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Good Long VGA cables and ethernet?
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Xenokai
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29. June 2008 @ 20:53 |
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im moving my pc away from my tv and router (router is near my ps3 and 360) and i was wondering is there a good quailty vga cable where i wont get video quailty loss? i rem i bought a cheap vga cable off ebay before but for some reason it streached the whites i got another vga cable and it fixed it. i dont wanna see the streaking if i run it long anyone point me to the cheapest vga cable about 25ft or 50ft that wouldnt mess with the pic? also i need a long ethernet cable what type should i get is cat 6 that much better then cat 5?
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30. June 2008 @ 00:03 |
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Xenokai
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30. June 2008 @ 16:47 |
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Thanks for the links i donno about the vga cable tho that way over my price i wanted to pay. anyway i can find a good vga cable for under 15$?
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30. June 2008 @ 17:03 |
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Xenokai
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30. June 2008 @ 20:51 |
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Xenokai
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30. June 2008 @ 21:34 |
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would it be better to just use a 25ft dvi male to female cable and run it from dvi out into the dvi to vga adapter and use the short cga cable im using now? does dvi lose quailty over long distance?
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1. July 2008 @ 14:54 |
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IF you had a long dvi cable that you could use then using that with an adapter would be a good choice. But the price for a dvi cable is a lot more than for a vga cable. you should not notice any difference between the vga and the dvi. as for the ebay item. if you can find it that cheap it might be a good idea to try it out, and if it isn't good then you are out only a few dollars.
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Xenokai
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1. July 2008 @ 14:57 |
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there seems to be so many diffrent vga cable some in my price range but i dont know i think i need HD15 vga. i see HDDB15 sometimes also. want a cable that wont have all the white streaking tho
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1. July 2008 @ 20:13 |
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HD15 vga & HDDB15 vga are the same thing as they both use a db15 connector that has 3 rows of 5 pins/sockets for male/female.
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Xenokai
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1. July 2008 @ 20:33 |
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im lookin for a 25ft vga that wont have any issues but is under $20 total.
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ddp
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1. July 2008 @ 20:35 |
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you'll want a shielded cable for that distance.
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Xenokai
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1. July 2008 @ 20:36 |
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any cable will work long as it says shieled or is there a special sheil i need to look for...
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ddp
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1. July 2008 @ 20:44 |
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special sheil?
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Xenokai
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1. July 2008 @ 20:46 |
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shielded
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1. July 2008 @ 20:56 |
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either use a cable that has the tin foil wrap plus bare ground wire under the main insulation or the braided shielding plus bare ground wire under the insulation. the bare ground wire is soldered to the metal part of the db15 connector on both ends.
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Xenokai
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1. July 2008 @ 22:49 |
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Xenokai
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1. July 2008 @ 22:53 |
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Xenokai
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1. July 2008 @ 23:25 |
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ddp
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2. July 2008 @ 14:36 |
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that 1 should be alright. the 1 problem i have with it is the ferrite rings close to the connectors in that the wire between the ferrite ring & connector can break if bent to often. i had to fix a few monitors because of that problem.
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Xenokai
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2. July 2008 @ 14:40 |
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hmm the cord will lay on the rable on my pc no prob there it will hang from the tv tho =/
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2. July 2008 @ 15:31 |
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I'm pretty sure VGA is far more tolerant of distance, so stick with VGA if you can bear the fuzz. The high bandwidth cables for my monitor are limited to only 6ft I think. As for the network cable, get CAT5E or CAT6, not CAT5.
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Xenokai
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2. July 2008 @ 15:36 |
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what do you mean fuzz? also why not cat 5? is cat 5 not supported by all stuff? for some reason my pc wont work with a cat 5 cable i have but itsl work with dsl modem to router.
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2. July 2008 @ 17:53 |
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I'm pretty certain CAT5 is limited to 100Mbit, if you send large amounts of data over the network, it'll be very slow. CAT5E should be compatible with everything in the last decade or so, and offers Gigabit speeds.
As for fuzz, hook up a monitor with DVI and then VGA to the same PC, you'll soon see what I mean. DVI offers a much better image even with the shortest of cables.
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Xenokai
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2. July 2008 @ 17:55 |
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my pc has always been vga and i even think it looks as good if not better then hdmi even. i just dont want th white streaking i had on a calble i bought form japan once lol
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2. July 2008 @ 17:56 |
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I don't know about HDMI - but using a high quality monitor, the Dell Ultrasharp 2407FPW, the difference was night and day, anyone else I know with a decent LCD who has done it notices what a vast improvement DVI is using even a cheap cable.
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