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.

  • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
    41·
    8 months ago

    Just get a real one. Not a crappy knockoff or something.

    My wife bought a cheap one once that created one of the weirdest bugs I’ve ever experienced.

    We didn’t realize at the time, but it was actually interfering with the wifi signals whenever we plugged it in. It was a floater cable so we only used it if we had a monitor in random place. But you would plug it in and the wifi would go out (it took quite a bit of trouble shooting to figure out it was the cable not some weird driver/ or monitor issue.