HDMI via a Cat6 cable works surprisingly well

[@Techmoan]

NOTE - This is not a networked Ethernet connection - with these specific adaptors you can't send the HDMI signal via a router, a switch, an Ethernet over power-line connector, a WiFi transmitter, etc - you're just using a Cat6 (or CAT5e) cable as a substitute for a HDMI lead. The benefits are that you can have a longer cable run and the cable is easier to route through small holes and conduits.

[@lasskinn474]

did you test or plan to test the extra-long optical transport proper usb-c cables (transfer display and usb over same cable to a different place)? like that one guy used for the pc in the pond?

[@Breakfast_of_Champions]

Twisted pair cables are built on an actual understanding of electricity, pretty good modern tech.

[@progandy]

@@lasskinn474 You can also get optical hdmi cables, but your holes need at least be big enough for a micro hdmi plug.

[@p_mouse8676]

I think I have seen solutions where regular switches etc could be used. I think LTT did a video about this quite a while ago.

[@morph-]

@@p_mouse8676 You can send video over network quite easily, but this isn't that, it's basically just using a ethernets cables conductors and matching them up to the conductors in the hdmi cable. Video over IP uses quite a lot of bandwidth aswell.

[@Sigma-INFJ.]

Mat wrote in the description: "Don't worry so much about my situation, I'm demonstrating a piece of tech, I'm not asking anyone to move in". Even when Mat is being serious, he can still be very funny.

[@fammillie8385]

He's British, that is him being funny

[@starbase218]

So disappointed. I was already packing.

[@TH3mrBROWN]

Boss asked me to figure out a way to show company stats across all the TVs in the office. I'm a Data Analyst, but somehow also became office IT lol. I found a similar product on amazon and ordered it, unhooked all the TVs from their ethernets and used these adapters and the main unit hooked up to a spare laptop running a slideshow and playing music throughout the office. Cost $140 vs the $30 monthly fee our IT company was asking for to set up some cloud based system. Boss was more than happy.

[@offspringfan89]

And I bet you were rewarded with a pat in the back and more work lol. JK, good job making the company save the money.

[@J.G.Wentworth69420]

140 bucks out of his own pocket probably.

[@AcornElectron]

I hope you’re getting paid extra for the tech support.

[@camembrtcheese]

should've charged him $25 monthly for it

[@mutestingray]

Same thing here; I’ve used these extensively at work for a multitude of things and they work surprisingly well. It’s opened a lot of AV possibilities for us.

[@BlackPhoenixV]

Hey TM, IT FE here. See these devices every now and then and they’re also known as HDBaseT devices. We typically see them hidden under the floors / behind tvs in conference room setups. For the Ethernet as you mentioned the green and orange pairs weren’t 1-1 which meant this was a crossover cable, in future, use B standard as that’s pretty much what you’d see worldwide now. Great vid as always! 👍

[@OriginalRitz]

HDBaseT is the standard but not all of these extenders are HDBT certified. It's a useful standard in case you need to mix and match manufacturers equipment, you can ensure interoperability. But generally these cheap extenders (often called baluns) aren't HDBT compatible.

[@SomeMorganSomewhere]

@@OriginalRitz Yup, if it doesn't have "HDBaseT" slathered all over the packaging it's a pretty good bet that it ISN'T HDBaseT (costs money to license the standard so unless you NEED to be compliant with it to talk directly to say some projectors most companies don't bother, they just do some signal processing and shove the signals over the Cat6 cable)

[@marcelofrau8818]

Seeing the cable lights messed in the tester reminded me about cross-over cable to connect PC-to-PC without a hub/switch I used back then in the late 90's

[@matthew1472]

I thought that, MDI vs MDI-X en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium-dependent_interface#MDI_vs._MDI-X I’ve booked my taxi ready for the elderly home..

[@klafbang]

It is. All network adapters from the past 20 years can auto-sense whether it's a direct or cross-over cable, and will adapt to it, which is why the was working fine before even if connected to a switch or router.

[@tylerbrunton7696]

Key memory of making these with my uncle unlocked. Dude, you just made me cry, hahaha.

[@dogwomble]

That was my first thought as well. Crossover cables are a thing people forget existed, because auto-sensing has been a thing for a while, but they were indeed a thing.

[@repsych]

Was it an RS-232 variation perhaps?

[@CoffeeOnRails]

I have no use for this beyond “huh. That’s neat.” But then again that’s why I’ve stuck about for 12(?) years here. I remember watching that Wireless HDMI thing when it was new. Thanks for the 12 years+ of entertainment!

[@ICRDTech]

Well I remember when the Tefifon was new!

[@ncrawford1488]

I’ve been watching you for YEARS, and I’m always impressed by your dedication and attitude. You are a true gentleman, and I appreciate your channel more than you can imagine. Good work deserves praise. You are the finest. Best from TEXAS.

[@gtoger]

We have used similar units in a broadcast environment for a few years with no issues. It's a very specific use case for us and the signals never make it to air (we do not use HDMI in the video chain at all). But the same concept applies. Fun fact: HDMI cables are, essentially, just twisted pair cables with the same number of wires inside as a network cable (ie: Cat5 or Cat6). The main difference is the HDMI cable has extra shielding the typical network cable lacks. (And, of course, the connectors are different.)

[@tcpnetworks]

We've been using these exact units in theaters at work. Orei also make a sexy little 4K HDMI 2.0b that allows us to get 4K/50 over to a group of TVs about 600M away from the AV enclosure....

[@jeff40177]

What is the model number?

[@jrr4166]

I love this device - I had a need to run multiple video sources to several 80" screens in a manufacturing plant, so I got the 4x4 version to route any four sources to any four screens- It works just as Matt describes, with a little added flexibility. Orei makes a 8x8 version too in case you want to sing Karaoke in every room of your house.

[@Zerbey]

Great little device, I've used them before myself and they work beyond their rated range in my experience. I also appreciate the little Morecambe and Wise joke you snuck in there, I'm not sure how many of your viewers will catch it!

[@glyncording9066]

Ah yes. The Andre Preview (Previn) sketch😂.

[@KevReillyUK]

While watching, in my head I completed the sentence in Eric Morecambe's voice. 😁

[@Didz]

T568A to T568B would be a crossover cable which most Ethernet equipment in the last 20 years wouldn't care as they auto negotiate the connection. Structured cabling should always be the same at both ends so good job in fixing that and yep they can certainly be used for other things other than Ethernet.

[@dh2032]

My thinking to, do bring up the question, HDMI adapter not doing that, as in the example setup of Techman here? it's an adapter, , it's for adapting something that's already there? why did the limit them selves, like only 50%, of potential cat LAN cables out there, for little more software, that everyone, managers to do? AND AN UN NEEDED PROBLEM FOR TECHANAL SUPPORT DEPARTMENT 🙂as Techman not covered it, (the cable requirement not on the box), having to resort It trouble shooting, skills that HI-FI, film both, not normally going to have, to solve the problem?

[@Didz]

@@dh2032 No idea what you are on about.

[@envisionelectronics]

This isn’t Ethernet…

[@Didz]

@@envisionelectronics Correct ANSI/TIA-568 is a technical standard not Ethernet. Maybe watch the video again and you may see @Techmoan mentions about the wiring not working and how they fixed it. Again this had nothing to do with Ethernet but when he originally installed it and it worked for Ethernet there is a reason why it still worked even though the ends were different.

[@kaitlyn__L]

@@Didz your patience with these folks is commendable

[@mygarart2764]

Time goes fast for sure. I went into Hi-Fi because of you. Thanks for that. I dive into that rabbit hole for the last 7 years now. Already 7 years! Time runs to fast for sure, and it is waiting for no one!

[@MegaUnclerico]

We use hundreds of these at the university where I work as an AV tech, crazy to see Techmoan talking about a type of device I see every day!

[@lawnboyfreak]

Do you use Crestron or Extron?

[@philbrown102]

Great video! In commercial/pro environments, cat6 is often used to send video over long runs because HDMI is, arguably, unstable beyond even as little as 10 meters sometimes. This is a good example of that sort of use in the home.

[@phoenixxavier9615]

I've been using this system (but a different brand) for about three years without any issues whatsoever. I use mine to copy the CCTV feed from its home under the stairs to the TV in the living room. I've routed the cat cable under the floorboards so it's hidden out of the way & we can now switch from the TV to CCTV instantly if we hear a strange noise outside. It's a fantastic system for the price & I opted for this instead of a long HDMI cable because drilling holes for the cat cable is much easier than for the HDMI cable as the holes needed are much smaller & I didn't want to reduce the strength of the floor joists. I also had a lot of cat cable left over after installing a network in the house, so it reduced the work & also minimised the cost for me. I didn't fit the infrared cables to the system as I don't need them for my setup to work.

[@punkdigerati]

CEC passes through just fine?

[@azmax623]

I did the same so I'm not crammed in the wiring closet to view security footage. My box extends USB so I can use a keyboard/mouse at the remote end

[@Andrew-fr3bp]

This is an excellent solution to watch video feed from a NVR security camera system in different room from where the NVR is located.

[@Richard-ll2pb]

I have a similar device Matt, the larger rectangular IR unit is the receiver for your remote control. Very useful and cheap solution.

[@staples4335]

I was using these 15 years ago. Nothing new. They do work well.

[@satekeeper]

Nothing new, but I'd bet 95% of people never even heard of this.

[@DozIT]

These adapters are incredibly useful. I have been using them commercially for 5 yrs with no issue. Another neat piece of kit is CAT6 KVM, it’s USB 2.0 + HDMI over CAT6. Incredibly useful for say providing a client with access to their NVR for CCTV monitoring at their desk.

[@KevinT3141]

We pre-wired our house before the drywall went up 10 years ago, and had a 50'/15m cable run from the AV shelf in the top of the closet to the TV, and went with a dual CAT6 to HDMI converter box. It glitches for a second or two from EMI events (lightning, cat running across the couch in the winter when the air is dry) and doesn't handle the Audio Return Channel, but it was so much cheaper than an HDMI of that length that those things don't bother us. For the remotes we used a Harmony Hub. Ten years on and both still work great, I'm watching you on it now via a Chromecast connected to the AV receiver in the closet.

[@SeekingTheLoveThatGodMeans7648]

cat'ning

[@KevinT3141]

@@SeekingTheLoveThatGodMeans7648 The struggle is real, lol.

[@48Boxer]

Just setup this same system about 6 months ago in a 60'x120' warehouse with TVs on either end. I have the 1x4 splitter and it works great. I typically run a Chromecast so can have it playing on all TVs at once or use the TV remote if I want something different on a single TV. No loss in quality like you would get in a long hdmi run

[@jackturtle131]

Never to old to learn something new. Thank you Sir. For us Aussies, you've got a blinding fast internet.

[@arjanvanraaij8440]

Sorry to hear, 70% of all homes in the Netherlands has a opticalfiber connection.

[@obraik]

Jump across the ditch where we have fibre to every (urban) house 😉 Some ISPs even offer 10gbps now

[@Jakek200]

Blinding fast for Americans too. I'm stuck with 5mbps weak cellular connection because there's nothing else (other than satellite)

[@kbhasi]

Yep, similar thing here in Singapore where we generally have gigabit residential connections, but some of us have 2 gigabit connections and there are even 10 gigabit connections from some ISPs! However, I also see what you mean as I have some contacts in Australia who only received FTTP just this year (while our network was rolled out in the early 2010s)!

[@dcard6782]

Thank you Matt for introducing me to this product! It has solved a problem I have had for a few years. Having struggled with HDMI splitters and extenders and it not really working well, this has solved all of my issues. Thank you again and keep up the good work. 🙂

[@andrascsirmaz3043]

Wow! This would be great to reduce subscription costs here where every set-top-box has an additional fee. We could just turn on one and choose between bedroom or living room TV. :) Thanks for featuring this!

[@delinuxspecialist]

And if you need more than one just daisychain the transmitters... hdmi out of one to hdmi in on the next... too bad you then all watch the same channel :)

[@PsRohrbaugh]

You can also use hdmi splitters

[@ianz9916]

@@delinuxspecialist As long as you're the one in charge of the remote control it doesn't matter. 😆

[@randoguy7488]

There are some linux based set top boxes like certain Amiko ones, that allow you to set one of them as a card server and other as clients. That way each one of them can have a separate channel via that 1 subsr... card. It's also possible to share the card via internet, that way the clients don't need to be on the same LAN

[@AgentOffice]

Not if it requires hdcp

[@copperhamster]

I've got something similar for DVI cables. They've worked well for something like 15 years.

[@lkengarch]

Yes! This is very helpful. I have been using this a year ago. Its COP is high. Can customize almost length to transmit video signal over longer distance.

[@cemx86]

At 5:05 - That T568A or T568B deal got me once also. A is for "home" and B is for "business". Why there are two wiring types? Supposedly, A is a legacy standard to use old telephone wires and B is better.

[@schlechte-schaltungen]

Good to know this actually works. I was always a bit skeptical. Don't need it now, but might come in handy one day.

[@mopeer1]

Nice one Matt. These are very handy for projector runs (from the player to the projector at the back of the room)

[@simonrussell4986]

Good call, might have to switch to that when I next upgrade - much easier to swap out a pair of boxes rather than re-run a long cable when you need to support a newer HDMI standard.

[@DJPalsyP]

Great Morecambe and Wise reference

[@angelstation516]

I expected to see Andre Previn flash up on the screen.

[@DeanBelfield]

We used to use similar devices when installing screens in shopping centres - often the PC and screens were not in the same location. We also use them at our church to drive a number of screens mounted on pillars from a PC at the back. They are incredbily useful and effective.

[@MikeBehrensWX]

I've bought numerous devices from Orei and I love them. Great quality and very affordable.

[@jonjones.]

Yeah they are great, I have exactly the same ones here and they replaced two much older larger units one for splitting the HDMI signal and the other box required two ethernet cables to transmit the signal between rooms. Theses Orei ones are much neater.

[@ModernClassic]

I don't know if these ever existed in the UK but in the US, TiVo did a very similar (if not identical) thing officially to be able to link two different TiVo units together and watch recorded shows on one on another TiVo-connected TV set. I don't think this was all that popular but I had their setup and it worked great once it was up and running. Just took a little bit of finagling to set it up but then both TiVos saw each other and you could watch stuff on either one recorded on the other, with no loss of quality or speed.

[@weatherseed8994]

This reminds me of my old Steam Link. Before they had the app, that is. A simple box you plugged into your TV and either connected to the network over wifi or ethernet. I still use it to this day to stream everything from my desktop to my living room where I can watch movies.

[@erinw6120]

Used these and older VGA/Composite/Component ones in museum exhibits. Always worked a treat. Have used the wireless ones, too, been okay. Some of them have been running 24/7 for 2-3 years at a time, no failures.

[@erinw6120]

@@jamespfitz Why pain? It was a big thing. First used them for a big show of those terracotta soldiers from China. Had lots of screens with videos and such all over the place. Running the sources from a centralised location was much, much easier than putting a little media player behind every TV.

[@EdgyNumber1]

I was using these about 15 years ago, they're good in the office where you have a noisy server in one room but need a video feed to the monitor in the other room. Never had a problem with them.

[@yuck8928]

I have a similar box that works over cat5e, been using it for years and it’s fantastic.

[@tootime576]

Amazing timing. I just recently installed my 4K DisplayPort to HDMI over Cat6 rig. I use it to connect my PC in one room to the TV in my living room. Mine is a Tripp Lite box and it works perfectly.

[@DarkLink1108]

We’ve been using a similar kind of setup for the livestreams we do at our local church when there’s stuff happening outside. Though probably a much cheaper version. It’s quite neat that the units we have are powered by 5V DC so I made a little adapter so I could hook the transmitting end up to a power bank. Works a treat! Though there’s a noticeable latency in the transmission with ours so just be aware when using it for games consoles it might not be the ideal setup depending on the individual box.

[@davidrobertson5700]

So does cat5 and cat5e, we knew this 15 years ago . well done for showing an old trick with a new dog. Thanks . Oh i can not wait for arguers to respond.

[@CephBacon]

As someone who works in event production, I come across these devices pretty regularly. It works much better than a long HDMI run, granted, but the same type of conversion run over HD-SDI, is much more reliable in the field when setting up and breaking down the gear all the time.

[@FeCr3]

....also good as input/output audio cable extension! I have connected my computer audio output with this cable to my stereo system which is bit far away from the computer(approx. 6 -7 Meters ) No hum.

[@Tactical_Hotdog]

That wireless HDMI video was 12 years ago?!

[@Jagermonsta]

time flies

[@Lvvcassss]

Czas zapierdala jak skurwol po mięsnym... ;)

[@bcm50]

For real

[@ashbashbaby2]

I know I was using it years ago worked in a house was over a system like this

[@AgentOffice]

The last 10 years barely existed

[@JasonsLabVideos]

I use these too! they work soo good ! Been running a pair for over 2 years not A SINGLE issue !!

[@Lofzy1]

I used one of these via cat 6 to route virgin from downstairs. Paired an extra remote. Worked really well. Have sky stream now with two boxes until it gets too expensive,then will go back to this.

[@lycancatt4248]

this is how we do long hdmi runs for festival work as well, works a treat!

[@ICRDTech]

Techmoan, we all LOVE you here in Dearborn, Michigan!!!

[@ChipLinck]

This is a standard deployment for central stations in hospitals. The central station is a PC that displays all of the patient monitors on a unit. The PC is on a shelf of a rack in a network closet. The PC's HDMI and USB connect to a sender. The sender connects to a CAT6 that runs to the nurse station and is connected to a receiver. The receiver connects to the HDMI on the monitor, and USB keyboard and mouse. It can support two HDMI monitors for centrals with two displays, or it can support touchscreen if there is only 1 monitor (this is not a limitation of the sender/receiver, but the way the software is set up on the central). In addition to this, large Central Monitoring units that have multiple centrals stations can be connected to a KVM and use an app called Kavoom to allow the mouse to move between screens on all the PCs without having to manually switch the KVM. The keyboard follows the mouse to whichever screen it is on. My last install was a 335' run with a standard CAT6e, and I had a coworker have an install that was over 500'. He told me they pulled a special cable for that, but could not tell me what it was.

[@jub8891]

extending hdmi over ethernet works great.. theyre much cheaper than getting long cables and you can reuse old network cables lying around

[@Okand2]

We got 16 of these for TVs displaying stuff at the office a few years ago. It works great.

[@cemx86]

I've had a receiver and projector setup for 20+ years and have been working on how best to get the audio/video signals from one to another. Spoiler - etherrnet (Cat 5 or 6) cabling worked best. I started with composite video L/R audio in coax which worked fine but got only 1080p. Then went to component video RGB L/R audio in coax which got me up to 2K. Got flaky when I replaced the receiver and projector. I was shooting for projecting 3D projection. Nope. Went to wireless HDMI. Not any better. Then ran ethernet and everything works and gives me 4K plus 3D projection (really cool)! WOOT! Techmoan should now talk about how to handle sending IR wireless remote's signals to multiple other devices (receiver/DVD/ROKU/OTATV, etc) like behind a closed cabinet (pretty simple really).

[@nickallain]

I used one of these about 10 years ago. Might have even been the same brand - it worked great.

[@r053_p3t4l]

we use these in my theater for our projectors and they work like a charm

[@robotortoise]

Oh wow! The extender is actually quite cheap to. Thank you for showing this - I didn't know these options worked as well as they did!

[@rompdude]

They are used in professional environments all the time. We use all sorts of alternatives to basic hdmi cables. Optical hdmi. Hdmi to optical converters. Hdmi to SDI. And obviously this hdmi base-t. All work well and have slightly different applications.

[@megkalapnemadom]

the orei device is not auto-MDI-X capable, thats why its important to have A-A or B-B connection on the cable ends. and thats because its not even a network device, it is using the cat6 cable only as physical media

[@ACBMemphis]

Great video, I've used these extenders (along with an "active USB cable") to re-locate my large noisy PC in a wiring closet away from the office. The only drawbacks so far are (1) They are sensitive to electrical surges and lightning, causing the screen to blank for a second and (2) upgrading to the latest 4K/HDR/HDBaseT models from 1080P only was expensive.

[@mmaster23]

FYI, there also are fiber optical HDMI cables that are really slim down the wire, often with removable connectors. These can be handy if you need low latency and high bandwidth (pushing HDMI 2.1 to another room) or really long projector runs.

[@sean.crouse]

I believe we used the same brand, probably an older model, that after many years of use splitting the HDMI out between 2 projectors would only work with 1 projector at a time. We had definitely gotten our moneys worth out of it! Another advantage as well is using Plenum cabling in the ceiling, ethernet is easier than HDMI to run/manage unless you're using fiber Micro-HDMI with adapters, but they have their pro's and con's as well.

[@golf-n-guns]

I installed an Orei KVM (keyboard, video, mouse) last week. I have a surveillance video recorder in the basement and a monitor/mouse in the kitchen. I connected the two via cat 5e that I had previously run 20 years ago! Runs great! (edit: I had the same problem with one end wired A and the other B and had no power)

[@blagonic]

I've used 2 of oeri devices for a few years now to have my computers in another room they work great well worth the money!

[@andyjdhurley]

Good to see it's working well for you. I had a related issue a couple of years ago where I wanted to send the video output of a PC to a video projector on the other side of a church. I found these type of cat6 options and worked out that I needed one that would work with a 50m cat6 cable. I ended up going through several options before I found one that worked but I now think that was because I was trying to use flat cat6 cables (to run under carpets etc) and it seems that those are not properly constructed. I did find one that worked though and it even allowed a hub to be used to connect to multiple displays (each with their own receiver). We run it at 1080p and never have any problems.

[@halcyondaystunes]

We've been doing this in the live music/concert industry for years. just have to use boosters to take video over long distances.

[@hfric]

Some devices like this give you a bonus of stripping the HDCP protection, so you can use external capture devices to record a signal...

[@randomcat9792]

I use a bunch of the OREI HDMI-over-Cat5/Cat6 devices in a larger commercial building, even already having an IP video distribution system, since they're simple and work well for random short-term projects, and learned one thing - be careful about mix-and-match on OREI - some of theirs use 12V adapters, and some use 24V... and if you accidentally mix them, they either don't work, or the receiver can be destroyed (as I've managed to do a couple times.)

[@TheDarknessBane]

Nice! I use these for work for Point of Sales screens at restaurants for drive-thrus. It's very useful!

[@StephenCole1916]

We used a similar device at Reagan airport so that we could transmit the weather & plane position radar system from the operations room to the ramp breakroom so ramp personnel could see when planes were getting close to landing and get ready to go out and attend to it on the ground.

[@ICRDTech]

I did this for my boss 10 years ago but it was passive (non-powered) and used (2) Cat5e cables. He had plenty of network drops in his office but no CATV or HDMI from the MDF room so it was an ideal solution. It worked fine at 150' but I imagine the distance is limited much beyond that.

[@cliftonchurch6039]

I'm happy to see this works so well for most content. You mention video games, and I agree that this will work well for games that don't require quick reflexes, but these sorts of devices have a tendency to add latency, which could be bad for some games. Then again, this could be one of those devices designed well enough that there is no significant latency (16ms or more, the length of a frame at 60 frames per second) and if so would be the perfect solution as long as 1080p is the target.

[@eDoc2020]

I believe these non-Ethernet wired versions send uncompressed video with sub-frame latency. Versions which use actual Ethernet compress and decompress the entire stream which adds at least several frames of latency.

[@toast99bubbles]

I'm in my mid-twenties and I use a device that uses a bluetotth remote mostly and I instinctively point it at the device and TV all the time still. It does use Iinfrared for controlling the TV's volune, but nothing else. However, I still naturally point the remote at the TV because that's what I grew up with.

[@GoTeamScotch]

In a past life I helped run a chain of video gaming centers. I would fly out and help set them up. We used about 40-50 of these converters on site. Kept all the consoles behind the counter so staff could be disc jockeys and games would show up at each seat. They worked pretty well. We used them for years. They introduce a bit of delay but most folks didn't mind. And we had standalone PC seats to cater to them anyways.

[@MrButtonpresser]

Your Internet speed. I'm crying and jealous.

[@kyoudaiken]

Getting 945 MBIT downstream here (pretty much Ethernet Gigabit limit). Pretty normal for cableTV (DOCSIS). But upload is basically non-existent.

[@kaitlyn__L]

@@kyoudaiken yeah I'd honestly rather have 150/150 over 1000/50 (or whatever the numbers are, I've seen some get 1000/20 😱)

[@jonc-1989]

Gigabit is reasonably common here in the UK, but most providers don't offer synchronous speeds, so the upload is often no more than 150

[@burntalive]

I just got a new place with 1 gigabit speeds. It's like night and day from what I had before

[@2Hard2Core]

Shees! I live in The Netherlands and I am glad that we have fibre, which I technically can upgrade to 8 Gbit/s up and download! But that's way overkill, so I choose for the cheaper 1 Gbit/s up and download package.

[@S7tronic]

We use a lot of similar HDMI and KVM extenders for setting up CCTV monitoring/NOC centers at work. It is worth noting if you are thinking of installing these, do your self a huge favour and run screened Cat cables-and use the screened plugs as well. Most decent models will recommend this, as these extenders can be prone to interference.

[@minty_Joe]

One other thing to keep in mind is the limitation HDMI cables have as far as length is concerned. Using a sending/receiving kit with Cat 6 cable will handle long cable lengths up to 150 ft. At our church, we're using Ocean Matrix brand HDMI to Cat 6 extender units and they works great. The kit we have has a 4 receivers total (1 for each TV) and a sender to distribute to 4 TVs. You just run a Cat 6 cable for each display to the sender and run a single HDMI from the sender to the video source. We also added in an HDMI switch box that allows manual or automatic switching of up to 6 HDMI sources to feed to all our displays.

[@jamesbohms4163]

got one taking my pc signal to a tv on the far wall for a third monitor, works flawlessly. Unlike mirror cast, the pc thinks the monitor is always on, so after reboots no going throw all the steps to reconnect to the tv. no more unstable wireless display issues , nice!

[@TehBIGrat]

These have been around for ages, these have been high quality for ages, alot of professional projectors actuall have these built in. We often use ones that use actual ethernet signals. They can be split using standard network switches.

[@eDoc2020]

The ones using actual Ethernet have lower image quality and a touch of extra latency.

[@MFunkibut]

Nice! IMHO This will help loads more folks than you've anticipated...

[@organiccold]

I use this solution a lot in many sites. Works wonders

[@arranmc182]

All this device does is take the HDMI Signal and pass it over ethernet they are handy to have I remember about 10 years ago stuff like this was not cheap but they tend to just work just fine as iv never had issues with them, another great video as always.

[@Jorvik-The-Poor]

Thanks! This might be extremely useful in our offices.

[@BetuTBC]

I literally just bought one of these and was about to send an email about this, looks like you already found it :3

[@spencerharder7025]

Very common in the install/ production world but it’s wonderful to have it trickle down to the consumer level :)

[@MattHill303]

Thanks for this video, I've a long HDMI run to a projector and it suffers a bit with drop outs, these and a run of cat6 might be just the ticket.

[@njlouch]

I really enjoy all your videos, finding out about tech I have no need for but still interests me - but this is really useful, relatable content - and moreover from a person who's opinions I trust!

[@smada36]

I think that this is great. You can send USB over Cat6 as well. This means that you could have one PC and a screen, keyboard, and mouse in every room.

[@nekoimouto4639]

CAT6 cable are great for almost any application, i use it for a 16m powered USB connection as well as for the satellite speakers in my living room

[@FatNorthernBigot]

I assumed this was going to be a rather pedestrian review video, but I was pleasantly surprised with the ethernet problem solving 👍

[@stephencooper6766]

Have this system (Bluestream brand) installed throughout my house. All av equipment is hidden out of sight in a closet so I just have tv’s on show. Very clean look 👍

[@Pressbutan]

Finally, some useful consumer advice just like the old top gear days

[@boko6565]

Hey can confirm this works. I use a balun for 4k hdr with Dolby atmos over 200 feet of cat 7 cable and it works fantastic with zero lag.

[@ShannonFerguson]

I learn something new every time I watch your videos. Thank you!

[@fensoxx]

We use these at work to connect camera servers to viewing TVs in far flung places. Install them then forget about them. Never had a problem.

[@Ice_Karma]

Bitumen seems like a strange choice of flooring material to me, but I'm Canadian, and about all I know about how homes are built in Europe and the UK is that it's _very_ different from how we do it in Canada and the US, so... ♥

[@xureality]

We use something like them at work and they're great. 14 screens on 7 floors of the building, all displaying the same stuff: Schedules, notices, addresses from the CEO, PR reels, all sorts. All controlled from a PC just playing videos from a playlist.

[@andymandiak603]

That's probably something like Crestron NVX that they're using.

[@xureality]

@@andymandiak603 I don't remember what the brand was precisely but it is a pc with hdmi out to the box and that box goes to a normal ethernet switch. I'm reasonably sure it wasn't anything expensive tho as the PC was literally just running VLC in full screen, and that's the video signal that gets sent over the entire building.

[@balisongman07]

Use this for my projector. Works like a charm

[@canuckchuck8836]

There are long-run HDMI cables with barrel connectors (similar to PS/2) close to one end that are meant for fishing through walls without the large HDMI connector attached. They are stupid expensive! This looks like a great solution as an alternative to running two CAT5/6 cables and using adapters or when IR transmission is required.

[@PendragonDaGreat]

Used one of these in a large auditorium with a ceiling mounted projector that was too far from the control booth for standard HDMI. . The one we used added a small amount of lag, nothing that would mess with a presentation, or even showing a movie, but enough that you couldn't play some games on it. Otherwise perfectly acceptable 1080p60 signal from whatever we had pumping out hdmi that needed shown.

[@billelliott3507]

Love the presentation. It’s like I have a British? Scottish? Irish? Tech enthusiast grandpa