One Solution For Long HDMI Runs

apphd

Needed to move my gear around, rearrange my whole living room layout and was looking at a longer than I preferred (45 ft) HDMI run. I know a good cable should give good results up to 50' but I wanted to be sure, and give me some flexibility to go longer in the future. What I came up with was a HDBaseT solution. I went with a HDBaseT-Lite kit from Cables To Go. Ran it with a good 50' Cat6 cable and have been very happy with the results now for about 6 months. Support for 3D, 1080P, 4K up to 190 feet with an IR repeater built in. Believe it or not I found this at a good price (cheapest I could find) at Dell, but they no longer carry it. Thanks Mantis for your input on this.
Ray

[Deleted User]

What about the Redmere HDMi cables? No nothing needed. I may be wrong but works exceptional for my long run setup.

Inspector 24

Looks like it's an HDMI Balun? I use a SnapAV branded one to get the signal from the front left of the room, up the wall, through the ceiling to the projector, probably a 50-60' run.

Works great for me.

mantis

Your Welcome

ledhed

Key Digital also makes some affordable HDBaseT transmitter/receivers with a 10 year warranty.

The difference between HDBaseT solutions and a generic balun, @Inspector 24, is that HDBaseT is a professional standard that has to be conformed to and can offer a lot of features like EDID control, CEC, etc.

apphd

ledhed wrote: »

Key Digital also makes some affordable HDBaseT transmitter/receivers with a 10 year warranty.

The difference between HDBaseT solutions and a generic balun, @Inspector 24, is that HDBaseT is a professional standard that has to be conformed to and can offer a lot of features like EDID control, CEC, etc.

Exactly. I was looking at baluns and from reviews seemed that many were hit or miss when it came to working with all the varieties of equipment out there. With this it is built to a standard and the C2G lite model I chose was certified (important to me) by the HDBaseT Alliance. So I felt pretty confident I would have no problems with handshakes or HDCP. Yes more money than a balun, but reciver, xmitter, and 50' of CAT 6 did not set me back that much, and for me I thought it was worth it. I use my Denon AVR as a HDMI switch and feed everything through this to my Panny Plasma. Could have done the same thing with a Redmere cable. Just another option out there that I think gives you a little more flexibility, and features.