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Things about home theater: Sharing experience from tossing to enjoyment

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Building a home theater sounds simple, but when you really start, you find that things are far from as easy as you imagined. Just like me, I originally wanted to watch a big movie at home on the weekend, but I was overwhelmed by various small problems. Today, I want to share with you the troubles I encountered in the process and how I solved them step by step.

I bought a big TV, speakers, and players. I finally assembled and placed the equipment. I thought everything was ready, but I found that the cable was not long enough. I had to go through multiple rooms from the bedroom computer to the living room. The old HDMI cable was too short, and I didn’t want to carry the computer back and forth, so I bought a new long one myself, but the signal always had problems. The picture quality was seriously reduced and various jams were not smooth. Either the picture was stuck or the sound was out of sync. Every debugging took me half a day. Especially when you are excited to watch a new movie, but the equipment is not powerful, the frustration is really helpless.

The newly bought copper cables are very thick. In order to avoid the cables being placed on the ground in a mess, I have to find a way to hide them, which is another big project.

And there are so many electrical appliances in my home, such as microwave ovens, refrigerators, and routers. The interference of these devices always makes me noisy when watching movies, which is really maddening. Especially when you are immersed in the tense plot of the movie, the sudden noise will make you instantly out of the play.

Finally, when I complained to my friend again, I tried the fiber optic HDMI cable on the recommendation of my friend. I didn't have much hope at first, but the result was really good.

The fiber optic HDMI cable goes from the bedroom computer to the living room, and there is no need to spend energy to deliberately hide it. Just run it along the corner of the wall. If you don't look carefully, it will not attract attention. It saves me all kinds of work of hiding the wires, and the signal from the bedroom to the living room is also stable. Finally, I don't have to worry about signal quality problems due to the long cable. Now in the living room, whether watching high-definition movies or playing games, the picture is very smooth, and there is no blur or jamming. Especially when watching action blockbusters, the smooth picture takes the whole viewing experience to a higher level. There is no need to worry about being affected by other electrical appliances at home, and the sound is clearer. I can finally concentrate on enjoying the movie. Even when the microwave is working, the sound quality is not affected.

So although there are many small troubles in the process of building a home theater, after finding a suitable solution, the experience is really improved a lot. The optical fiber HDMI cable is a little trick I found in the process. Although it is not high-tech, it does solve many problems.


   
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 Hans
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Thanks for sharing the fiber cable tip. I wasn't even aware they existed. Nice!
Did a search right away and found these. I didn't know these existed!

Alternative that I have seen being used by others: HDMI over Ethernet Extenders.
Basically sending HDMI over Ethernet cables like for example these listed at Amazon or these more advanced models.
With 4K becoming more popular: make sure to select the right model and cables.

Seeing the fiber cables though, I'd probably pick one of those if I needed to extended HDMI that far for sure.

Thanks again for sharing! 👍 


   
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