February 12, 2026 Kordz R.4 48Gbps Rack & Marine HDMI Cable Wins Best of Show at ISE 2026  

Kordz’ next-generation R.4 HDMI cable recognised for setting a new benchmark in reliability, performance, and installation confidence for demanding AV environments. 

February 11, 2026 — Multi-award-winning, professional-grade connectivity manufacturer Kordz has been honoured with a Best of Show Award at Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) 2026 for its new R.4 48Gbps Rack & Marine Passive HDMI Cable, a purpose-built solution designed to deliver uncompromising performance in the most demanding AV installations. 

The Kordz R.4 48Gbps Rack & Marine Passive HDMI Cable represents a significant evolution of Kordz’ professional HDMI portfolio and the next-generation successor to the widely trusted Kordz R.3 18Gbps HDMI Cable. Debuting at ISE 2026, it sets a new performance benchmark with its support of the full 48Gbps HDMI 2.1 data rate, enabling uncompressed 8K video and the complete HDMI 2.1 feature set, including eARC, VRR, and QMS. Each cable is independently tested and certified to the DPL Labs Enhanced 48Gbps Reference Standard, ensuring consistent, interoperable performance across real-world HDMI systems and eliminating uncertainty for integrators deploying high-bandwidth cabling infrastructures. 

The Best of Show Awards recognise and celebrate the brands behind the most innovative professional AV products and solutions on display at ISE. They are judged by a panel of industry experts and leading editorial teams, each submission is evaluated on its feature set, ease of use, innovation, and market differentiation. Judges praised the R.4 for its engineering innovation, real-world reliability, and installer-focused design. They noted how it directly addresses the challenges integrators face as AV systems push bandwidth limits while demanding greater reliability and compliance, and that the solution delivers both confidence today as well as long-term stability as AV technologies continue to advance. 

“We’re absolutely thrilled to receive this Best of Show award at ISE 2026,” says James Chen, Managing Director of Kordz. “ISE continues to raise the bar every year, and with so many impressive advances across the show floor, this recognition is especially meaningful. It reinforces our commitment to engineering products that deliver real-world reliability and confidence for professional integrators operating at the cutting edge of AV performance.” 

With standout features such as a compact die-cast connector, slimmer cable diameter, and precise 0.3m length increments from 0.3m to 3.0m, the R.4 48Gbps Rack & Marine Passive HDMI Cable supports clean cable dressing, efficient routing, and improved airflow making it ideally suited for dense equipment racks. A full metal internal casing combined with a 95% copper braid shield delivers exceptional EMI rejection, preserving signal integrity in electrically noisy environments. 

For marine and compliance-driven installations, the R.4 features a secure 2kg retention HDMI connector to resist vibration and movement, along with a fully LSZH construction meeting IEC60332, IEC60754, and IEC61034 standards. These design elements enhance safety, durability, and long-term reliability where resilience and compliance are critical. 

“Our foundational aim at Kordz has always been to make integrators’ jobs easier and their businesses more profitable by designing connectivity products that perform exactly as promised in the real world,” adds Chen. “The R.4 HDMI Cable is a perfect example of this philosophy in action. Winning Best of Show at ISE 2026 is a tremendous validation of the engineering, testing, and installer-driven design that went into creating a cable where failure truly is not an option.” 

Backed by a Kordz lifetime warranty, the R.4 48Gbps Rack & Marine Passive HDMI Cable gives professional integrators and end-users absolute confidence that their AV systems will remain stable, compliant, and high-performing, even in the most demanding environments. 

To learn more about the award-winning Kordz R.4 48Gbps Rack & Marine HDMI Cable and other professional-grade connectivity solutions, please visit www.kordz.com. 

About Kordz 

Kordz is the connectivity brand for integrators, by integrators. A multi-award-winning global industry leader in professional-grade connectivity products, Kordz’ team of seasoned former integrators is on a mission to ‘Kordzify’ and optimise technology for professionals by designing, engineering and manufacturing products that deliver ease and profitability through a seamless installation experience with high performance results that today’s tech-savvy end-users expect. With a wide range of robust, fast and effective solutions backed by expert technical support, Kordz helps integrators around the world meet the evolving cabling requirements of a diverse range of residential and commercial environments. For more information about Kordz, please visit kordz.com and follow the company @kordzglobal on LinkedIn, X, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.   

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