RE: HDMI over CAT5

["Rob Mouser" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>From what I've read as it's a digital signal its often "all
or nothing". If=
you're lucky you might get a picture with some "sparkles".

50mtr is a mighty long way for HDMI?

Rob

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> White, Peter
> Sent: 08 December 2008 22:19
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] HDMI over CAT5
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> On a related subject, I've just run a 50mtr HDMI cable to a TV, and it
*w=
as*
> working fine. I then fitted an HDMI wall socket, plugged the 50mtr
cable =
into
> the back of that, then ran a 1mtr cable to the TV, and now there's no
pic=
ture,
> and the PC doesn't even detect a connection.  I was expecting maybe
some
> dropout, but not for it to fail altogether...is that how HDMI is, all
or
> nothing?
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> The 50mtr cable was an eBay special, and I know that's at the limit of
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e
> spec, but it would have been so much easier if it had worked...
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> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of=
Jim
> Noble
> Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 3:55 PM
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] HDMI over CAT5
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> Rob Mouser wrote:
> > Does anyone have any experience of these? They seem to vary from
=A360 =
to well
> over =A3500!
> >
> >
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> Scan have one in their today only section from time to time for ~#18!
No
> idea how good it is. Claims 1080p up to 50m IIRC, over cat6 though.
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> > The CAT5 run is only 10-15m so it doesn't have to work too hard.
> >
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> I'm almost tempted to buy one at that price "just in
case"...
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> Jim
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