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If you need a long distance hdmi cable, copper won't cut it and fibre is the only way to go simple as
Thanks Keane any brand you recommend of Amazon for a 35 - 40 ft fiber optic hdmi ?
Yup. In my house now for routing from projector to entertainment center. Its great
@@mibz1117 I grabbed the DELONG Fiber HDMI cable off amazon- 50ft. It works perfectly. My TV cant do 120Hz, but it carries 4K HDR at 60fps 4:4:4 with no issues. I use it to game on my TV from my PC.
@@breakfast-burrito Awesome! It's the only way to go!
True, baluns/extenders get around the issue but they do add multiple points of failure, usually power packs. This should provide a much neater solution.
Great video again Pat, nice background info about Fibre, I almost understood most of it 😆 👍
Hi. Will 7 meters optical HDMI cable work with sound between my TV and PC using Mini DisplayPort to HDMI adapter? My Graphic Card outputs sound BTW. Thank you.
Good video,
I have canon Vixia HF R800 camcorder that we want to use for church live streaming but the distance from the laptop to the camera is 50meters. Can this cable do the work without experiencing any breakings? Thanks
With kvm hdmi extenders over fiber optic Does it matter if I use single mode or multi mode fiber optic cable?
I have a Panasonic 1080p projector PT AE 8000 and Denon AVR 2313. Am upgrading to a Cinegrey screen 120 ft. Should i go for a optical HDMI cable?? especially since my projector although a fantastic full HD one but is not 4k.
Your comments and suggestions pls.
Does audio signal travels both ways through fibre hdmi??I want to connect my tv box to the hdmi in of the dolby atmos soundbar and the hdmi out(earc) to the arc port of the projector...but i want to know that if i connect ps5 or pc to projector , will i get the dolby atmos sound from my soundbar if i connect my soundbar and projector with fibre hdmi???does the source and target thing works with only video signals or with audio signals too??
Active HDMI 2.0 cables are bidirectional for data but the cable itself can only be plugged into your equipment in one direction.
So are these optical cables suitable for eARC?
Thank you for a comprehensive video!!!
To early for a science lesson and way more Indepth than I was looking for.
I'm running 2 large floor standers a large centre, 2 side surrounds and 2 rear surrounds and a large sub.
My AV is on the far opposite side of a large room to where my TV/SkyQ box is. Due to this I have always run my sound through a 15m optical lead.
After seeing a few different videos on the subject though I am probably not getting the full sounds from my viewing, how can this be rectified without having to move the AV near the TV which will also bring with it a nightmare of rewiring all the speakers.
To set up the AV and speakers I had to temporarily run a long hdmi lead directly across the room to join the AV and TV.
Which means every time I want to adjust the speaker set up or AV settings I have to stretch the thick hdmi lead out again.
Hi ! Isn’t it cheaper to extend copper hdmi cables using powered extender or splitters ? Thanks
Price of fiber optic hdmi cables has dropped a lot these days. Using a fiber optic hdmi cable up to 150m length is much cheaper and better than using powered extender solutions.
Question, do you think I could reach around 230ft with one of these running 1080p?
Yea
Would a fibre optic cable enable me to run a 5m cable from my ipad pro(hdmi adapter) into a 7" hdmi monitor...as currently I can only use around 2m of copper hdmi ...more than this I start getting signal loss...thank you.
Yes it would
I am looking for a HDMI for BenQ TK800m, lenght required is less than 20ft. Kindy suggest a cable. my friends suggest to me buy cable optical. My source is Panasonic UB820, NVIDIA TV Pro, Denon 3700. Thank you
I just bought a 50 ft optical HDMI cable for $69 dollars, so it didn't take too long to be cheap enough for home use. And that was for a 48gbps cable, if I only wanted 18gbps I could have gotten it for $30. While 50 ft is doable with a regular HDMI cable, I plan on having wall plates and an additional 6ft copper HDMI cable on either side which would further reduce the signal strength.
“Our dear NBN”
We were meant to have the NBN be full fiber until the conmen came in and ruined it
I call the last 3 we’ve had ATM (Abbott, turnbull, Morrison) because they keep giving money to their mates
Very educating video, much appreciated.
I'd really like to see a test in speed travel vs copper HDMI in the short cables.
I know it's said that copper is "fine" under 15m long but I still want to know how much faster data pings one end to the other vs copper.
Is there such a testing device?
This man is SMART and very well informed. Great video. Can't wait to check out the rest of his work.
wow, didn't expect the video to go that deep when I clicked it :D Good job!
Soo is the fiber from your expertise any better 🤔 I waited for your input on saying yes or no duffrence
Awesome job & dope channel really…I have a question can I use this fiber HDMI cable for my PS5?
Thank mate, and Yes you can!
Does arc and hdmi pass through not work with an optic hdmi cable?
Reputable vendors have list of features for their HDMI fiber cable. Dont buy anything that does not mention these features.
question: how can i get the best quality picture to my tv from my router. is there an adapter to convert the ethernet able to fiber HDMI cable
Ummmm.... what we trying to do?
Routers don’t have HDMI. Ethernet is very good up to 100 metres.
AFAIK for a 10 m or longer 4K HDMI cable, you don't have other options.
Damn porch lights
I use a 12 metre HDMI cable. Xbox is fine. Satellite box is fine. Blu Ray player flickers. Sometimes only flickers on the menu screen and once the disc starts it settles down. But I think it’s an issue because of the distance. I changed from an Onkyo amp to a Denon a few years back and the issue stopped. I’ve just upgraded my amp and went back to an Onkyo and it’s doing it again on the Blu Ray player. Sometimes there was no picture at all but sound. Sometimes nothing. Sometimes just flickering. Wondering if I should upgrade to a fibre optic cable or just upgrade the Blu Ray player 🤔
I've always had problems with my 15m hdmi cable, connecting pc to a tv in 4k 60hz hdr mode, now i've bougt a fiber optic 15m cable and it works great. Was curious, how it works and if its really optical - thank you for an explanation )
Does audio signal travels both ways through fibre hdmi??I want to connect my tv box to the hdmi in of the dolby atmos soundbar and the hdmi out(earc) to the arc port of the projector...but i want to know that if i connect ps5 or pc to projector , will i get the dolby atmos sound from my soundbar if i connect my soundbar and projector with fibre hdmi???does the source and target thing works with only video signals or with audio signals too??
@@peaceseeker619 Hi, don't think I can help you. I use it just to connect my ps to a tv screen, so bot audio and video signals travel only in this direction...
Hi Pat,
Appreciate your work on this, its a lot of information.
my concern with fiber optic HDMI is , if i plug in to my projector and my projector emits a lot of heat upto 52 degree Celsius , would that damage the Optic cable by any chance.?
Unlikely, fibre optic cables can withstand extreme heat and cold, you will be fine, but the plastic housing could be an issue. If normal HDMI doesn't melt then the Fibre one wont.
Fibre cables contain electronics in the connectors which could be more heat sensitive than simple copper pins in copper cable.
However I doubt a projector HDMI connector would get that hot as it would fry its own electronics too.
OH my god. So many missinformation. Fiber HDMI is a nightmare for anyone who worked in AV industry. All serious companies use AVoIP (extenders via Cat cable). HDMI fiber have often problem with reliable edid/HPD resulting in no signal. You will need external power for 4K content usually. You should use it only for Point-to-Point connection, otherwise you wont get 4K60Hz, you will get into "HDMI no signal" loop etc. And about copper HDMI - 15m?! 5m with certified HDMI 2.0 cable at best. Everything more is usually fail at 4K60.
So, i want to connect my projector to my receiver, and its about 20m away. Should i buy a 20m cober 2.1 or hdmi or optcal hdmi 2.1 ?
Wow, long time getting to the point, which was sorta glossed over at the end. Anyway, if you are calling an HDMI to Ethernet converter a Balun that is not correct, the term is short for Balanced/Unbalanced referring to a device that converts a discreetly wired multi conductor data cable (balanced) to a coaxial cable (Unbalanced) or visa-versa. Both an HDMI cable and an Ethernet cable are both discreetly wired multi conductor data cables, so there is no balunning going on there, and I don't think there such a term as a Balbal, it's just a media converter.
Correct. I think the better term there to use would have been transponder.
Good teacher
Well this video aged like milk
So, if I wanna connect PC in 1st floor to TV in the ground floor, then yes, but for connecting them, when they're next to each other is better (or cheaper) done with copper one. Ok, got it.
These are good for the house if you have a CCTV pc box and want video output on a TV in another part of your house
Just got a 20m 48mbps fibre hdmi 2.1 delivered, plan to use it with a USB over ethernet connection via a cat 7 ethernet to use a pc that is upstairs on an LG CX that is downstairs.
I have been through two fiber optic cables so far because I start to get black screen while gaming. I bought a regular hdmi for 4k and the problem is gone. The ones dropping out are monster uhd platinum fiber optic cables. They work for a few months then give trouble.
Monster = garbage company.
interesting but 8k has only 4x more pixels than 4k, not 8x more. You said: "8k content has 8 times more pixels than 4k media".
yes my bad, !
watched again and found it very informative. thanks. the info and some pics were good. I'm been researching the fiber hdmi for an a/v job and could not find a video to cover as much as you were able to do. doing electronics since the 70's so I've seen alot come and go. long way from radio shack days. lol. The other videos out there are all still confusing and plagued with mis-information. From other videos It's my understanding the fiber is only used for the audio. Yet we need a solution for longer video runs over hdmi. I've been using the hdmi/cat5 extenders for years, but looking for some better options. I thought the fiber hdmi would be it. now not so sure. I'll be checking back on your channel.
Fibre HDMI will work well, and the cable is thinner, perfect for long routing in a home, but price is a problem.
This is literally the worst video for a person who wants to work in AV. HDMI fiber gives you headaches and sleepless nights.
and because they are uni directional you will lose feedback features that many devices now have via HDMI.
I didn’t find anything unusual, connectors of fiber cable getting hot and overheated my Apple TV 4K , I bought zeskit maya cable and got a great image much better than fiber optic
One thing to note; being fiber optic cable you need to watch the bending of the cable or you will have light loss. Also the the Fiber HDMI cable requires 5v, that is available from the HDMI port. There are some instances as the length increases that you may need to use a voltage inserter, which supplies a constant 5v to the cable, and is inserted between the cable and the HDMI input. Also note you pay for what you get! Don't cheap on on your cables.
I just ordered two 10ft Fiber Optic hdmi cables & I hope it fixes the flickering issue from my PC to my Hisense U8H 🤦🏾🤷🏾
@@myquietreviewsfeaturingc.t9354 How's your cable works ? 10ft should definitely works for a fiber optic hdmi cable. Otherwise, it should be put into the trash.
@@AOCFIBERLINK The U8H is just terrible for PC gaming
great vid mate, I have just purchased 2x 3m HDMI 2.1 for my new oled tv in preparation for the next gen consoles. I contemplated buying these cables, just didn't because i though they were a fad (like curved TV's). You also said the signal is directional, does that mean ARC or EARC wouldn't work with an audio receiver?
The hdmi fibre cables have copper in them for things like that and it should still work
do you have a HDMI 2.1 port on the TV? won't do much if only the console and cord is HDMI 2.1 (not that it will be bad, pretty sure it will just downgrade itself). What is the model of TV?
@@knifeyonline It's an LG CX OLED which i bought in preparation for the ps5 (being HDMI 2.1 compatible).
@@TechManPat That's good to know! Thanks for the info.
@@Natza09 its directional meaning that one end of the optical HDMI cable has a booster chip stuffed into the tip to turn the digital signals into light beams. That chipped end then would be going into port of the source outputting the signal, but if you're upgrading to next gen consoles the optical cables are still worth it because they are less prone to interference from other sources and if the standard "high speed cables" with the consoles are of cheap quality(which they typically are to save money) the upgrade will be worth it in the long run regardless of the fact since these AOC HDMI's can be bought on Amazon for $15 a piece at bare minimum for 10 feet and at that price what do you have to lose? $15 is nothing in comparison to spending $500+ on a next generation console and games to go along with it. I bought one for my One X and in comparison to the image while using the standard cable which came with the One X, I did notice things like better black levels and colors with a bit more depth plus better HDR imagery. So by seeing the difference I came to the conclusion that either the One X 7 foot cable isn't capable of delivering the full 18Gbps throughput or that the cable was starting to show its age as it introduced artifacts into the final rendering by the TV
"Wasn't like this in *my* day" ... says me, an analogue head, whose edumacation stops at "All a cable has to do is to provide minimal resistance between two connection points"
Took four minutes to start answering the title question?
yes very important
Optical is immune to electromagnetic interference
Use the shortest copper hdmi or network cables you can. When going over 20ft hdmi look for AOC.
Extenders don't avoid the interference
Don't think speed of light and electricity propagation are really very different or relevant in this case. I've got a 15m run copper HDMI am going to see if it works with a 4k projector first. It may or may not at peak (console) useage.
did it work fine for 4k?
Only 4k 8bit i reckon
8K is 4 times the pixels of 4K. not 8 times
I have one and I don't even need or use it.
Skip the physics travelogue: @4:10
You need to buy some HDMI cables from cheap to expensive (Cleerline Fiber) and do the AB test to validate your claims. I noticed a difference in quality with my 130” projector screen in terms of color, contrast and clarity.
The cables aren't cheap, just bought a 20m cable for £170 :(
I have a 65" QLED (q90t)I run a 15' fiezlink fiber optic from my DVD, Xbox, basically all my equipment going to my tv except my 4k DVD player I plug it in directly to sound bar cause it only has one out put. I have a 4' monster cobalt blue 2.1 48gbs going from earc on tv to sound bar. after switch to this set up I don't have drop out or lip sync issues. the colors are noticeably richer and playing games I have vrr and 120fps now, movies I have better sounds and color is explosive and crisp. I use to use copper for everything not any more. just earc everything else is fiberoptic,has to be.
Does audio signal travels both ways through fibre hdmi??I want to connect my tv box to the hdmi in of the dolby atmos soundbar and the hdmi out(earc) to the arc port of the projector...but i want to know that if i connect ps5 or pc to projector , will i get the dolby atmos sound from my soundbar if i connect my soundbar and projector with fibre hdmi???does the source and target thing works with only video signals or with audio signals too??
Skip to 2:34 to avoid headache
I been having fiber optic HDMI cables since 2019 15 feet 40 bucks monster fiber optic HDMI. This guy don't know anything
I have a question for you I'm thinking about getting the monster cable platinum fiber optic and was wondering on the life span on those cables do they last because I've seen people comment that they burn out quickly
It can make sense to use HDMI optical for 4 k 120 hz HDR 4:4:4 chroma 10 bit... High bandwich stuff right there
Start @ 4:00
Yes good idea
BLA BLA BLA Just get on with how this cable works and if its any good
Way way way too long video to answer the question you ask in the title.
I like talking
@@TechManPat That was exactly what I was thinking but were not in a rude state while writing the comment :) I do respect your honesty and wisdom in admitting it :)
Haha got to know out short comings when living online
you made my head spin. tmi lifo
There a million fiber optic HDMI cables in the internet . I will definitely unsubscribe this ch .
too much side talk. just go to the info.
I like talking, especially about side quests
I am Just watching your videos because you are so cute
you are gay.
Ppffft! Fibre. Copper HDMI is just as good.
- tony abbott
@@mycro2767 LMFAO 🤣😂🤣😂👍👍
You are too busy trying to sound smart
That’s a crap review 2.1 fibbr cable is better than copper now that’s a fact.
Boring
Good video,
I have canon Vixia HF R800 camcorder that we want to use for church live streaming but the distance from the laptop to the camera is 50meters. Can this cable do the work without experiencing any breakings? Thanks