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[–] [email protected] 67 points 2 years ago (23 children)

I trust nothing on there anymore, it is very difficult to wade through the crap. All I want is a 3m HDMI 2.1 cable and I don't believe what I'm getting.

It's like chinavasion but with better marketing.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago (8 children)

I've always bought cables from Monoprice first and Amazon second.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Have you had any issues, I'm seeing ridiculously long cables that I didn't think we're commercially available like 15m 48gbps HDMI which I thought was above the length maximum

[–] grinde 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Is it fiber or copper? Copper is probably not going to get you that far, but fiber can supposedly still deliver a decent signal at up to 60m.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I don't understand, wouldn't the cable need to be copper to be a HDMI? If it was fiber you'd need something to convert the signal back to electrical from optical before the TV no?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There are HDMI cables that are basically HDMI to fiber tranceivers. The HDMI plug draws power from the HDMI port to use active components to convert to a fiber signal.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

You have no Idea how much you have blown my mind this is crazy! I am getting one

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