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For £20.10 ex-VAT, this 7.5m HDMI cable is the kind of “just make it work” solution you buy when you don’t want the hassle of commissioning another install. In real-world office setups (meeting rooms, training spaces, temp displays), a decent long run is often the difference between a neat layout and having to move screens. If you’re going from a laptop/PC to a TV or projector and you mostly care about getting a stable picture, this is a sensible budget pick—especially if shorter cables are already too tight.
That said, long HDMI runs are always where cheap cables start to show their limits: you can see handshake issues, flaky signal during sleep/wake, or occasional dropouts depending on the source, resolution, and whether you’re near noisy power equipment. If you’re doing critical displays (broadcast/admin systems) or need guaranteed reliability at the top end of modern video formats, I’d be more cautious and consider a more purpose-built long-run/active cable instead. Otherwise, for typical corporate AV use where “reliable enough most days” matters more than absolute spec-top-end performance, it’s good value.

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