UGREEN HDMI 4K@60Hz Fibre Optic Cable Male to Male, Aluminium Shell, 40 m (45508)

Overview

The UGREEN 45508 is a 40 m active optical HDMI 2.0 cable (AOC) from the HD178 range. It carries the picture over optical fibre inside the cable, with the electronics in the aluminium alloy plug housings, so a 4K signal at 60 Hz reaches a TV or projector far beyond the reach of an ordinary copper HDMI lead. It suits large halls, meeting rooms and home cinemas where the TV or projector sits a long way from the player, PC or console.

Is it right for you?

• Choose it when the distance between the player and the screen is too long for a passive copper HDMI cable, for example to a ceiling projector or a display across a hall.
• It is directional. The end marked Source goes to the player, PC or console and the end marked Display goes to the TV or projector, so decide which end of the room holds the player before routing.
• Its top mode is 4K at 60 Hz, which suits 4K TVs, projectors and monitors.
• Both plugs are full-size HDMI. A laptop with only USB-C or DisplayPort output needs a USB-C or DisplayPort to HDMI cable instead.

Key features

• HDMI 2.0 with up to 18 Gbps bandwidth, so it carries 4K at 60 Hz with audio in the same cable.
• Optical fibre signal path over the full 40 m, so the picture does not fade with distance the way a long copper cable can.
• Aluminium alloy connector housings.
• High dynamic range (HDR) and audio return channel (ARC) pass through when both the source and the display support them, so a soundbar or AV receiver can take sound back from the TV.
• Works with 4K TVs and monitors, games consoles, laptops, PCs, set-top boxes, streaming boxes and projectors that have a full-size HDMI port.

What else you need

Nothing beyond an HDMI source and an HDMI display. The cable is plug and play.

Installation

Plug the end marked Source into the player, PC or console and the end marked Display into the TV or projector. Reversed, there is no picture.

Measure the real route, including any climb to a ceiling mount, corners and slack behind each device, before ordering a 40 m cable. Test the whole setup with the cable laid out before fixing it in trunking or conduit, because a long installed run is hard to replace.

Before you buy

• Directional cable: the Source end must go to the player. Reversed connection gives no picture.
• USB-C-only or DisplayPort-only laptops need a USB-C or DisplayPort to HDMI cable rather than this one.
• The picture mode you get depends on what both the source and the display support. The cable does not add a higher mode than the two devices offer.