UGREEN HDMI 8K@60Hz Fibre Optic Cable Male to Male, Aluminium Shell, 30 m (55508)

Overview

The UGREEN 55508 is a 30 m active optical HDMI 2.1 cable (AOC) from the HD183 range. Instead of copper all the way, it sends the signal over optical fibre with the electronics in the aluminium alloy plug housings, so it carries up to 8K at 60 Hz over a distance no desk-length HDMI lead can manage. It suits a ceiling projector in a training room, a video wall or TV across a control room from the network video recorder (NVR) or PC, or a home cinema screen placed away from the equipment rack.

Is it right for you?

• Choose it when the display sits a long way from the source and you want full HDMI 2.1 bandwidth at the far end.
• It is directional: one end connects to the source and the other to the display, as marked. Decide where the player will sit before routing.
• For 8K at 60 Hz both the source and the display must support HDMI 2.1 and that mode. With 4K equipment it runs at the mode those devices support.
• Both plugs are full-size HDMI, so it needs an HDMI output at the source and an HDMI input at the display.

Key features

• HDMI 2.1 with up to 48 Gbps bandwidth, so the long run is not the limit for current TVs and projectors.
• Supports 8K at 60 Hz on compatible equipment.
• Optical fibre signal path in a PVC jacket over the full 30 m.
• Aluminium alloy connector housings.

What else you need

An HDMI source and an HDMI display. For 8K at 60 Hz both must support HDMI 2.1 and that mode.

Installation

Measure the real route, including climbs to the ceiling, corners and slack behind each device, before ordering. Plan conduit or trunking wide enough for the plug housing to pass through.

Connect the marked source end to the player and the display end to the screen, then test the full source, display and audio arrangement before closing up conduits or trunking.

Before you buy

• Directional cable: the Source end must go to the player or PC and the Display end to the screen.
• The cable carries what the equipment supports. It does not add 8K capability to a 4K device.
• Check the plug housings will pass through any conduit or wall plate on the route.