Review on 8K/4K HDMI Cable 10Ft - A.I.S Shielding, Germany Design - Supports PS5, Xbox, Switch 8K@60Hz 4K@120Hz - High Speed With Ethernet By CableDirect by Eric Timbeross

This cable replaces an Aurum 35 foot 28 awg in-wall cable installed last year that gradually failed over time. Auto signal detect times on my projector gradually increased and it stopped working altogether. I was going to try an active signal booster, but first I wanted to make sure there was a signal to boost. I'm glad I did; continuity testing revealed two completely open (broken) connections. The cable was bad, and attempts to isolate the break were limited to a few feet of cable at either end of the in-wall installation. Beyond that, field termination and repair of HDMI cables is a nightmare, even for someone who has spent decades in the electronics industry and has a magnified soldering station and precision tip soldering irons. The Aurum cable's last noble service was to serve as a cable pulling fish tape for the new KabelDirekt 35 foot 26 awg cable.Going from 28 even just to 26 gauge conductors means measurably less resistance and signal loss over a moderately long (35 feet in my case) run. The cable appears to be very well constructed. Signal acquisition by my home theater projector is now almost instantaneous; no hunting for an HDMI source like before. The slightly thicker gauge also has a better safety margin against burnout on the 5 v power loop. This was a far more attractive and cost effective solution than pulling bulk 24 awg HDMI cable (at $1.75 a foot unless you buy industrial size rolls of it) and field terminating it, a job comparable to doing precision repair work on surface mount PC (printed circuit) boards, OK only if you're a very skilled technician or really hard-core electronics hobbyist. For the price, this cable seems to be the real deal. In hindsight, I'd never accept a 28 awg cable for a 35 foot run, but that goes under the heading "learning curve."