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Re:I Ripped Out a £6k Lighting System by tinus_hn on Sunday November 15, 2020 @07:31AM (#25100684)
Although that hum is annoying on analog signals, it has no effect on digital high speed communications.

Still I agree it isn’t worth the headache of issues to save $20 and it’s more futureproof to use better cables.

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Re:I Ripped Out a £6k Lighting System by ficklepickle on Sunday November 15, 2020 @08:09AM (#25100892)
It has no effect unless it lowers the SNR too much and errors can't be corrected. Try wrapping RG6 a few times around a thick, active AC line. I saw that a few times back when I was a field tech.
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