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arrow-up15external-linkMy Steam Machine Is a 50ft HDMI Cableblog.matthewbrunelle.comRSS Bot@lemmy.bestiver.seMB to Hacker News@lemmy.bestiver.seEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square6fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareunexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoIt is actually noteworthy imo. Saves a lot of resources and money while achieving much better performance than you will get from the steam machine.
minus-squareCallMeAl (like Alan)@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 months agoI thought it was common knowledge that you can plug a desktop computer into a TV, but I guess not?
minus-squareunexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 months agoNormal cheap HDMI cables dont go beyond ~5m because of signal integrity. A 15m cable is not a very common thing to have laying around.
minus-squareCallMeAl (like Alan)@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 months agoMaybe I’m missing what point you’re making, but I just don’t see how “you can buy a long cable” is worthy of a HN post.
It is actually noteworthy imo. Saves a lot of resources and money while achieving much better performance than you will get from the steam machine.
I thought it was common knowledge that you can plug a desktop computer into a TV, but I guess not?
Normal cheap HDMI cables dont go beyond ~5m because of signal integrity. A 15m cable is not a very common thing to have laying around.
Maybe I’m missing what point you’re making, but I just don’t see how “you can buy a long cable” is worthy of a HN post.