Re:Why Apple's Severance gets edited over remote desktop sof...
by magicalhippo on Sunday March 30, 2025 @12:31AM
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> maybe circuitry inside the cable that draws power from the HDMI port
Pretty much:
https://www.cablematters.com/Blog/HDMI/how-do-active-hdmi-ca...
Perhaps they're better now but, yeah, for me it didn't work out as intended.
Re:Why Apple's Severance gets edited over remote desktop sof...
by whatevertrevor on Sunday March 30, 2025 @02:27AM
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I've not had any issues getting full bandwidth (4k60hz) from my active HDMI cable.
Also I believe there are displayport cables that do the data transfer over optical fiber for long runs as well.
Re:Why Apple's Severance gets edited over remote desktop sof...
by diggan on Sunday March 30, 2025 @08:21AM
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Sounds like hocus pocus to me (like gold plated connectors), maybe you get like half a meter of extended distance or something with those? If I had to I'd go the repeater way (or as others mentioned: fiber, but sounds expensive and not maintenance free)
Re:Why Apple's Severance gets edited over remote desktop sof...
by KaiserPro on Sunday March 30, 2025 @01:11PM
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I think "active" HDMI is similar to the expensive USB3 cables, which are basically fibre optic cables in disguise
https://www.chargerlab.com/the-way-to-metaverse%EF%BC%9Ftear...
I think what I was referring to are repeaters you put between cables, that amplifies the signal. You connect that device between two HDMI cables (say 5m) + connect it to power for it to actually extend the distance the signal can travel.
I'm not sure what an active HDMI cable would be, maybe circuitry inside the cable that draws power from the HDMI port?