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It's blowing your budget, but you can also look at the Ruipro fiber HDMI cables. A 12 meter (39.37 feet) is $149. https://www.amazon.com/RUIPRO-4K60HZ-HDMI2-0b-Supports-HDCP2-2/dp/B0759CXK4H?th=1 Not sure how they compare to ethernet extenders, but the Ruipro has gotten very good feedback and excellent 4K HDR support. |
I actually have an HDMI cable strung there now, but it stopped working after I changed processors, and I cannot easily replace it. I built my home theater room 7+ years ago and at the time ran an HDMI cable (BJC Belden Series-1 Bonded-Pair HDMI Cable) from BlueJeans cables that was rated one of the best for long distance. The installer I purchased my projector from suggested I also run Cat6 because he doubted the long HDMI cable would work. We plastered the ceiling instead of doing a drop-down. The HDMI cable worked fine with my Emotiva Processor and all was good. I then got a newer source recently (Amazon 4K FireStick) and found it didn't work with my older Emotiva to Epson Projector (9700UB) video path. So figuring an update might be in order I purchased a refurbished Yamaha TSR-7810 receiver which supports the newer standards and has a Preamp out to feed my Anthem amplifier. After hooking up the newer Yamaha I found out none of my older 1080P sources (e.g. Tivo Mini, 1080P BluRay player) as well as the 4K capable Amazon FireStick work with the HDMI connection to the projector. On every input setting the projector output is black with a flash of whatever should be shown maybe every 20s or so. I tried the Yamaha output with an HDMI monitor (3 foot connection) and it works fine. So I'm hoping it is the Yamaha's ability to drive the long HDMI cable vs the HDMI cable's 1.3a spec which I assume should work with the Yamaha. If anyone has any other ideas about what I could try without spending more $$ please feel free to share. |
HDMI cables are tricky bastards. I once did a long run and it was an effing nightmare. I have a drop ceiling in my basement and it’s perfect for hiding the Ethernet, speaker, and whatever wires for the basement system and the living room system right above it. My 2 channel system in the upstairs has the shortest cable runs possible without going to an integrated amp/DAC. Do you still have the old Emotiva? Maybe you can reinstall it while you try to figure it out |
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