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.

  • towerful@programming.dev
    3·
    10 months ago

    20m 1080p60 is generally fine on cheapo cables.
    5m 4k60 is generally fine on cheapo cables (makes sense, 4 times the data rate: 1/4 the distance).

    So yeh, an active 10m 4k60 cable makes sense.
    Its all hugely dependant on the source and the sink. Some sources are weak and cheap. Some sinks are expensive and can recover data from a garbage signal.