Tripp Lite USB 2.0 Hi-Speed A/B Active Repeater Cable (M/M) 36-ft. (U042-036), Silver 36 ft. Cable

Using it to run my laptop for a source for my 2 channel digital sound system. No loss and cable is long enough to hide it on the perimeter of the room. Good buy.

I purchased the 36 foot long version along with a powered USB hub to connect my desktop computer to a D/A. converter for my Hi-Fi stereo system. The D/A converter is also powered by its own wall wart. It worked great considering several sources recommend no longer than 6 foot USB cables for this. I found that it was not necessary to use the power hub, the repeater in the middle of the cable and the fact that my D/A converter had its own power source were enough. I have read several places that this long a cable will not work with a USB connected D/A Converter unless the DAC is self powered. That may be where the 6 foot recommendation comes from.

I bought this to connect my PVR to one of my PC's since having a PC right next to your TV isn't a very convenient setup. I've only had the wire for less than a week, so longevity remains to be seen. It feels and looks well made, although I question the review(s) that stated it was "Made in the U.S.". It says right on the package label "Made in China", can't miss it, right under the barcode. Regardless of where it was made, it seems to work just fine, transferring data at acceptable rates. The computer recognized it as a "USB HUB" for whatever reason, and installed the appropriate driver without any user input. This particular PC happens to be running Vista, so I would assume XP wouldn't have any issues either. This was purchased solely for a PVR-to-Vista PC connection, so I can't confirm or deny it's capabilities with other hardware, software, or devices. *Update 1: As of 9/27/2012 it still works just fine, no problems. *Update 2: As of 11/30/2017 it still works fine. Now with Windows 8.1

I bought this cable to connect the Bluetooth dongle for theTiVo Slide Remote Control to the TiVo, which was moved to a closet when we remodeled our bedroom. My plan was to have the USB cable go behind the wall and come out by the TV; I would then connect the dongle so the remote would be able to control the TV. Initially it appeared everything was working - the blue light on the dongle was lit and it blinked in response to button presses on the remote. The TiVo, however, was not receiving the signal from the remote. I guess the unpowered dongle couldn't send a strong enough signal to reach the TiVo. As a stopgap measure I used a 6 foot long USB extension cable to bring the dongle out of the closet and into the room. The remote was able to control the TiVo but the response was very laggy and the TiVo didn't always receive the command. It was very annoying...when fast-forwarding or rewinding we could never return to normal speed when we wanted, so we'd miss the mark and have to go the other way. In the end the solution was to install a powered USB extender, theCables Unlimited USB-1375 USB Over Cat5e Extender with Power Supply . That worked brilliantly, no lag at all. As for this cable, I'm sure it would work fine for a printer or a powered device, but for an unpowered device that needs to send data back this isn't the solution. The Tripp Lite website doesn't indicate what works best with this cable so if you get it, be smarter than me and save the packaging. That way if it doesn't work you can get a refund.

In my quest to find a cable that actually works I tried MANY brands in MANY configurations and kept returning them until I found this one. I have not trued this with a PS3 or Xbox yet but I have a plotter and cables that work on those did not work on the plotter. I found out plotters are very particular when it comes to communication. I found out that almost all cables with the exception of triplite are made overseas and have a VERY HIGH failure rate. The folks at the plotter supplier told me this and said they estimate that failure rates are around 70% with plotters. We're talking 70%.....that's huge. I questioned this number and they confirmed their talking about DOA and premature failure. Extension cables that don't function for the application were not taken into account in their estimated failure rate. Out of maybe 20 various brand cables I received in one order maybe 5 were DOA. Even that is high odds. I had at least 3 other cables that just failed after working a month or less. I know for sure one only worked a coupe hours. When I found out Triplite was made in the USA I jumped on board and it worked flawlessly and continues to work flawlessly. Buy it, spend the extra $ and don't waste your time fooling with other brands.