• grinde@programming.dev
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    10 months ago

    Is it fiber or copper? Copper is probably not going to get you that far, but fiber can supposedly still deliver a decent signal at up to 60m.

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      10 months ago

      I don’t understand, wouldn’t the cable need to be copper to be a HDMI? If it was fiber you’d need something to convert the signal back to electrical from optical before the TV no?

      • bufordt@sh.itjust.works
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        10 months ago

        There are HDMI cables that are basically HDMI to fiber tranceivers. The HDMI plug draws power from the HDMI port to use active components to convert to a fiber signal.

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          10 months ago

          You have no Idea how much you have blown my mind this is crazy! I am getting one