Amazon Basics Glasfaser-HDMI-Kabel, umflochten, Hochgeschwindigkeitskabel, 10 m, Schwarz

$ 8.10

P̶r̶o̶b̶a̶b̶l̶y̶ t̶h̶e̶ c̶h̶e̶a̶p̶e̶s̶t̶ f̶i̶b̶e̶r̶ o̶p̶t̶i̶c̶ H̶D̶M̶I̶ c̶a̶b̶l̶e̶ o̶u̶t̶ t̶h̶e̶r̶e̶, s̶o̶ I̶ t̶h̶o̶u̶g̶h̶t̶ i̶’d̶ g̶i̶v̶e̶ i̶t̶ a̶ t̶r̶y̶ a̶s̶ I̶’m̶ t̶r̶y̶i̶n̶g̶ t̶o̶ g̶e̶t̶ a̶ 4̶k̶ s̶i̶g̶n̶a̶l̶ o̶v̶e̶r̶ f̶r̶o̶m̶ m̶y̶ P̶C̶ t̶o̶ m̶y̶ T̶V̶ a̶t̶ 6̶0̶H̶z̶ w̶i̶t̶h̶ H̶D̶R̶ o̶v̶e̶r̶ a̶ l̶e̶n̶g̶t̶h̶ o̶f̶ 1̶0̶m̶. O̶n̶ p̶a̶p̶e̶r̶ t̶h̶i̶s̶ s̶h̶o̶u̶l̶d̶ b̶e̶ n̶o̶ p̶r̶o̶b̶l̶e̶m̶, a̶n̶d̶ a̶t̶ f̶i̶r̶s̶t̶ i̶t̶ a̶c̶t̶u̶a̶l̶l̶y̶ s̶e̶e̶m̶e̶d̶ t̶o̶ w̶o̶r̶k̶ f̶i̶n̶e̶ ..u̶n̶t̶i̶l̶ t̶h̶e̶ f̶l̶i̶c̶k̶e̶r̶i̶n̶g̶ s̶t̶a̶r̶t̶e̶d̶ w̶h̶e̶r̶e̶ t̶h̶e̶ T̶V̶ l̶o̶s̶e̶s̶ t̶h̶e̶ s̶i̶g̶n̶a̶l̶ f̶o̶r̶ a̶ c̶o̶u̶p̶l̶e̶ o̶f̶ s̶e̶c̶o̶n̶d̶s̶. T̶h̶i̶s̶ g̶o̶t̶ w̶o̶r̶s̶e̶, t̶o̶ t̶h̶e̶ p̶o̶i̶n̶t̶ w̶h̶e̶r̶e̶ h̶a̶l̶f̶ t̶h̶e̶ t̶i̶m̶e̶ y̶o̶u̶’r̶e̶ s̶t̶a̶r̶i̶n̶g̶ a̶t̶ a̶ b̶l̶a̶c̶k̶ s̶c̶r̶e̶e̶n̶. O̶n̶l̶y̶ w̶h̶e̶n̶ I̶ t̶u̶r̶n̶ o̶f̶f̶ H̶D̶R̶ d̶o̶e̶s̶ i̶t̶ g̶e̶t̶ b̶e̶t̶t̶e̶r̶. E̶i̶t̶h̶e̶r̶ t̶h̶e̶ c̶a̶b̶l̶e̶ i̶s̶ f̶a̶u̶l̶t̶y̶ o̶r̶ i̶t̶ i̶s̶ j̶u̶s̶t̶ n̶o̶t̶ o̶f̶ g̶o̶o̶d̶ q̶u̶a̶l̶i̶t̶y̶, a̶s̶ t̶h̶e̶ p̶r̶i̶c̶e̶ m̶i̶g̶h̶t̶ s̶u̶g̶g̶e̶s̶t̶. I̶’l̶l̶ b̶e̶ t̶r̶y̶i̶n̶g̶ o̶n̶e̶ o̶f̶ t̶h̶e̶ m̶o̶r̶e̶ e̶x̶p̶e̶n̶s̶i̶v̶e̶ c̶a̶b̶l̶e̶s̶ n̶e̶x̶t̶.[Edit]So just to be sure before sending it back I connected the HDMI cable straight into my TV instead of it passing through my home cinema receiver (same specs) first and that apparently has fixed the issue. Not sure why. Probably there is a weak link somewhere, but I honestly can’t be bothered because it works fine now with no signal dropouts so far while playing HDR games at 4K .