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> I bought an expensive 10m (30ft) active HDMI cable I think what I was referring to are repeaters you put between cables, that amplifies the signal. You conne
by diggan 2y ago
> I bought an expensive 10m (30ft) active HDMI cable
I think what I was referring to are repeaters you put between cables, that amplifies the signal. You connect that device between two HDMI cables (say 5m) + connect it to power for it to actually extend the distance the signal can travel.
I'm not sure what an active HDMI cable would be, maybe circuitry inside the cable that draws power from the HDMI port?
- magicalhippo 2y ago> maybe circuitry inside the cable that draws power from the HDMI port Pretty much: https://www.cablematters.com/Blog/HDMI/how-do-active-hdmi-cables-work https://www.cablematters.com/Blog/HDMI/how-do-active-hdmi-ca... Perhaps they're better now but, yeah, for me it didn't work out as intended.
- whatevertrevor 2y agoI've not had any issues getting full bandwidth (4k60hz) from my active HDMI cable. Also I believe there are displayport cables that do the data transfer over optical fiber for long runs as well.
- diggan 2y agoSounds like hocus pocus to me (like gold plated connectors), maybe you get like half a meter of extended distance or something with those? If I had to I'd go the repeater way (or as others mentioned: fiber, but sounds expensive and not maintenance free)
- KaiserPro 2y agoI think "active" HDMI is similar to the expensive USB3 cables, which are basically fibre optic cables in disguise https://www.chargerlab.com/the-way-to-metaverse%EF%BC%9Fteardown-of-meta-oculus-quest-2-link-cable/ https://www.chargerlab.com/the-way-to-metaverse%EF%BC%9Ftear...