Displayport

[Medusa Cascade]

Due to certain circumstances I need to connect a monitor to a computer 10 metres away.

Will I need a booster/repeater?

[Nevcairiel]

The maximum distance for DisplayPort at full bandwidth is 3 meters. At higher distance you'll lose bandwidth, which means you can't go as high resolution or refresh rate anymore.

So the answer to your question: it depends what resolution/refresh rate you expect to get through there.

[Medusa Cascade]

1440p 60hz hopefully

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So is that doable?

[Towstie]

No. Nope. 10char

[Mythbredor]

There are 50 foot display port cables so... maybe? at 1440p 60hz... maybe not? Hard to say for sure I'd look around tho I'm sure someone has had to do it before.

[Deleted]

Yes you can. You can buy cables with boosters in them but they are expensive.

https://www.startech.com/uk/Cables/A...able~DISPL10MA

[DeltrusDisc]

What exactly are the circumstances making this a necessity? That's quite the distance... O_O

[Medusa Cascade]

Hdmi looks like the better option price wise

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What exactly are the circumstances making this a necessity? That's quite the distance... O_O

I don't think it really matters...

[the boar]

What exactly are the circumstances making this a necessity? That's quite the distance... O_O

routing to a monitor in a sex dungeon. don't want your pc in there, will get dirty

[DeltrusDisc]

I don't think it really matters...

Just intrigued. Long is long is long.

[Eats Compost]

I don't think it really matters...

It can help, because we might be able to offer a solution that reduces the necessary distance or otherwise circumvents the initial problem. There's also curiosity, so we all get something out of it.

[Medusa Cascade]

It can help, because we might be able to offer a solution that reduces the necessary distance or otherwise circumvents the initial problem. There's also curiosity, so we all get something out of it.

I've calculated the necessary distance to the mm. It cannot be reduced.

[Eats Compost]

I've calculated the necessary distance to the mm. It cannot be reduced.

Is it going to a different room or something? There's no way that the computer itself could exist near the screen, and the mouse/keyboard/etc could use longer cables instead?

If the tower can live near the screen, then you can just get a USB hub and powered USB extension lead and use that to connect peripheral. Probably a fair bit cheaper than DisplayPort over the same distance.

[Medusa Cascade]

Is it going to a different room or something? There's no way that the computer itself could exist near the screen, and the mouse/keyboard/etc could use longer cables instead?

If the tower can live near the screen, then you can just get a USB hub and powered USB extension lead and use that to connect peripheral. Probably a fair bit cheaper than DisplayPort over the same distance.

It's going around the room (thus the 10m) because I can't have it going across the middle of the room. I'm going to use hdmi instead