I don’t think anyone has mentioned this but HDMI is just Cat-6 with a fancy hat. You can run cat-6 cabling through your attic, down the walls, etc., as if you were setting up a standard Ethernet run. Then, slap some rj-45 to hdmi adapters on each, and voila! Or you could just put proper hdmi heads on the cables and skip the adapters.
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inlandempire@jlai.lu 2 weeks agoNo that’s a great idea, and I agree that would be ideal ; the only problem is that the layout of the place doesn’t really work, lemme do a quick floor plan on paint
idk if attaching an hdmi cable to the ceiling would work
JoMiran@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
inlandempire@jlai.lu 2 weeks ago
Never thought that’s possible (well I’m not well versed in cables and electricity soooo), thank you very much for the tip!
DekSomBoon@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
If you measure it and it is less than 10m (the physical limit of hdmi without a repeater) then you might consider a floor cable canal. They usually come in a variety of colors, don’t require adheisive or screwing and are just simple things to keep people from tripping on cables
I have one of these on a doorway, to connect a pc to a tv and it works good enough
inlandempire@jlai.lu 2 weeks ago
Didn’t think of a cable canal at all, and there’s a doorway along the wall perpendicular to the TV so it would fit nicely there, I’ll think about it thanks!
Creat@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
By the way just because the official limit for HDMI is 10m, that doesn’t mean that a longer cable can’t work. I’ve been running a projector for decades, which was connected with a15m cable for literal decades. It might work, it might not, you’ll know when you try.
Usually the link either works or it doesn’t. The picture doesn’t get bad. It’s a digital signal, it either gets decoded correctly or not. In rare edge cases you might get a signal to drop occasionally though if it’s too long.
steelplatedmech@piefed.ca 2 weeks ago
Fiber optic hdmi cable works well over long ranges. Do secure cable I just got some cheap plastic clips with adhesive, since I didn’t feel like drilling holes.
guycls@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
If you are in US, you can buy a 48gbps 50 meter fiber hdmi for 200 bucks, and run it along the bottom of walls from pc to tv and put some masking tape on it.
Expensive, but would work nicely. There would still be question of wireless controller working since there’s a wall b/w tv & pc.
inlandempire@jlai.lu 2 weeks ago
I’m not but I can probably find something similar in western Europe! Thanks!
steelplatedmech@piefed.ca 2 weeks ago
50 m fiber optic would be a nice clean option with it possibly having enough length to use some cable clip adhesives to clip along the baseboards instead of taking the direct straight route to the TV where people would be walking over the cable.
These are the type of clips I used to secure my fiber optic hdmi cable to the baseboard to the TV.
confusedwiseman@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Could you swap the tv and seating so the tv is on the same wall as computer?
The cat 5e / cat 6 hdmi adapters are incredibly cool! If you can run above, below, or around this would be a great solution too.
(Please don’t run wiring under carpet for everyone’s safety).*Yes, I know HDMI is low voltage, but I’d rather people takeaway the “don’t do this” vs. the nuanced risk.
DementedSociety@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Search for ‘Active optical HDMI cable 20m’, you’ll be greatful for extra on each end and the cable is very thin cable, just never kink it. You can get up to 48Gbps 8k 60hz 12 bit color depth. This cable would be easy to hide under a rug or tack along the floor board around the walls or even ceil.
If you don’t need crazy resolution and frame rates you can get wireless HDMI extenders but they can get pricey.
wltr@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
Have you considered a projector? Just saying, I’ve got one recently, and your floor plan seems ideal for that. Also, as a bonus point, you may have a much bigger screen, for fully immersive experience.
inlandempire@jlai.lu 2 weeks ago
Yeah I think a projector will be a long term goal, I’d love to have a clean wall instead of the black tv square
lime@feddit.nu 2 weeks ago
oof, 10m is the limit of what hdmi can do without degrading. you’d need a repeater.your current setup is probably better unless moving the pc to the tv is an option.
CombatWombat@feddit.online 2 weeks ago
Hello I do not have answers for you, I just want to say I find your illustrations delightful
inlandempire@jlai.lu 2 weeks ago
Haha thank you! I love playing around with paint