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9/4/12 at 5:39pm
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'Ello.

Here's my current predicament:
I'm trying to use a 24" LCD (Asus VW246H) as a 'TV' in my room so I can lay down and watch movies and such. To properly route the cable to the LCD, I need roughly 20' of cable. I could probably use a 16' cable but that'd be cutting it close. Anyways, I ordered a 25' HDMI cable, but my miniDP adapter doesn't have enough juice to send the video through such a long cable. The cable works fine, I tested it on other components that support HDMI, but it won't work fine for this certain situation.

I was thinking, why not buy a miniDP-to-DVI adapter and a long DVI cable in order to make my setup functional.

So here's my question:
Does my conclusion (sentence two lines up) seen plausible? Are there other solutions I should look into??

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9/4/12 at 5:45pm
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More info on how your hooking it up might help if your using dvi you wont have sound to the lcd where hdmi you would.
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9/4/12 at 5:47pm
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More info on how your hooking it up might help if your using dvi you wont have sound to the lcd where hdmi you would.
I'll be using my receiver/speakers for audio, so no need for audio support.

It's connected as follows: Macbook Pro -> miniDP-HDMI adapter -> 25' HDMI cable -> LCD

(And this is how I'd have it hooked up if I were to go the DVI route)
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ah but it might run into same problem not having enugh juice to push the signal thru the dvi cable.
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9/4/12 at 5:59pm
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ah but it might run into same problem not having enugh juice to push the signal thru the dvi cable.
I was browsing newegg and I saw miniDP-DVI adapters being labeled as (Active) which makes me assume they're more equipped to push the signal further?

Has anyone been in a similar predicament ?
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http://www.overclock.net/t/721931/active-vs-passive-displayport-adapters-the-truth/0_100
im not sure if that helps you or not but found that when i did a search.
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