HDMI RJ45

Jez · 24 Jul 2016 at 17:55

I have a need to get an HDMI signal to an outbuilding of mine which is too far away for HDMI. I will be running data cabling to it anyway and can of course add additional runs.

I seem to remember someone on here recommending an HDMI RJ45 set of baluns which were fairly cheap, but worked very well.

Does anyone have any first hand recommendations

It isnt for anything fancy, just to get a Sky feed out there from an HDMI matrix in my house.

Caged · 24 Jul 2016 at 19:25

How far, and how many joins are there in the cable (e.g. patch panels, wall outlets), and is the cable Cat6A, Cat6, Cat5e?

Bubo · 24 Jul 2016 at 20:38

Neet® - HDMI Extender over / Cat5e / Cat6 / RJ45 network cable - BALUN - 480p (60m) / 1080p Full HD (30m)

25 quid.

Jez · 24 Jul 2016 at 21:06

Caged said:
How far, and how many joins are there in the cable (e.g. patch panels, wall outlets), and is the cable Cat6A, Cat6, Cat5e?

It'll be cat5e as I have a reel of it

No joints, would be a dedicated straight cable run for video away from the actual data network.

Bubo said:
Neet® - HDMI Extender over / Cat5e / Cat6 / RJ45 network cable - BALUN - 480p (60m) / 1080p Full HD (30m)

25 quid.

Excellent, do you have personal experience of them, they work as a normal hdmi cable would?

Bubo · 24 Jul 2016 at 21:46

Yes, I pipe HDMI from downstairs to upstairs. The cat5e cables are 30m long, I couldn't be bothered to shorten them as they came pre-built. I also use a Neet HDMI splitter to split the signal. Sounds like you will won't need this if you have a matrix.

I have had the dc power supply that comes with it fail once, but Neet customer service replaced it without any quibbles whatsoever. It was just the power supply anyway, I could have easily got a replacement for a few quid.

Jez · 24 Jul 2016 at 22:02

Nice, I'll get a set of those then. This would only be around 20m so should be fine you'd hope

thanks again

tom_nieto · 25 Jul 2016 at 18:40

My Neet HDMI extenders work very nicely. I have the dual Ethernet ones rather than the single run. Would recommend.

pepp77 · 25 Jul 2016 at 18:44

I have an eSYNiC one. It was £30 but has the added benefit of having HDMI out on both units. This means I can have the sender connected to my sky box which then connects directly to the Amp in the living room, whilst the Cat6 connector goes to the bedroom unit and the hdmi from that into the bedroom TV.

Means can watch in both locations at the same time if I want to.

Caged · 25 Jul 2016 at 21:30

20m you can probably do with a long thick HDMI lead

bledd · 26 Jul 2016 at 05:38

Having tried a few at work. If you're going to do it, use the Neet cat6 2 port model.

Try cat5e first if you have it, if you do go for cat6, remember to get cat6 jacks as the cable is slightly thicker.

RedTen · 26 Jul 2016 at 07:43

Darn. I've had some of these for sale in the MM for a while! Missed the boat.

Jez · 26 Jul 2016 at 09:06

tom_nieto said:
My Neet HDMI extenders work very nicely. I have the dual Ethernet ones rather than the single run. Would recommend.

Thanks for the second recommendation, I'll go with these for sure if they work reliably. 2 runs isn't an issue I have loads of cable..

pepp77 said:
I have an eSYNiC one. It was £30 but has the added benefit of having HDMI out on both units. This means I can have the sender connected to my sky box which then connects directly to the Amp in the living room, whilst the Cat6 connector goes to the bedroom unit and the hdmi from that into the bedroom TV.

Means can watch in both locations at the same time if I want to.

Thanks for the recommendation, i don't need to split the signal in my case but they do sound good too.

Caged said:
20m you can probably do with a long thick HDMI lead

I did think about this but I've had mixed luck with long hdmi cables, I figured a different solution actually designed for the task would probably be a better bet. Also cat5 is more versatile down the line once laid

BoatyMcBoatface said:
Having tried a few at work. If you're going to do it, use the Neet cat6 2 port model.

Try cat5e first if you have it, if you do go for cat6, remember to get cat6 jacks as the cable is slightly thicker.

Yeah I will definitely be using cat5e first just because it's what I already have, we'll see!

jpaul · 26 Jul 2016 at 10:59

The Neets with the inbuilt IR sender, although £15 more does seem a good option (if it works) for sky where cannot do wireless control

How were you planning to deal with the IR ?

The Neet and others strangely do not seem to specify their compliancy with a particular hdmi standard, no reference to high-speed which is meant to be the indicator it would work with a 4K sky feed. or a higher res computer monitor.
I, too, am looking for sky/other media distribution some 30m and would maybe like future proofing

Jez · 26 Jul 2016 at 19:26

jpaul said:
The Neets with the inbuilt IR sender, although £15 more does seem a good option (if it works) for sky where cannot do wireless control

How were you planning to deal with the IR ?

I don't need IR just for sky, sky comes with a remote control app which I find I use most of the time. I did give it some consideration but the app is absolutely fine for me

pepp77 · 26 Jul 2016 at 19:34

Jez said:
Thanks for the recommendation, i don't need to split the signal in my case but they do sound good too.

!

the non splitting one is about £25 and includes the ir blaster. Been using mine daily for about a year now and not had one issue.

tom_nieto · 27 Jul 2016 at 14:15

jpaul said:
The Neets with the inbuilt IR sender, although £15 more does seem a good option (if it works) for sky where cannot do wireless control

How were you planning to deal with the IR ?

The Neet IR sender works extremely well, much better than I anticipated actually.