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Concord 50m 4K HDMI Fibre Optic Cable $206.10 Delivered @ Jaycar

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Concord 50m 4K HDMI Fibre Optic Cable $206.10 Delivered @ Jaycar
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Ldealord on 03/10/2019 - 21:07 jaycar.com.au (271 clicks)
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I've been looking for a 10m+ fibre optic HDMI lead for a while that can do 4K @ 60Hz and stumbled across this. Cheapest I've seen for such a long HDMI!

Features:
• Supports up to 4K @ 60Hz
• Transmit full length without external power
• Up to 6Gbps per channel (18Gbps Total)
• Flexible with a fixed installation bending radius of 20mm

Specifications:
Connectors: HDMI Type-A
Length: 50m
HDMI: 2.0b
HDCP: 2.2, 1.4
HDR: 10
Resolution: Up to 4k (3840 x 2160) @ 60/50/30Hz
Video Bandwidth: 18Gbps
Colour Depth: 10-bit

Electrical & Electronics HDMI Cable

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  • nico8amy on 03/10/2019 - 21:14

    Why would someone need this for residential use?

    • zorrt on 03/10/2019 - 21:33

      50m don't know but either way it's cheap. Usually 20m costs more than that.

    • raybies on 03/10/2019 - 21:33
      +4

      Usually for a projector.

      • TEER3X on 03/10/2019 - 21:42
        +1

        50m is a bit much for that, unless you have some crazy long run. But for sure, fibre optic is the way to go for long run 4k (>8m)

    • jv on 03/10/2019 - 21:38
      +20

      Sneak into your neighbour's house, and plug it into the back of their foxtel box…

    • dealord on 03/10/2019 - 21:49

      Mine will be going round the edge of the room over door frames etc

      • aragornelessar on 04/10/2019 - 00:29

        I thought you couldn't really bend fibre? Do you need to gently curve it around things?

        • The Vat on 04/10/2019 - 05:26
          +1

          Depends on the construction - I'm in the power industry and we use plastic optic fibre for data transmission so it's obviously a bit more flexible, but I'm not sure what the construction of this cable is to allow a 20 mm bending radius.

    • snoopydoop on 04/10/2019 - 01:14

      If this were more like $50, I'd use it to run my Xbox into the other room, with a splitter. Rather than having to move it all the time. Granted I'd need to sort a solution out for the controller, but I'm sure there are similar use cases

      • thelastnoob on 04/10/2019 - 01:22
        +1

        another trick is to buy a spare xbox power and hdmi so you can just move the actual box itself to second location and back quickly and easily

        • snoopydoop on 04/10/2019 - 10:35

          That's what I've got going at the moment, but still a bit of a hassle - got a few external hard drives on it which makes it a little more of a hassle.

    • asa79 on 04/10/2019 - 12:32

      50m isn't really that long

  • harrymantiem54 on 03/10/2019 - 21:15

    Very convenient actually, cheers for this. I need a cable of 20m, Is there also a 20m version somewhere else?

  • kronicmacstigator on 03/10/2019 - 21:18

    Close to half this price on one of our favourite sites

  • AustriaBargain on 03/10/2019 - 21:30

    Will this still be able to give 4k@60 in a year's time? I have cables that give up after a few weeks, the way the little monkeys treat them anyway.

    • Hirolol on 04/10/2019 - 07:38

      2 year warranty

      • eug on 04/10/2019 - 08:03

        The only issue I have with these active cables is, if you're running it neatly behind walls, in ducting, or similar, if/when the converters in the plugs die, it's going to be quite a task getting it working again. You'd either have to splice the optical fiber to new transceivers, or replace the entire cable.

        A CAT5e/6-based solution like HDBaseT will let you easily swap out the converters at either end, but will cost a lot more if you compare it to the AliExpress price of this optical cable.

  • videoman on 03/10/2019 - 21:33

    Not sure why these are so expensive? I recently bought a 20m OM3 LC/LC fibre cable to connect my PC to my server and it was only $16.

    • Sparky on 03/10/2019 - 21:42
      +1

      Does it work well, and can it do 4k60?

      • videoman on 03/10/2019 - 21:47

        It isn't a video cable it is a network cable but I get 10gbps speeds on it. I only mentioned it because you can get fibre networking cables for cheap but HDMI fibre cables are still really expensive for some reason.

        • TEER3X on 03/10/2019 - 21:49

          You can turn your fibre network cables into HDMI, but it isn't cheap

      • dealord on 03/10/2019 - 21:48
        +1

        The cable videoman mentioned isn't an HDMI cable, I think they were just wondering why fibre optic HDMI cables are so much dearer than other fibre optic cables for other purposes

    • TEER3X on 03/10/2019 - 21:48

      This deal is for 4k HDMI optic fiber cables, not ethernet cables

  • Clarky77 on 03/10/2019 - 22:11

    Do you need a converter to turn the electric HDMI signal into optical signal? Or is there a tiny microchip/laser thingy in the cable? Excuse my ignorance on this

    • eug on 03/10/2019 - 22:55
      +1

      It's built in to the cable plugs. You just use it like a normal HDMI cable, except that it's directional. Make sure you connect the source end to your source and the output end to your TV or projector.

      • incipient on 04/10/2019 - 03:02

        Ahh! I was wondering how on earth these worked. Kinda explains the cost too! Essentially have a SFF connector at each end too.

  • eug on 03/10/2019 - 22:52
    +3

    I bought this 10m fibre optic HDMI cable, works fine.

    US$43 for 10m, US$69 for 50m (plus GST).

    • jace88 on 04/10/2019 - 01:35

      Thanks for sharing. I'm looking at something like this to connect my desktop PC's HDMI output to my 4K TV.

    • dealord on 04/10/2019 - 11:10
      +1

      Thanks for the tip! Got a friend interested in one too but didn't want to pay $200, I'll send him this :)

  • tempura on 04/10/2019 - 07:13
    +1

    Holy crikey; two hunderd for a cable ?

    • eug on 04/10/2019 - 07:48

      Not just a cable, you're also paying for the circuitry inside the plugs that convert the HDMI signal to light and vice-versa.
      In any case it can be had for much cheaper off AliExpress.

    • Switchblade88 on 04/10/2019 - 10:16
      +1

      What, haven't been to Harvey Norman and bought yourself a 1m Monster cable??

  • Tank evil on 04/10/2019 - 16:20

    Tbh it is a very good price for the connector build quality and peace of mind you are getting from buying it from a reputable retailer in Aus. Everyone seems to think every converter/adaptor/cable can always be had for cheap and work from wish or ebay and 90% of the time they waste their money and re-buy a decent one. Because they either do not work or do not work correctly for long periods like this will. GL

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