years, we have always been strongly focused on expanding the horizons of what is possible within the realms of signal management, delivering numerous world-first technologies along the way.

During this time, we grew from a small niche venture into a global enterprise and industry leader, serving clients all across the globe from 16 partner offices in 4 continents.

Today, he still leads Lightware being in the forefronts of product development to ensure that Lightware repeatedly surprises our industry and exceeds the expectations of our partners.

Our

Product Range

is primarily focused on uncompromising signal management devices, including standalone and modular matrix switchers with unrivaled cross-point sizes, fiber-optical extenders, AV-over-IP systems and Unified Communications solutions with USB-C connectivity.

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Chosen Lightware

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