15-20M HDMI cable, would it look terrible?

15-20M HDMI cable, would it look terrible?

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Silverbullet767

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10,732 posts

208 months

Tuesday 18th May 2010
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Carl_Spackler said:
Plotloss said:
Have a look at the CYP kit or the Octava kit.

That's good.

A lot of the no name chinese stuff is toss.
Silverbullet767, do as the man says, he knows his onions.read
Octava 1x2 HDMI Splitter. £138.95 What?? really??? over 4 times the cost? Christ for that I'd just buy another HD box and get multiroom.

It's only transmitting 720p to a 26" HDTV in the bedroom. Not 2160p to a TV the size of Belgium over 20 miles away.

I think I'll take a punt at £30, christ I thought you ment similar priced!

Carl_Spackler

2,660 posts

190 months

Tuesday 18th May 2010
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Silverbullet767 said:
Carl_Spackler said:
Plotloss said:
Have a look at the CYP kit or the Octava kit.

That's good.

A lot of the no name chinese stuff is toss.
Silverbullet767, do as the man says, he knows his onions.read
Octava 1x2 HDMI Splitter. £138.95 What?? really??? over 4 times the cost? Christ for that I'd just buy another HD box and get multiroom.

It's only transmitting 720p to a 26" HDTV in the bedroom. Not 2160p to a TV the size of Belgium over 20 miles away.

I think I'll take a punt at £30, christ I thought you ment similar priced!
Ok, but don't blame me when the curtains go up in flames wink

Silverbullet767

Original Poster:

10,732 posts

208 months

Wednesday 19th May 2010
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Carl_Spackler said:
Silverbullet767 said:
Carl_Spackler said:
Plotloss said:
Have a look at the CYP kit or the Octava kit.

That's good.

A lot of the no name chinese stuff is toss.
Silverbullet767, do as the man says, he knows his onions.read
Octava 1x2 HDMI Splitter. £138.95 What?? really??? over 4 times the cost? Christ for that I'd just buy another HD box and get multiroom.

It's only transmitting 720p to a 26" HDTV in the bedroom. Not 2160p to a TV the size of Belgium over 20 miles away.

I think I'll take a punt at £30, christ I thought you ment similar priced!
Ok, but don't blame me when the curtains go up in flames wink
It's all your fault anyway...

hehe

The 2nd one I posted doesnt 'need' to be powered, but it can be.

HellDiver

5,708 posts

184 months

Wednesday 19th May 2010
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At work here we have a 20m HDMI cable going between a Panasonic Blu-Ray player and a Sanyo HD projector.

The cable goes through a busy 42U rack full of AV equipment, up in to a cable tray holding several hundred AV cables, comes off that tray across a false ceiling beside a Mitsubishi aircon controller and ceiling cassette (with associated mains), and then down in to the projector.

We've had NO issues at all.

hman

7,487 posts

196 months

Wednesday 19th May 2010
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HellDiver said:
At work here we have a 20m HDMI cable going between a Panasonic Blu-Ray player and a Sanyo HD projector.

The cable goes through a busy 42U rack full of AV equipment, up in to a cable tray holding several hundred AV cables, comes off that tray across a false ceiling beside a Mitsubishi aircon controller and ceiling cassette (with associated mains), and then down in to the projector.

We've had NO issues at all.
aaah, probably beause you havent done any tight bends HA HA HA HA.

Your case in point is the same as mine, it will work ok and thats pretty much a fact.

However the people who manufacture and sell cables, components and AV equipment may try to convince you otherwise....

Paul Drawmer

4,887 posts

269 months

Thursday 20th May 2010
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Have you checked the vswr?

Silverbullet767

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10,732 posts

208 months

Friday 21st May 2010
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Paul Drawmer said:
Have you checked the vswr?
The what now?

JustinP1

13,330 posts

232 months

Friday 21st May 2010
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HellDiver said:
At work here we have a 20m HDMI cable going between a Panasonic Blu-Ray player and a Sanyo HD projector.

The cable goes through a busy 42U rack full of AV equipment, up in to a cable tray holding several hundred AV cables, comes off that tray across a false ceiling beside a Mitsubishi aircon controller and ceiling cassette (with associated mains), and then down in to the projector.

We've had NO issues at all.
Was it a 20m HDMI cable costing £10?

Paul Drawmer

4,887 posts

269 months

Friday 21st May 2010
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Silverbullet767 said:
Paul Drawmer said:
Have you checked the vswr?
The what now?
My apologies - it was a sillyness that came from the CB radio era. Unintentional confusion.

hman

7,487 posts

196 months

Friday 21st May 2010
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JustinP1 said:
HellDiver said:
At work here we have a 20m HDMI cable going between a Panasonic Blu-Ray player and a Sanyo HD projector.

The cable goes through a busy 42U rack full of AV equipment, up in to a cable tray holding several hundred AV cables, comes off that tray across a false ceiling beside a Mitsubishi aircon controller and ceiling cassette (with associated mains), and then down in to the projector.

We've had NO issues at all.
Was it a 20m HDMI cable costing £10?
Mine is, 1080p no probs - luvverly.

Silverbullet767

Original Poster:

10,732 posts

208 months

Monday 24th May 2010
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thumbup

Good stuff, have ordered a splitter and 15M HDMI lead.

Roll on sky+HD in the bedroom!

tank slapper

7,949 posts

285 months

Monday 24th May 2010
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Paul Drawmer said:
it was a sillyness that came from the CB radio era.
Actually not a silliness at all, and not from CB radio in particular. Any radio transmitter has to have the antenna tuned to match it on the frequency it is transmitting on. If you do not do this, a significant portion of the transmitted power is reflected back down the feed to the output stage of the transmitter, which at the least means your effective radiated power is much reduced and at worst can damage the transmitter. VSWR stands for Voltage Standing Wave Ratio - a perfectly matched antenna will have a ratio of 1:1, meaning all power fed to it will be radiated.

Mr2Mike

20,143 posts

257 months

Tuesday 25th May 2010
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tank slapper said:
Paul Drawmer said:
it was a sillyness that came from the CB radio era.
Actually not a silliness at all, and not from CB radio in particular. Any radio transmitter has to have the antenna tuned to match it on the frequency it is transmitting on.
And VSWR is important in any high speed transmission line application, such as HDMI (along with the other S-parameters). Funny how some people are so quick to use their ignorance as a defensive shield...

Silverbullet767

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10,732 posts

208 months

Tuesday 1st June 2010
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Just an update, happy to report the cable works fine, even in HD. thumbup

hman

7,487 posts

196 months

Tuesday 1st June 2010
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yep, I was confident it would be!

bananarob

1,177 posts

183 months

Tuesday 1st June 2010
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Am using a 15m hdmi between amp and projector, quality is superb. The cable was £300 though so pricey. Could have done it with Cat6 instead but was fitting it in with room rennovation and was an after thought.

Silverbullet767

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208 months

Tuesday 1st June 2010
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bananarob said:
Am using a 15m hdmi between amp and projector, quality is superb. The cable was £300 though so pricey. Could have done it with Cat6 instead but was fitting it in with room rennovation and was an after thought.
Mine was £16.87! hehe

hman

7,487 posts

196 months

Tuesday 1st June 2010
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Silverbullet767 said:
bananarob said:
Am using a 15m hdmi between amp and projector, quality is superb. The cable was £300 though so pricey. Could have done it with Cat6 instead but was fitting it in with room rennovation and was an after thought.
Mine was £16.87! hehe
Brilliant! clap