

The higher the number, for example 36awg, the thinner the cable. The AWG, American Wire Gauge, of most of our cables can be found on their product page. The gauge, or thickness, of the cable plays a large factor in how much data can be transfer back and forth. The longest passive cable we carry capable for 4K is a 20ft length and 50ft with an active cable. When determining what the length of your cable needs to be, it is best to try to find the shortest distance between source and display, but there are cables that cater to longer lengths that are still able to give us stronger resolutions. Longer HDMI cables will often require some form of extra charge or boost and will usually be thicker than shorter cables. While all of these cables, no matter their size, are capable of broadcasting a signal, there are some restrictions on length. Our HDMI cables come in many lengths starting at 1.5ft and going up to 330ft. 10.2gbps is also capable of pushing through 4k, but only at 30hz.
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These will often determine the speed of the cable with 4.95gbps pushing 720p, 10,2gbps pushing 1080p and 18gbps pushing 4k.

These will be either 4.95gbps, 10.2gbps or 18gbps. Many of our cables will tell You the amount of data they are capable of pushing through. If the HDMI cable we select is weaker than the display or source, then it will bottle neck the resolution to it's highest resolution, despite what the source or display are capable of broadcasting. This is also true for the HDMI cable we select. Keep in mind, if the source and display are not both capable of using the same signal then the lower of the two will be the resolution that will be displayed. Once we have these we can try to find an HDMI cable that will be able to give both devices what they want. The first thing we want to do is determine the resolution of your display and the resolution that your source device is going to output.

The goal of this article is to help you better understand which cables are going to be the right cable for your set up and which cables just might not live up to your expectations. While it is great to have such a wide variety of cables to choose from, it can be overwhelming, and many customers wonder if they are really getting the right cable for them. We have HDMI cables that cater to just about any need You may have. Here at Monoprice we offer a very wide variety of cables.
