Length of video interconnects

[waratahbay]

I have to run DVI, component and S-VHS leads each over 5 metres in a new house. Will there be significant signal degradation over this length if I buy quality cables? Your advice appreciated.

[Darrylp]

Five meters on DVI and S-video should be fine.

I've had to install a DVI booster but I'm running 15m.

Depending on your display device, DVI cable quality does make a very significant difference.

[dvduser]

I'm running 10mtr DVI/Component/S-Video etc. - now worries. Got a Lindy 10Mtr DVI and it works fine. You might want to try www.lindy.com.au or www.htcustomcables.com to see the lengths you need.

[RichardN]

As mentioned you should be ok with 5m.

Had a chat with Steve at Eastwood hifi about this. He mentioned they had some problems running HDMI to a projector, not sure on length, but then upgraded to a better quality cable (at about $A500!) and all was well.

He mentioned that you shouldn't have any problems with any of the analogue cables.

[Arushan12]

As mentioned you should be ok with 5m.

Had a chat with Steve at Eastwood hifi about this. He mentioned they had some problems running HDMI to a projector, not sure on length, but then upgraded to a better quality cable (at about $A500!) and all was well.

He mentioned that you shouldn't have any problems with any of the analogue cables.

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heheh funny you mention that... i was speaking to a salesman the other day regarding hdmi lengths to projectors... and he said that anything over 6m is almost always going to cause picture inconsistencies.... unless you buy a high quality cable which is $6000Aud for a 10 metre length,

then i told him i've been using a lindy 10m hdmi cable for about 6months now with no probs....and then he quickly tried to change the subject to analogue cables.....

just funny how salesman think that most of their customers dont know sh*t all about the products they shop around for...