DSTV to projector.

[Aramis]

I want to connect a 30m HDMI cable from my HD PVR to a projector. I have a Yamaha 767 next to the pvr. I have a Marantz 6004 which  connects to the projector.My question is:
Do I run the cable from the pvr directly to the projector, or to the Marantz to do upscaling? OR do I run it from the Yamaha directly into the projector?
Which option will have the best visual and sound quality?

[kHz]

Try both and see for yourself.
If you try only the one way you will always wonder if the other would have been better.

[Homer]

I want to connect a 30m HDMI cable from my HD PVR to a projector. I have a Yamaha 767 next to the pvr. I have a Marantz 6004 which  connects to the projector.My question is:
Do I run the cable from the pvr directly to the projector, or to the Marantz to do upscaling? OR do I run it from the Yamaha directly into the projector?
Which option will have the best visual and sound quality?

See the link below for an alternative to a long HDMI cable. I use this at home over a length of around 30m of Cat 6 cable with no discernible loss in audio or video quality. Some of the transmitters can split the signal to up to 4 displays.

http://www.hdcabling.co.za/hdmi-balun-extender-over-cat5e-cat6-30-meter-1080p50-meter-720p1080i-hdcp-12-hdmi-v13-p-53.html

[Aramis]

See the link below for an alternative to a long HDMI cable. I use this at home over a length of around 30m of Cat 6 cable with no discernible loss in audio or video quality. Some of the transmitters can split the signal to up to 4 displays.

http://www.hdcabling.co.za/hdmi-balun-extender-over-cat5e-cat6-30-meter-1080p50-meter-720p1080i-hdcp-12-hdmi-v13-p-53.html

I did look at that option, 30m hdmi cable was R150 more than the option. I think to keep cable hdmi throughout is 1st prize.

[windshear]

I hope the 30m cable works. Its  very long in terms of HDMI cable runs. The norm and maximum suggest length is normally max 15m. 

[naughty]

will 30 metres of HDMI even work 

from what i know some HDMI cables even have a problem when they are more than 5 metres long

the thing is though that as surprising as it may be that a 30 metre cable exists it probably does work otherwise it would not have "been" BUT to me it is a risky proposition and a safer option ie the actual first prize would be to buy shorter HDMI cables and use the HDMI over ethernet solution with the long run of cable being the network cable 

[WaterDog]

I think to keep cable hdmi throughout is 1st prize.

No actually, as Windshear and Naughty indicated, HDMI is an audio/video digital interconnect protocol for relatively short distances. Ethernet is a digital protocol as well but has built in functionality to ensure preservation of data over longer distances.
With the HDMI over Ethernet the HDMI data is perfectly converted to and from an ethernet protocol at either end without any loss, giving the exact same quality as over a normal length HDMI cable. For all intents and purposes the ethernet portion is transparent with no loss.

[Apocalypse Boy]

I run two 10 m HDMI's to my projector, one was from the HTPC ( Nview 3d could not pick up the projector through the amp, EDID issue ) and one straight to the amp. If you run if from the DSTV, you'll have to run the audio feed from the DSTV to the AMP either as Coax/Optical or Analogue.

Ps. my 10m HDMI's are cheap and cheerfull and work like a charm

[naughty]

I run two 10 m HDMI's to my projector, one was from the HTPC ( Nview 3d could not pick up the projector through the amp, EDID issue ) and one straight to the amp. If you run if from the DSTV, you'll have to run the audio feed from the DSTV to the AMP either as Coax/Optical or Analogue.

Ps. my 10m HDMI's are cheap and cheerfull and work like a charm

yes 10 metres of high speed cable can work easily - but one 30 metre cable is questionable - its definite that with low speed HDMI you will generally lose all signal with HDMI in and around 15 metres and this is not degradation of the signal but a total and utter loss of the signal

[Aramis]

Just connected and works perfect, connected from decoder via splitter and straight into hdmi on receiver. Pressed the sat button on remote and voila.Picture and sound quality is excellent and on par with my plasma.   

[WaterDog]

Apparently with the right spec cable you can go up to 90m: http://www.techwatch.co.uk/forums/88928-can-long-cable-lengths-be-used-with-hdmi.html

[GearSlave]

Ethernet is a digital protocol as well but has built in functionality to ensure preservation of data over longer distances.
With the HDMI over Ethernet the HDMI data is perfectly converted to and from an ethernet protocol at either end without any loss, giving the exact same quality as over a normal length HDMI cable. For all intents and purposes the ethernet portion is transparent with no loss.

HDMI over Ethernet? I thought it's HDMI over UTP (uses the same cable, but it's not Ethernet).