Live Production Cables - HDMI vs HDMI Fiber vs SDI vs Fiber

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• TH

  @this_time_imperfect · 1 year ago

  Bro just dropped a carrier’s worth of knowledge in 9 minutes, this is an incredible resource.

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• ST

  @steveloux4709 · 2 years ago

  Great overview.  Thank you.

• RI

  @richardsparks9904 · 3 years ago

  Excellent points! Amen!

• QU

  @quantumangel · 2 years ago

  Ethernet is actually a network <b>protocol</b> the cable is called <b>twisted pair</b> (as in &quot;utp cat6&quot;).

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• RO

  @RoadJournal · 3 years ago

  Nice job!

• CA

  @cah88 · 1 year ago

  My speakers don&apos;t work, &nbsp;but luckily this guy speaks in sign language with his hands so I could understand what he was saying

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• KL

  @KLRCAT · 2 years ago

  There are a lot of pros and cons to all these cables, but it all comes down to &quot;Use case&quot;.<br>Fiber - Amazing, Robust, with an insane distance the cable can go (Ideal for TV and Broadcast Vans) [Expensive once you consider converters and everything else]<br>SDI - Reliable, Robust workhorse cable of the Broadcast industry. Locking connectors, easy to repair and terminate. [Expensive if you are consistently converting to HDMI] [Good for installs]<br>HDMI - Good reliable cable that works great at short to mid distances (Best to stay under 10m), cheap cable but near impossible/not worth to fix.<br>HDMI Fiber - Great cable for HDMI based systems (ATEM, mini/extreme series switchers) [Expensive and can be delicate, so best kept on a cable drum to extend its lifespan].<br><br>I personally use a mix of HDMI and HDMI Fiber (my HDMI cables stay under 10m, and my HFMI Fiber runs only need to go 30-40m at most), as ALL my gear uses HDMI, so converting every input and output would get ridiculously expensive. Ideally I would prefer to use SDI, but that would require me getting about 15 to 20 converters for all use cases.

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• VO

  @voiceofoppressedppl · 3 years ago (edited)

  I need to transmitter video signal 600 feet away from the source . Source video was SDI . I used an SDI to HDMI converter , then HDMI to AV/bnc , a 600 feet RG6 and at the end bnc to HDMI and HDMI to projector . Quality was a little bit degraded but not so bad , but cost was a fraction of SDI .

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• MR

  @mrzkmx · 9 months ago

  great video! any brand recommendations for flexible sdi cable ?

• EN

  @Ender_Wiggin · 10 months ago

  What if you have a Website that you need to key into for the live event? The scores and live event information is rendered on a website. The production crews wants 1 hdmi per webpage but that would be over 20 capture inputs. Is there a better way to have the production crew capture the website info for there needs? (current solution is a ton of raspberry pi&apos;s)

• LI

  @liquidsunshine697 · 2 years ago

  Im so confused. I have a 4070 ti and want to conenct to LG C1. I initially got a 25ft Hdmi copper eithernet cable? (Traditional) then cancelled and got a Fibre Optic.<br><br>I want to retain HDR, 4k@120hz capability hopefully i made right choice at that cable lenghr

• HI

  @hiltonvibes · 2 years ago

  please advise on the robustness of hdmi fibre cable. can it survive people walking over it?