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AnthonyI said:
You know what's really fun, having the outlets put in while remodeling, then having the drywall guys show up and drywall right over them, lol

............true story, happened to a friend. He walked down to check out the finished drywall and was like "...........uh, where did my outlets go?"
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I can do you one better. I helped my friends remodel a few years back. I installed a $200 HDMI cable for their TV. The drywall guys cut the plug off and taped it back on.
 
HayesWeighsIn said:
Truly criminal to sell a $200 HDMI cable. Jeez.
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Well, it depends. For 4K over about a 25 foot run (ceiling mount projector run) you need fibre in order for the signal to make it and stay steady (trust me, I tested several cheaper options in my setup) and the directional fibre cables 30+ feet are not cheap. But for standard short HDMI runs I totally agree. I mean hell I wish the 35 foot fibres weren't $200 CDN but... a lot of them are...
 
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Mather said:
Well, it depends. For 4K over about a 25 foot run (ceiling mount projector run) you need fibre in order for the signal to make it and stay steady (trust me, I tested several cheaper options in my setup) and the directional fibre cables 30+ feet are not cheap. But for standard short HDMI runs I totally agree. I mean hell I wish the 35 foot fibres weren't $200 CDN but... a lot of them are...
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You're half-right. It wasn't fiber, but it was 30 feet long. Had to get from the corner of the room, up into the roof, and across to a high wall, over the door. This was also 10+ years ago.
It was quite distressing when my friend called me a couple months later saying he finally got the TV, and it didn't work. It was thinking, "surely the cable isn't a piece of ---- for that much money." The worry turned to fury when I took the TV off the wall, nearly fell backwards off the stepladder with the TV in hand, and found 🦆duck🦆 tape 🦆🦆🦆 :mad::mad::mad:🦆🦆.
Of course, HDMI cables aren't repairable, at least not with anything I can afford, so I got to blow another buttload of cash and watch my friend rip out his drywall so I could install the new cable.
 
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apholden said:
You're half-right. It wasn't fiber, but it was 30 feet long. Had to get from the corner of the room, up into the roof, and across to a high wall, over the door. This was also 10+ years ago.
It was quite distressing when my friend called me a couple months later saying he finally got the TV, and it didn't work. It was thinking, "surely the cable isn't a piece of ---- for that much money." The worry turned to fury when I took the TV off the wall, nearly fell backwards off the stepladder with the TV in hand, and found 🦆duck🦆 tape 🦆🦆🦆 :mad::mad::mad:🦆🦆.
Of course, HDMI cables aren't repairable, at least not with anything I can afford, so I got to blow another buttload of cash and watch my friend rip out his drywall so I could install the new cable.
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That is absolutely infuriating.
 
Not to turn this into a TV thread but I have my current TV running component out to my Onkyo receiver. How can I accomplish this if the TV only has an optical out for sound?
 
Mather said:
Ya, I mean I'm assuming you obviously don't have HDMI on either?
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My receiver is just an Onkyo TX8020. I don't have a whole home theater thing going but I just use my stereo speakers sometimes because it's better than TV speakers and to get a little thump from my sub.
 
dbarila said:
My receiver is just an Onkyo TX8020. I don't have a whole home theater thing going but I just use my stereo speakers sometimes because it's better than TV speakers and to get a little thump from my sub.
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For sure, but does your tv have HDMI out? Because another option would be getting an HDMI to component converter box. Less cables and potentially less expensive.
 
Mather said:
For sure, but does your tv have HDMI out? Because another option would be getting an HDMI to component converter box. Less cables and potentially less expensive.
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I don't have a new TV yet. Waiting for my tax refund this week and still deciding what to go with. I'll probably roll the dice on a Hisense H9G because it gets good reviews. I'm not sure if it has HDMI our or not.
 
dbarila said:
I don't have a new TV yet. Waiting for my tax refund this week and still deciding what to go with. I'll probably roll the dice on a Hisense H9G because it gets good reviews. I'm not sure if it has HDMI our or not.
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HDMI out is pretty common now. It’s usually a dual purpose connection in/out labelled as HDMi (ARC). The ARC stands for audio return channel. If you can zoom in on a picture of the connections on the back panel or check the manual on the manufacturers site it’s pretty clear usually.
 
Joe Mac said:
HDMI out is pretty common now. It’s usually a dual purpose connection in/out labelled as HDMi (ARC). The ARC stands for audio return channel. If you can zoom in on a picture of the connections on the back panel or check the manual on the manufacturers site it’s pretty clear usually.
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I do recall seeing something about ARC then.
 
Joe Mac said:
HDMI out is pretty common now. It’s usually a dual purpose connection in/out labelled as HDMi (ARC). The ARC stands for audio return channel. If you can zoom in on a picture of the connections on the back panel or check the manual on the manufacturers site it’s pretty clear usually.
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That's what I'm using for my TV/Sonos setup now (ARC). I'm running the Sonos beam + two of the Ikea Sonos bookshelf speakers as rear surround. The only downside is I still need to figure out the best stands for those Ikea sonos rears...there don't seem to be many options last time I checked!
 
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