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25 Foot (7.6 Meter) HDMI V1.4 Cable, US $9.99 Delivered from Meritline

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25 Foot (7.6 Meter) HDMI V1.4 Cable, US $9.99 Delivered from Meritline
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Russ on 07/08/2014 - 13:20 meritline.com (391 clicks)
Last edited 07/08/2014 - 13:35
MLCB06GN

Note: you must have an account with Meritline to enter the coupon code, and you must be logged in to enter the code. Don't forget to enter the coupon code, or you'll be paying about 50% more.

25 foot (7.6 meter) HDMI V1.4 cable with braided cover. No mention if the contacts are gold plated, so fair to assume they are not.

Cable is delivered from China, will probably take about 4 weeks for delivery.

Coupon also seems to work if you order more than one cable. I did not go completely through the checkout process with two in my basket, be cautious if you are buying more than one.

Deal started last night. Meritline update their deals every evening, not sure what time. Deal may last one, two or three days, depending on how fast they sell out.

Edit: If you want to know whether the deal has ended, look for the words "Apply coupon code MLCB06GN at checkout to receive US$5.00 off item." on the webpage. If you can't see these words, the deal has ended.

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  • hollykryten on 07/08/2014 - 13:26

    Makes you wonder what would you need a 7.6m HDMI cable for. What would be that far away from your device.

    • Russ on 07/08/2014 - 13:28
      +9

      Sit on your lounge with your laptop, and play games on your big-screen TV.

      Extra length lets you do a semi-permanent installation of the cable, so it won't be a trip hazard.

      Also good for those with ceiling-mounted projectors.

      • busterau on 07/08/2014 - 13:41

        +1 for ceiling mount projectors!

      • hollykryten on 07/08/2014 - 14:04

        I'm sure there are HDMI wireless video transmitter dongles. Take Chromecast for example.

        • PVA on 07/08/2014 - 14:34
          +9

          Not for 9 bucks.

        • Make it so on 07/08/2014 - 15:48
          +4

          That doesn't get you full quality 1080P with uncompressed 7.1 Audio…..
          A cable like this can be useful if you want to temporarily connect a computer or other device which is far from your tv.

    • timmypete on 07/08/2014 - 13:45
      +4

      I've got a HDMI matrix splitter so that I could connect more devices to a TV with only two HDMI ports. It can output the same device to multiple screens.

      I'm tempted to get a cable of this length to connect up a monitor in my kitchen to the home theatre set. It would then mean that the same output could be on both screens at the same time.

    • Russ on 07/08/2014 - 13:49

      Perhaps you could watch your cable TV in the bedroom, while leaving your cable TV receiver in the loungeroom? (Assuming your bedroom is close to your loungeroom).

  • durranp on 07/08/2014 - 13:47

    Well website is down now so must of been popular.

    • Russ on 07/08/2014 - 13:51

      Still working for me, but took ~15 seconds to load.

    • hollykryten on 07/08/2014 - 14:11
      -1

      50 clicks is so popular brings a web site to a crawl?. What is this web site run off a dialup internet connection.

  • durranp on 07/08/2014 - 13:53

    Yep back up now.

  • hluu0111 on 07/08/2014 - 13:57

    Correction: AUD9.99, not USD9.99.
    I just bought one.

    Thanks Russ.

    • starionx on 07/08/2014 - 14:34

      From amount $11.10 AUD
      To amount $9.99 USD
      Exchange rate: 1 AUD = 0.900734 USD

      AUD $11.10

  • [Deactivated] on 07/08/2014 - 16:39

    What's 7.6 Meters in metric terms?

    • Russ on 07/08/2014 - 17:52
      +6

      An average bed is approximately 2 meters long, so about 3.8 bed lengths.

      • [Deactivated] on 07/08/2014 - 22:35

        Water meters or gas meters?

      • FabMan on 07/08/2014 - 23:16
        +1

        Metre vs meter

        • Russ on 08/08/2014 - 08:59
          +1

          Oops, now I get it. I have trouble with centre vs center too.

  • [Deactivated] on 07/08/2014 - 17:54

    Thanks, ordered, was looking for 10-15m but this will be ok.

  • ZeDestructor on 08/08/2014 - 02:02
    +2

    No mention if the contacts are gold plated, so fair to assume they are not.

    That mention is always talking about the large outer metal shield, where gold plating has no purpose because there is so much surface area that can be used for conduction… of the grounding line, which incidentally is also done through the cable itself (internal contacts).

    As for the internal contacts themselves, the gold content or plating or both is actually specified by the HDMI spec (or equivalent for your cable of choice). Anything that doesn't meet or exceed that spec is non-conformant and technically defective. Given how cheap connectors and cabling is, basically any cable from just about anywhere will do nicely.

    Thought you might be interested to know.

  • happysound on 08/08/2014 - 05:48

    Anyone have trouble with signal loss? I bought some long HDMI cords a while ago that were 1.3 and they would work from a desktop to tv/projector but not from my laptop for some reason.

    • Russ on 08/08/2014 - 09:11
      +2

      Some devices have chips that add pre-emphasis to the transmitted signal, to better handle cable attenuation and achieve successful transmission over longer cables. Most likely your desktop has such a chip, and your laptop doesn't.

      Here's a technical explanation of this type of chip:
      http://www.maximintegrated.com/en/app-notes/index.mvp/id/504…

      • ThadtheChad on 08/08/2014 - 13:17

        Wouldn't such a device require a fair bit of grunt as well to drive the signal?

        Idk.. 7.6m seems very high for a high bitrate signal. Unless the cable is low loss and well shielded (read relatively more expensive) I'd think there's be attenuation issues.

        • Russ on 08/08/2014 - 18:59
          +3

          Sure does, I wouldn't be surprised if the chip consumes a few watts of power.

          It's a digital signal, so SNR is much less important than an analog signal. Can probably still work with 40dB attenuation.

          I agree with you, it seems a stupid speed to be pushing over twisted pairs. I think it would have been far more elegant to use fiber optics - even 1mm plastic fiber like TOSLINK uses - for this sort of thing, and for USB3 and SATA as well.

        • ThadtheChad on 08/08/2014 - 19:21

          @Russ:

          Wow mate. You're my go-to guy for any signals related queries. :)

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