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USB 3.0 Active Extension Cable 50 Feet, Type A Male to Female Extender Cord, USB Repeater Cable with 2 Signal Boosters & USB Power Supply, for Laptop, Hard Drive, Printer, Webcam, Xbox, VR, PS4

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1 HN user recommended this in 2024, in one comment.

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Im thinking more and more about putting my computer outside when I game.

I have 50 and 150 ft fiber optic DisplayPort cables. Can do 8k60, or 4k240. Can be had for like $70, work fine.

The hard part is input? I'm no stranger to USB extension cables. But I don't love them. They're so bulky, and they usually need 5v in every 50ft, and since USB hierarchy tops out at 7 deep and each cable is actually 2 hubs, you can only really chain two 50 ft cables together (and a 25 ft shorter active extension too, then hub and device.. gee since the cables sre hubs would sure be nice if someone made an active USB extension cable that exposed all 4 ports at the end!). Here's a well reviewed example for $42, https://www.amazon.com/Extension-Extender-Repeater-Boosters-...

There are some usb4 over fiber optic solutions, but often more than $150 for 100 ft, which is kind of a drag. Spent money on stupider things, maybe will do it.

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