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Video Coaxial cable needed

post #1 of 8
11/1/04 at 4:33pm
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Hey all

After having to totally rearrange my room and audio setup, I now need a decent coax cable for my TV, perhaps about 10' long. I had to pull a crappy but long coax out of the closet and man does it hurt the picture.

Are there any decent coax cables out there for video? Ones that are good, but reasonable in price? I don't need the VD of coax cables, but the RS crap I've had to install to reach the new location really sucks.

Thanks so much.
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post #2 of 8
11/1/04 at 7:36pm
I have no first hand experience but

http://bluejeanscable.com/store/rf/index.htm

http://heartlandcables.com/

They both have belden or canare based cables that should work just find for video...Just specify the F-connector.
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post #3 of 8
11/2/04 at 1:18am
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thanks dude. is this payback for the help with the granite (did you get any?)

btw, does anyone have experience with the following cable types?
Heartland: 12' = roughly $31 shipped
Canare L-5CFB

Bluejean: 12' = roughly $23 shipped
Belden 1505A "Brilliance"

I have no idea/experience with these, whatsoever....your help is very much appreciated.

thanks!
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post #4 of 8
11/2/04 at 1:47am
Sorry, I have no real experience with the stuff, I just know that these are the cables the pros use in the studio.

Bluejean has the Canare cables too for $18.25 with RCA. You may be able to ask them for the F connector.

Here's the specs of the Canare and Belden:
http://www.bluejeanscable.com/pages/...s/1505tech.htm
http://www.bluejeanscable.com/pages/...canarelcfb.pdf

It looks like a toss up to me. They're pretty close. The canare has lower DCR and inductance but the belden has lower capacitance and higher velocity of propagation. And it's all probably within the margin of error.

Nah, I haven't gotten the granite yet Money is tight and I want my new job to start already!

(Nice transmet avatar, btw. Not my favorite by a long shot, I don't particularly agree with the author's views, but it was entertaining.)
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post #5 of 8
11/2/04 at 4:22pm

DIY

It's very easy to make a video coax if you have a soldering iron. Heck, buy a soldering iron at Rat Shack.

Even though the pre-made coax at Rat Shack sucks, their top-of-the-line spool of coax wire is very good. They sell it by the foot, and you want their "triple-shielded" coax (their most expensive one). Also get some coax connectors from them (screw-on type is fine).

Home Depot also sells very good coax(raw) by the foot..
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post #6 of 8
11/2/04 at 8:19pm
The Canare/Belden wire is about $5-7 + shipping for the quantities we're talking about. Add in a couple connectors and we're talking about under $10 markup for labor and shipping on a bluejeans cable. I don't think that's too bad, myself. You could use the radioshack cable, but it's not too far out of reach to use the pro stuff.
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post #7 of 8
11/9/04 at 2:15am
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bump for any other thoughts?
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post #8 of 8
11/9/04 at 2:28am
The Canare is a RG6 while the Belden you mentioned is a RG59. By that alone, the Canare is better for a high-bandwidth long length routing. For the most part though, this is more than what you need if you're sending normal video around the room. Don't worry about the inductance, capacitance, speed of propagation, etc. The numbers don't mean much alone, it's how they work together that matters. In the end, the RGX classification is what you need out of it. The RG6, RG59, etc. are akin to CAT 5, CAT 2, twisted pair... when talking about digital signals. They're just classifications of the cables.
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