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SCVJeff
Jul 21, 2015Explorer
Technology marches on at the speed of light. As with Ethernet cables, there is a better understanding of how to twist them internally to reduce cross talk, upgrade the gauge, and better termination to reduce crosstalk that also reduces apparent losses. The end result are things that wouldn’t work, now do. ~4 years ago I built several control rooms each with five 65” Samsung monitors fed by 25’ HDMI cables that were flaky enough that we had to go to Plan-B. Today all of those rooms are being fed with 50’ HDMI direct from the rack with no issues. I don't think the official spec has changed, but the technology is not the same as when it was written. Just don’t buy Cr@p..
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