Pete McCrea Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 The item you linked to is an analogue VGA cable, not a digital DVI cable. The problem with the Digital DVI cabling is that the losses due to the cable over lengths from about 5m onwards can mean that when the signal reaches the destination, it is unreadable due to the signal not being strong enough. This genarally give no image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stegga Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 ohh I see, hence the significant increase in price for cable suitable for a run this length? do they use the same connectors on both DVI and VGA cables? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete McCrea Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 Nope. These are DVI Connectors.This is a VGA cable Male to Female. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JONNO Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 1080p is a digital format, the bandwidth is too high for analogue copper cable. If you want to pump 1080p over length properly, fibre optic DVI is the most cost effective professional option as it's lossless. Copper DVI digital cables are ok to about 10m, but any more than that and you will start to get digital artefacts on your picture. We get our fibre DVI cables from DVI Gear in the US, http://www2.dvigear.com/ they're a lot cheaper than any companies I have spoken with over here. Its not particularly delicate and you can put in on a cable drum and use it like normal cable. Solstace, if you would like a demo, you're more than welcome to pop round to our venue in London. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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