oscar_ellis•27d agoProlific Poster

Pro tip: stop trusting cheap HDMI cables for long runs

Ran a 25 foot HDMI cable from my PC to the living room TV last Saturday for a movie night. Picture kept cutting out every 10 minutes and I spent 3 hours swapping ports and drivers before I googled the brand. Turns out the $8 cable I bought off Amazon can't handle 4K at that distance. Anyone else hit this wall or do you just swear by Monoprice now?

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stella_murray26d ago

2.5gbps is the HDMI spec from like 2010 dude. That $8 cable probably cant even do 1080p at 25 feet let alone 4K. Honestly the whole "long runs" problem is overblown too. Ive got a 50 foot cheap cable running from my office to my bedroom and it works fine for gaming at 1440p. The real issue is people buying garbage that doesnt even meet the minimum spec for their use case. Tbh you should have just grabbed a fiber optic HDMI from the start instead of blaming the length.

jennys7227d ago

Did you try a powered HDMI repeater? I ran into the same issue with a 30 foot run and one of those cheap little dongles fixed it right up.

shaneb1627d ago

I had that same thought at first. I bought a cheap 25 foot cable from a big box store and it just wouldn't hold a signal after about a week. The repeater fixed it but I ended up having to hide a power outlet behind the TV stand. It got me thinking about how many little problems in life come down to the simple fact that things just don't work as well when you stretch them too thin. You see it with internet cables, extension cords, even relationships. Everyone wants the long version but nobody wants to deal with the signal loss.