What do i need to know about HMDI cables beore buying? (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by LunchEnjoyer@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Hiya!

This is probably more simple than what I'm making into, but I want to be sure, so here we go:

Currently in the market for a good HDMI cable, however, I am curious as to what I need to know (as I know nothing about these cables) before buying one. So my use case for this scenario is a 3M long HDMI cable that will connect my desktop(Nobara or Bazzite) to my TV (that has Nvidia Shield). This is for easy access to couch gaming. My desktop has a RX 6700 XT card, but unsure about the specifications of the TV other than it being a 70inch one (can try to find this if its relevant), but I am not looking to stream 4k. So let me know what kinda specs/details i need to look for in a HDMI cable for this :)))

PS. I tried setting up Sunlight + Moonlight, but honestly seemed like a bit too much configuration for my liking, but might give it a go again later on. I've also only got access to medium-speed Wifi atm, so this isn't optional.

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[-] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 20 points 8 months ago

Most large broadcasters buy the cheapest HDMI cables going, because they do the same job and are cheap to replace

There is absolutely no benefit to gold plated nonsense

[-] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 8 points 8 months ago

I've had more issues with sketchy hdmi cables than any other type of cable. It doesn't need to be gold, but if it running more than 40 feet or in a hard to access area that you won't want to mess with ever again (wall mount TV or ceiling mounted projector for instance) get a good one.

[-] towerful@programming.dev 3 points 8 months ago

If you are running through walls, run some shielded cat6a and some SM fibre.
Doesnt matter what happens to the display standards. There will always be converters to rj45 and sm fibre (whereas MM fibre is essentially dead these days).

[-] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works -1 points 8 months ago

Run that with it for future proofing your run sure but if you know you need a n hdmi line right now it's less of a headache to just run the hdmi wire than to convert it to rj45.

[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago

I mean, I have had real issues with cheap, not good cables.

For example, I had one that we found out was the reason our Wifi was intermittently dropping.

You would plug it in, and the wifi would go out in that area of the house.

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