Reliable 10m HDMI cable (4k/60/hdr)

Haggisman

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I need a decent reliable HDMI cable to connect my PC to my AV receiver, unfortunately they are in opposite corners of the room, so 10m is the shortest which will reach (actually, 9 would probably do, but 8 is just too short :().

I've currently got a reasonably decent one (CSL brand from Amazon), nice thick guage, and it connects fine, the problem is, it loses sync for a couple of seconds occasionally (maybe 1-2 times an hour), which is really inconvenient when in the middle of a game!

Any suggestions on how to address this? Powered cable or something? Or would a display port to HDMI cable make a difference? Don't particularly want to spend a fortune :/
 
Psycho Sonny said:
I think sky say officially shouldn't use anything longer than 3m.

Personally I'd move the pc within 3m.

In fact it's what I did I put the htpc right next to the avr.

Just buy wireless keyboard and mouse. They are better than wired apparently these days.
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Not really an option since then I'd have the same issue with the 10m hdmi or DP cable to connect my monitor on my desk :D

lucid said:
The problem with the £10 cables though is they don't work reliably or just don't work at all. Not at these resolutions and refresh rates.
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Very true, I'll take a look at the fibre ones, do I need to take into account latency with them?

lucid said:
If you were talking VGA cable to do 1080p at 10m then the cost for that where it doesn't introduce picture problems would be over £100.
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Not a great comparison when that's an analogue signal, vs HDMI being digital
 
Yes, both are HDR screens, and I game on both, I shouldn't have to compromise really, if I just stump up for a fibre HDMI cable.

Got a powered repeater coming today, so we'll see if that works first as the cheaper option, otherwise that can go back and I'll grab a fibre cable
 
Slightly misleading name however, as due to marketing, most people think of "fibre broadband" as FTTC rather than FTTP/H, which isn't necessarily faster than copper (e.g. Virgin uses copper coax and is a lot faster than most ISP's "fibre broadband")

Powered repeater made no difference, so time to do some research and get a fibre cable
 
99% sure it's the length as when I tried the PC closer to the TV with a 2m cable it was fine.

So far I've tried:

Decent quality but old (iirc HDMI 1.4) cable I already had - connected fine, dropouts every few minutes
Cheap HDMI 2.0b cable - constant flickering
Decent quality HDMI 2.0a/b cable (the one I'm currently using) - connects fine, dropouts every 30 mins or so
Powered repeater - same as above, connects fine, dropouts every 30 mins or so
Active copper cable - constant flickering and noise

Yesterday evening Amazon delivered me a "Mavislink" fibre cable (best reviews & longest warranty around the £50 point), it connects fine, no noise or static, but haven't had a chance to test it properly gaming yet.

Fingers crossed it works, otherwise the next option is spending £££ to convert my PC to mITX to go under the TV and seeing if the connection works the other way (or buying a gaming laptop :p)
 
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