AudioQuest - Root Beer 18 - 18Gbps HDMI Active Optical Cable (Single)

AudioQuest - Root Beer 18 - 18Gbps HDMI Active Optical Cable (Single)

AudioQuest's Root Beer 18 is an active optical HDMI cable that provides outstanding audio/video performance at distances up to 100ft (30m). Optical Fiber eliminates multiple forms of degradation over distance; and, powered by the HDMI port, no AC adaptor is required. Further, Optical Fibers provide total RF immunity and galvanic isolation for the audio/video signal; important advantages in the fight against radio-frequency noise. As with Toslink and other optical cables, optical fibers do not pick up or transmit induced RF-Noise.

AudioQuest Root Beer 18Gbps High Speed HDMI cables support High Dynamic Range (HDR) and Dynamic HDR. HDR content expands the contrast of the image for blacker blacks and brighter whites/highlights as well as greater color saturation and brightness. Dynamic HDR enables frame-by-frame HDR optimization rather than HDR settings that are fixed for the entire program. Additionally, Root Beer 18's eARC and communication conductors are Direction-Controlled to minimize RF Noise that hurts the performance of active circuits.

AudioQuest Root Beer 18Gbps High Speed HDMI cables have the bandwidth required for video up to 8K/30, which is 7680 x 4320 resolution at up to 30 frames-per-second (FPS). 24FPS and 30FPS are the frame rates for almost all movies and many TV shows.

Traditional 100% shielding is not enough to guard against the increasingly prevalent effects of Wi-Fi, cellular, and satellite radiation. In AudioQuest Root Beer 18 HDMI cables, all 19 conductors are Direction-Controlled to minimize the RF Noise that damages performance by directing or draining it away from the most vulnerable circuits. Level 4 Noise-Dissipation features fibers, which are non-conductive and therefore immune to induced RF noise, while the eARC and control conductors are made of direction-controlled metals. Additional Noise-Dissipation techniques (Levels 4+ and up) are applied to further reduce noise.