I have been thinking about cleaning up the area around my HDTV for quite a while. Over the weekend I decided to look for a HDMI booster that would allow me to put my high definition cable receiver and DVD player in a nearby closet, and run a longer cable to the monitor.
Naturally I am worried about picture degradation or digital noise like sparkles if I run a cable that is too long between my HDTV monitor and the source devices. Actually that’s probably why I haven’t shopped around for a video booster before.
I see plenty of options online, but if any Digital Media Minute readers have specific recommendations for a video signal booster that will extend an HDMI cable to around 30 feet without giving me a picture that looks like it’s out of the 1970s, I would love to hear them. Ideally I would want one that requires no additional AC adapter.
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Sold, Nico!– I did my ‘go ogle’-ing and Active HDMI looks like what I need, and the price is right also. I’ll look at the Syba cables. BTW check this out, from your Wikipedia link above: — “HDMI extenders that are based on dual Category 5/Category 6 cable can extend HDMI to 250 meters (820 ft.), while HDMI extenders based on optical fiber can extend HDMI to 300 meters (980 ft.)”. Wow.
Thanks again for taking the time to give your detailed opinion Nico. Please visit again!—Tom