Help with advice on a long HDMI cable

[martian1]

I have a infocus pj and have the chance of a cheap second hand Tosh a1 [usa] HDDVD player.I have a great component cable but have read HDMI is a lot better.My projector is capable of HD playback but only has component and DVI connections so i would need an adapter DVI to HDMI [female] which are about £20 with postage.Now if i want a decent [correct me if im wrong] cable it will cost about £100 for 9m,would the signal degrade over this length ? Is it worth it considering the player isn't much more money than the cable itself ? Or could i get a cheaper cable as quality cable isn't an isssue with HDMI
Thanks all

 

[nwgarratt]

HDMI should be fine at that length. It is true that a better cable will be best at that length but you don't need to spend anywhere that much. I would say a 10m one at under £50 should be fine.

I use a 1.5m version of this one. I apid £15 for it and this is £30 so I think it is a bargain.

10m HDMI to DVI cable

 

[martian1]

Thanks for that it looks a nice cable

 

[PH001]

I use a 10m HDMI cable for under £15 along with a DVI - HDMI connector which was about £5. No problem whatsoever. Got them from www.cpc.co.uk

 

[bappy]

I have Optoma HD70 and Denon 2930 and useing them with a 15 meter HDMi cable, cost me about $45 in Singapore. I do not see any loss or any problem at all.

I have a infocus pj and have the chance of a cheap second hand Tosh a1 [usa] HDDVD player.I have a great component cable but have read HDMI is a lot better.My projector is capable of HD playback but only has component and DVI connections so i would need an adapter DVI to HDMI [female] which are about £20 with postage.Now if i want a decent [correct me if im wrong] cable it will cost about £100 for 9m,would the signal degrade over this length ? Is it worth it considering the player isn't much more money than the cable itself ? Or could i get a cheaper cable as quality cable isn't an isssue with HDMI
Thanks all

 

[noddy3]

i'm interested in this as well. i'm currently running composite cables from a marantz amp to an infocus IN76. because the cable had to run around the side of the room to avoid the ceiling beams i reckon it's about 15-18 metres.

- does hdmi experience loss of signal or degradation at these lengths ?

- would i see a noticible improvement in picture quality in going from composite to hdmi ? i am not an AV guru - i have just installed the IN76 with the factory settings. i wouldn't want to do this if i wouldn't notice the difference.

- i understand there are some copy protection features built in to hdmi. what are the implications of this ? what (if anything) would it stop me from being able to play ?

thanks..

 

[fomoria]

I started off with the free 2m HDMI cable that came with my HD-E1, then purchased a 7m one from CPC ( link is a couple of posts above).

Didn't notice any differences at all and the cable appears much better made, more robust all round. Think it cost about £10 , though you may have to hunt about abit as they had a few cables at greatly different prices and not all were easy to see - don't forget to check in their sale/clearance section.

Kev.

 

[Mr.D]

I've had no problems with Lindy cables: use the cheaper range its perfectly good for long runs ( mine is 15m).

 

[justdoit]

HDMI is a digital signal so it cannot degrade, it will only either work or not so if somebody sells you a 15m cable the wires must be of a good enough quality to go that distance so it will work the same as a 2m one

 

[nwgarratt]

HDMI is a digital signal so it cannot degrade, it will only either work or not so if somebody sells you a 15m cable the wires must be of a good enough quality to go that distance so it will work the same as a 2m one

From my own experience it IS better to have have better quality with long cables. I have seen cheap cables fail with 1080 at long distances and created sparklies. However, at 576 or 720 it works fine. It is just not worth spending a lot more for distance. A 10 metre cable for around £30 will be fine. A 15 metre would be about £40.

Another benefit is the connections are often much better than cheap cables (especially if doing HDMI to DVI). I had a cheap ebay one that was awful build quality and the connector actually fell out of the socket enough to stop a picture being sent. There are a lot like this on ebay.

 

[martian1]

Help me choose one of these please

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/HD-Cable-Shop

http://www.contact-media.co.uk/highdefinition/hdmi_products-3.htm

http://www.clearly-av.co.uk/V112010.html

thanks