HDMI extenders VANCO

[mdehnel]

I’m considering getting the InFocus IN3118HD projector for having some fun showing movies and watching sports on my patio when we have parties (I know you are happy for me). What I was wondering was to do this I was planning on also getting the VANCO HDMI RG6 Single coaxial cable extenders (claim 328 ft – 1080p). I was wondering if anyone has done this and A) how well it works and B) is there any losses I should be worried about. Does the extender limit the refresh rate in anyway etc.

Thanks for your responses, Mike

[badasscabletech]

Good question, I was actually gonna post the same thing about the same extenders, lol!!! They seem to work better for longer runs than Cat5/6/7. And I know coax can handle more data than people think. I also like that I can cascade them. I'm very interested in what some of the folks here have to say about them.

[mdehnel]

More research … more questions

I’m reading some articles that say you can push HDMI up to 100 feet without the extender. What is the limiting factor is it the quality of the AVR? Also when looking into the VANCO coaxial cable extender I found it to be pretty steep (Cabling Plus offers them for $467). I then came across a MonoPrice CaT5e or CAT6 single cable extender (using HDBase-T technology) for $189 that also claims 328 feet, this is certainly looking much more attractive. Oh and he MonoPrice unit includes the IR Tx and Rx cables. Any do’s or don’ts you could add would be appreciated.

[mdehnel]

straight HDMI with 24 AWG HDMI cable and a HDMI Active Equalizer Repeater (good for 100 ft) from Monoprice for $12.75 say it can't be so. If I keep looking pretty so they are going to pay me to run my HDMI at greater lengths.

[AV_Integrated]

You can't guarantee any standard cabling solution for HDMI beyond a certain distance really. I would strongly recommend that you pull two pieces of cat-5 (cheap) and then get the Monoprice HDMI HD-Base-T extenders for your long distance runs.

I've personally checked both of their extenders out and both of them can handle 300' of 1080p video with cat-5 cabling. I had to use 7 separate pieces of cat-5 spliced together with generic cat-5 couplers to get the distance for testing and in 6 hours of testing, they didn't drop out once. I currently use it in my home system where I run it 50' from my PS3 to my basement head-end then back up 50' over a standard piece of HDMI cabling to my display. It works flawlessly.

I have personally tested HDMI from Monoprice at 85' without issue, but I wouldn't want to bury that much cable behind the walls and have it fail without having at least one piece of cat-5 there for backup purposes.

HD-Base-T is amazing.

[joesideas]

I have used KVMSwitchTech's HDMI Extender products over single Cat5/Cat5e/Cat6 cables for a wide range of installations and they work great. I have not used Monoprice products. I would recommend checking
KVMSwitchTech as their prices seem pretty competitive as well.

[abigailcable133]

I am not familiar with this Company. I have used a few long range HDMI Extender products in the past and they work great. They support 3D, IR and RS232 (Part # HDMIEXT3D-100M).