Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
I'm running to a 720p projector, so the highest I've sent to it is 1280x720. Based on the reviews listed for the product, it will do 1080p just fine, but I have not tried it myself.
Depends on what you mean by "1080p". Note that 1080p24 (which is how most Blu-ray is encoded) is actually lower bandwidth than broadcast 1080i. The big problem is 1080p60, which is the double the bandwidth.
So...
For 25 feet:
Monoprice 26 AWG (Chinese made tin-plated in-wall rated cable): With my system 720p, 1080p24, and 1080i were fine. 1080p60 was problematic with certain equipment, but not all equipment. For example, with my (firmware updated) Panasonic PT-AX200U and Sony BDP-S350, 1080p60 menus worked fine. However, with my Toshiba LCD and Insignia NS-BRDVD, 1080p60 menus would sometimes give me white flashes (but 1080p24 movies played perfectly fine).
Blue Jeans Series 2 - 24 AWG (Chinese made silver-plated cable): Works fine in my system including for 1080p60 menus. I don't have any 1080p60 discs to test though.
Other people have had good results with Monoprice 24 AWG tin-plated in-wall rated cable, but I've never tested that.
Given my personal results and from stuff around the net, my general rule of thumb for 1080p60 video (24-bit colour depth) is:
10 feet - 28 AWG
15 feet - 26 AWG
25 feet - 24 AWG
50 feet - 22 AWG
Other people have had good results even at 1080p60 with smaller gauge cables for those distances, but I'd prefer to err on the conservative side, especially since some equipment combinations are more problematic than others. Also, it does depend on the quality of the cable itself too, as some 24 AWG cables are better built than others, which is partially why many people have good results with 24 AWG even at 50 feet.
I originally bought Monoprice 26 AWG cable mainly because of its bendability. However, I was pleasantly surprised to see that the Blue Jeans Series 2 - 24 AWG is still relatively bendable, and its diameter is still less than 1 cm (as it has no net jacket). This is important because the
Wiremold 1" wire conduits they sell at Home Depot have an internal thickness of about 1 cm, so the 0.95 cm Blue Jeans Series 2 (24 AWG) cables fit perfectly. You can put 2 of them side by side in a 1" Wiremold conduit.
I think for most people 24 AWG is reasonable to work with in terms of ease of installation. 22 AWG is considerably stiffer however. Those cables are 1.2 cm (or almost half an inch) thick.