Hiya!

This is probably more simple than what I’m making into, but I want to be sure, so here we go:

Currently in the market for a good HDMI cable, however, I am curious as to what I need to know (as I know nothing about these cables) before buying one. So my use case for this scenario is a 3M long HDMI cable that will connect my desktop(Nobara or Bazzite) to my TV (that has Nvidia Shield). This is for easy access to couch gaming. My desktop has a RX 6700 XT card, but unsure about the specifications of the TV other than it being a 70inch one (can try to find this if its relevant), but I am not looking to stream 4k. So let me know what kinda specs/details i need to look for in a HDMI cable for this :)))

PS. I tried setting up Sunlight + Moonlight, but honestly seemed like a bit too much configuration for my liking, but might give it a go again later on. I’ve also only got access to medium-speed Wifi atm, so this isn’t optional.

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    810 months ago

    Unrelated, but for no real reason whatsoever, I preferred HDMI over DP until recently when I noticed I was having noticing some weird behavior with my laptops and my usbc dock.

    I did some testing with DP cables instead of HDMI, and it totally fixed it. Ive since been converted to DP.

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      10 months ago

      My through wall was HDMI but it would randomly cut out on the tv and flicker or look wrong. I switched to dp then and I’ve been specifically going with it since. It does all the same stuff but better and actually works on higher resolution and refresh under Linux.

      I just wish HDMI didn’t have their grubby claws in everything making it the default port on literally everything.