Long-Distance HDMI Active Optical Cable Product Family

One long-distance HDMI active optical cable range, in many connector styles. The same directional hybrid optical design — Source end into the player, Display end into the screen — with black molded, metal, white, green, and braided-jacket versions to choose from.

This page covers the whole long-distance HDMI active optical cable family, not one single cable. The idea is simple: one directional hybrid optical design, offered with a lot of different connector shells, so an installer can pick the look and build that fits the job. The main version shown here is the 8K HDMI 2.1 one with dark zinc-alloy rectangular housings. One end carries the brand mark, the other is marked Source with an 8K badge. The cable itself is black PVC with a reinforced strain relief. The housing is zinc alloy, and the supplier’s graphic claims a bend test of over 20,000 bends — that is the supplier’s figure, not something we have tested.

The 8K version is the one the marketing graphics describe: up to 48 Gbps, 8K at 60 Hz, 4K at 120 Hz and 144 Hz, 12-bit color, HDR, DSC (Display Stream Compression), and the HDMI 2.1 gaming features VRR, ALLM, QMS, QFT, and eARC, with Dolby Atmos, Dolby Vision, Dynamic HDR, and DTS:X listed for home theater. All of that applies only to the validated 8K HDMI 2.1 version, and only with source and display gear that supports it. The family also includes versions that are not 8K — one of the variant photos is even marked HDMI 2.0 — so do not read the 8K figures as applying to every cable in the range.

Every version is directional, one-way only. Source goes into the player, console, or PC. Display goes into the TV, projector, or monitor. The wrong way round means no picture. The graphics also note backwards compatibility with HDMI 2.0 and 1.4 standard HDMI interfaces.

The variants in the gallery below show how wide the range is: black molded tapered housings, silver metal housings, white molded housings, black slim curved housings, white 8K housings, dark gray and silver 8K housings, a green metal version, a silver screw-secured version, a dark metal version with a braided jacket, and a gray version marked HDMI 2.0. If you are ordering for a project, pick the housing and the version first, then the length — the family covers long runs, but no lengths are stated anywhere in the source material, so confirm the stocked lengths before ordering. Good for meeting rooms, home theater, digital signage, control rooms, classrooms, and anywhere the screen sits a long way from the source.

Key facts / specs

  • Directional HDMI Type-A (source) to HDMI Type-A (display); one-way transmission
  • Hybrid optical transmission (active modules, fiber segment)
  • Lighter routing than many long copper cables
  • Main version shown: dark zinc-alloy rectangular housings, PVC cable body, reinforced strain relief; one housing marked "YILIANOPTOE", the other marked "Source 8K"
  • 8K HDMI 2.1 version figures (from supplier graphics — apply to the validated 8K version only, with compatible gear): up to 48 Gbps; 8K at 60 Hz; 4K at 120 Hz / 144 Hz; 12-bit; HDR / Dynamic HDR; DSC; VRR, ALLM, QMS, QFT, eARC; Dolby Atmos, Dolby Vision, DTS:X
  • Bend test 20,000+ bends, PVC body, zinc alloy shell — supplier’s graphic claims, not independently verified
  • Backwards compatible with HDMI 2.0 / 1.4 standard HDMI interfaces (per supplier graphic)
  • Family includes non-8K versions — one variant photo is marked "HDMI 2.0"
  • Resolution, bandwidth, and distance vary by version and are NOT stated per version in the source
  • Cable lengths: NOT stated in the source — confirm before publishing/ordering
  • No power requirement stated in the source

Models / variants covered

  • Black molded tapered housings (2 angles)
  • Silver metal housings
  • White molded housings
  • Black slim curved housings, coiled cable
  • White 8K housings
  • Dark gray 8K housings
  • Silver 8K housings
  • Silver housings with oval detail
  • Black 8K molded housings, close-up
  • Silver screw-secured housings, coiled cable
  • Green metal housings, coiled cable
  • Gray slim housings, coiled cable
  • Dark metal housings with braided gray cable
  • Silver slim housings, coiled cable
  • Gray housings marked "HDMI 2.0", coiled cable
  • Dark zinc-alloy rectangular 8K housings (the main version in the marketing graphics)

Compatibility

HDMI Type-A sources and displays: TVs (including LG, Sony 8K, Samsung QLED per supplier graphic), projectors, monitors, soundbars (via eARC), Apple TV, PS5, PS4 Pro, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox 360, Nintendo Switch, Wii U, Mac mini M4, laptops, PCs, Blu-ray players, AV receivers, TV sticks/boxes, DVD players. 8K/48 Gbps features need HDMI 2.1 equipment at both ends.

Application scenarios

  • Meeting rooms
  • Home theater
  • Digital signage
  • Control rooms
  • Education and event AV
  • Gaming rooms
  • Long equipment-rack-to-display connections
  • In-wall and conduit routing

Links

See the full range: HDMI Active Optical Cables

Manufacturer: JinShang / bhcables home page — the manufacturer’s site; it carries no HDMI AOC product page, so the homepage is used rather than an invented category URL.