HDMI wall plates cause degradation?

I have a similar run - 35' HDMI cable between HT equipment and Pioneer Elite 50" plasma. I originally had the cable connect point A to B without wall plates. I later upgraded to a wall plate at the HT equipment location only and did not notice any kind of picture quality impact. I purchased a Vanco 120920X (the plate also handled component video and stereo audio). However, this was for HDMI v1.3. I'm told the HDMI cable is essentially the same, just higher testing standards to achieve 1.4 vs 1.3

The HDMI cable was from Cablestogo.com

Hello Neworder71, I'm asking the same question, so I did some digging and so far this is what I have come up with. According to the reports I have read the current certified distance for a good HDMI cable is 45 ft. Even though you have seen cables with a distance of 50ft or greater according to the reports those cables are not certified but may work depending on your equipment and signal. But if you want to increase your odds of the distance working for you there are CAT5/6 HDMI extenders on the market that will boost the signal up to 300ft thru a CAT5/6 cable here is a example of what I'm talking about (http://www.cablestogo.com/product.as...FecbQgodelUyCw). Also I will provide a link to a article that talks about distance concerns (http://www.bluejeanscable.com/articl...n-hdmi-run.htm) Again I'm no expert but this is what I found in the short amount of time that I have been looking to answer the same question, hope this helps.

So do we have a verdict? Can I use an HDMI plate? I've seen some so-called "high speed HDMI plates" - I asume that those should cause no degradation in the signal? My issue is that my 20 feet cable is just barely enough to reach between my equipment rack and the projector. If I can terminate at the plate at the ceiling and use regular 6 feet cable between projector and the wall I would gain so precious 6 feet of the length))
Also, anybody seen HDMI plate combine with electric one? Like 2 electric outlet and 1 HDMI - can't find it anywhere.

Well I'm another 1 w/ no info but would like to know :P. I'm going to need 25 ft soon but am leaning towards no plate since I got AV and ethernet cables running out the wall. Might as well use a bulk plate in my case.

but dam, it would look sexy all organized on the wall.

All connectors will degrade the signal. The question is, will it matter? It's a digital signal, so if there's enough strength, any minor loss will be absorbed. But too much, and you get no signal... For long runs, I'd avoid the wallplates if possible just to maximum the potential for success.


Worth a try then, although an HDMI extension cable would be one fewer connector. At 20', you probably won't have any issues either way assuming you've got a decent cable to begin with...


You won't, not in a single-gang box. It's against code throughout the US (and probably most everywhere else). Can't mix AC line voltage and low-volt cables in the same box. You can get a dual-gang box with a separator so you can use half for AC and the other half for low-volt/HDMI...

Jeff

Thank you.
I got 22 AWG - and sure hope it isn't going to loose too much of a signal over 20 feet. So I'll just go with 2 separate outlets - one for HDMI and one for the electrical.