[RndTbl] HDMI extenders

[Colin Stanners]

Digiparts.ca is more of a warehouse than a retail store - it's at 15-1865
Sargent but may not always have staff. I think there's even more items
there physically than what is listed on the website. The last time that I
was there I had a nice, long conversation; I suspect that the employee
(owner?) was bored in his big cavern of boxes.

On Thu, Mar 9, 2023, 2:19 p.m. Adam Thompson <athompso at athompso.net> wrote:

> I haven’t heard of Digiparts before, nice to see there’s another vendor in
> Winnipeg!  (Colin: Where on Sargent?  Their website conspicuously omits an
> address.)
>
> If you need somewhere open after 5pm, Princess Auto currently has 50’ HDMI
> cables in stock at Panet Rd. for $39.99.
>
> -Adam
>
>
>
> *From:* Roundtable <roundtable-bounces at muug.ca> *On Behalf Of *Colin
> Stanners
> *Sent:* Thursday, March 9, 2023 10:23 AM
> *To:* Continuation of Round Table discussion <roundtable at muug.ca>
> *Subject:* Re: [RndTbl] HDMI extenders
>
>
>
> Hi Kevin, here's some info.
>
>
>
> -Note the difference between "HDMI over catX cable" and "HDMI over
> Ethernet". For the first case, HDMI signals are converted with simple
> processing to run over one or a pair of catX cables. Cheap adapters like
>
>
> https://www.amazon.ca/Extender-Converter-Yukidoke-Compatible-Unilateral/dp/B09LXJF3Z1/
> for $40-80 do that pretty well but can be affected by video resolution,
> cable length and quality. Sometimes if you are lucky at Krazy Binz you'll
> find a pair of those remaining on $10 or $5 days. More advanced adapters
> that compress the multi-gbps HDMI video signal into a stream of approx
> 100mbps and encapsulate it into IP packets to run over standard Ethernet
> connections cost hundreds of dollars+ per link and add latency.
>
>
>
> -HDMI max length with passive cables is around 50ft on most equipment, if
> you're doing 4K resolution later it'd be likely less. Digiparts.ca is
> located on Sargent, opening hours vary but they have 50ft HDMI cables for
> $30.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 9, 2023, 8:09 a.m. Kevin McGregor <kevin.a.mcgregor at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Here's another question I was going to ask at the meeting but forgot
> about. It's not UNIX/Linux-related but I was hoping for some input.
>
>
>
> Does anyone have experience with HDMI-over-Ethernet extenders? Do they
> work? Do the less-expensive ones work? :-)  Should I just get a really long
> HDMI cable? What's the upper length limit for HDMI cables (1080p)? It would
> be under 50 ft.
>
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