HDMI over cat6 extenders

[IA76]

Hi All

I'm after some HDMI over Cat 6 extenders that have as little latency as possible. Which ones do people recommend?

Thanks

[J Pearce]

Avoid the cheap ones and anything labelled HDBit, these have significant latency.

HDBaseT has pretty low latency and works reliably, and on a proper standard that many projectors natively support.

[TomHoward]

These are my preferred HDBaseT boxes - AV Access 4KEX70-L
https://www.avaccess.com/eu/products/4kex70-l/

70m at HD, 40m at 4K which is pretty standard, £120 for a pair, you only need to power one end, you can get cheaper unbranded ones off Amazon but these are the cheapest solid ones I've found.

Cable is better shielded if you can, and it prefers to be one run end to end terminating right into the boxes rather than running through faceplates / patchbays etc.

You can get them off Amazon as well, the website distributes via Amazon delivery anyway.

[Stuart91]

I'd second Tom's recommendation of AV Access, we've been using one in our warehouse for a few years now without a single glitch from it. 

Optical HDMI is a good alternative option if you don't already have a CAT run in place. Plug and play with no external PSUs required. 

[Anothertom]

I've never been much of a fan of HDBaseT, but the only adaptors I'd personally trust to work after I walk away from them are lightware. https://lightware.com/products/extenders/hdmi-tps-rx87 and the TX version, up to 170m at 1080p60, depending on cabling, and cable quality is very important to HDbaseT. It's more about CSA rather than CAT rating, as it's not network traffic, just using that physical connector.

Something fiber based would be a better modern option, either a fiber HDMI cable or converters (e.g. lightware optj) but that's a more expensive option.

[IA76]

Thanks for the suggestions. I was also recommended the Orei brand https://www.amazon.co.uk/Extender-Splitter-Multiple-Single-Management/dp/B07NQPHG1R/?th=1

[ninjadingle]

If the standard of Cat cabling is unknown then HDBaseT is the way, just be mindful that the Cat cabling will dictate the version of HDBaseT you are able to implement (I'm fairly sure all HDBaseT hardware should be backward compatible with previous versions, so using HDBT 3.0 hardware with Cat5e cabling won't get you full 4k@60 4:4:4 at 100m but should be good for shorter distances).

If you know or can dictate the Cat cabling then other options are great - we use Extron DTP in our systems and are pretty reliable (but for the cost you would hope so!)