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Copper thunderbolt cables are only good for 2-3m, after which you need active cables or repeaters and fiber is easily the best option at that point. HDMI and D
by kllrnohj 3y ago
Copper thunderbolt cables are only good for 2-3m, after which you need active cables or repeaters and fiber is easily the best option at that point.
HDMI and DisplayPort are good for a bit longer than Thunderbolt over copper, but not by all that much. HDMI 2.1 can only go to around 3m as well now.
So we're in a world where "long" is a mere 5 meters / 15 feet. This is why so many VR headsets are using fiber cables - it has to be long to enable the movement and logistics of connecting a PC to someone freestanding in a room, but modern video signals are just too hard to drive over copper at that not really that long distances.