Help needed please...
I have recently had professionally installed a home cinema.
Amp: Onkyo TZ-RZ730
Projector: Optoma UHD51
The two sources are a PS4Pro (4k/60Hz) also a Blu-ray player which normally runs at 1080p.
The cable needs to be 15m as it will have to run through the ceiling.
I have now tried many many many cables and need some guidance as to how to proceed further.
I first tried a couple of cables from Ebay. Worked fine with the Blu-ray but could only carry a 1080 signal from the PS4.
I then, having read good reviews, tried the Amazon Basics cables with Redmere. This worked well for about a week but after a week these were only fine with the Blu-ray but nothing at all with the PS4 (i.e. "No Signal" displayed from the projector)
I have just tried a Fibre Hybrid HDMI cable made by a company called UGreen (bought on Amazon). Cost was just over £100. This was working brilliantly at first with great picture from the Blu-ray and a full 4k/60 picture from the PS4. I tried two cables and both did the same
However, after a couple of hours or so of playing on the PS4, every 5 minutes or so, the picture drops for about 3 or 4 seconds before it comes back up again. Normally it comes back up as before but sometimes it comes back up with a much reduced level of brightness (note the projector menus are still full brightness but the image itself is dimmer). I have tried it directly from the PS4 to the Projector and the same thing happens so I don't think it is the amp. And it doesn't happen with the Blu-ray with a 1080 signal.
Please advise: Should I try ever increasingly expensive HDMI cables or should I run it over Cat6 instead?
Thanks
Ben
I have recently had professionally installed a home cinema.
Amp: Onkyo TZ-RZ730
Projector: Optoma UHD51
The two sources are a PS4Pro (4k/60Hz) also a Blu-ray player which normally runs at 1080p.
The cable needs to be 15m as it will have to run through the ceiling.
I have now tried many many many cables and need some guidance as to how to proceed further.
I first tried a couple of cables from Ebay. Worked fine with the Blu-ray but could only carry a 1080 signal from the PS4.
I then, having read good reviews, tried the Amazon Basics cables with Redmere. This worked well for about a week but after a week these were only fine with the Blu-ray but nothing at all with the PS4 (i.e. "No Signal" displayed from the projector)
I have just tried a Fibre Hybrid HDMI cable made by a company called UGreen (bought on Amazon). Cost was just over £100. This was working brilliantly at first with great picture from the Blu-ray and a full 4k/60 picture from the PS4. I tried two cables and both did the same
However, after a couple of hours or so of playing on the PS4, every 5 minutes or so, the picture drops for about 3 or 4 seconds before it comes back up again. Normally it comes back up as before but sometimes it comes back up with a much reduced level of brightness (note the projector menus are still full brightness but the image itself is dimmer). I have tried it directly from the PS4 to the Projector and the same thing happens so I don't think it is the amp. And it doesn't happen with the Blu-ray with a 1080 signal.
Please advise: Should I try ever increasingly expensive HDMI cables or should I run it over Cat6 instead?
Thanks
Ben