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"Pro Series" Precision
5-Channel cable with your choice of VGA-male, VGA-female, BNC-male, BNC-female, or RCA-male connectors.
A wide variety of lengths are available and
male or female genders may be selected for
each connector.
This is a high-performance cable, typically used to interconnect equipment
with VGA connectors or to "break out" VGA connections to equipment with five discrete channel connections. For example, one
might use a short VGA-male/BNC-female break-out cable to connect a piece of equipment with a
VGA connector to a longer RGBHV cable having BNC connectors.
Longer cables can be used as a complete
end to end solution. For example, a
VGA-male/BNC-male cable would be ideal for
connecting a video processor to a HDTV
monitor with R/G/B/H/V inputs via BNC
connectors.
Of course, no cable can convert signal format or colorspace.
Your display device must be able to accommodate the signal from your source
equipment. We have active converters if you need them.
Canare Cable
We use Canare
V5-1.5C cable for this assembly because it
is the largest, best-performing 5-channel
cable that will reasonably fit into a VGA
connector. If you do not need VGA connectors, you may want to consider Canare
V5-5C or
V5-3C. The smooth black jacket has
special fillers to keep the bundle tight,
reduce shift and twist, and to maintain a
round shape. It has a high-quality,
professional look and feel. With an outside
jacket diameter of 9.2 mm (.362 in.), it is
rather large, as VGA cables go, but it is
also very well-behaved. If you lay the
cable out on the ground, it stays right
where you put it -- there is very little
curl. Notice that in the pictures, there are
no ties or restraints on the coiled
cable...that should give you an idea of the
flexibility of this cable.
This five channel Canare cable is lightweight and extremely flexible. It has
a PVC jacket with a smooth, non-glare finish, and it stays flexible even at
sub-zero temperatures! Here are some specs on the cable:
- Outside jacket diameter, 9.2 mm (.362 in.)
- Individual channel OD, 2.6 mm (.102 in.)
- Low loss - less than .03 db per meter at 1 MHz, and less than .43 db
even at 200 MHz!
- Tightly woven all-copper shield with greater than 94% coverage
- Nominal capacitance, 69 pF per meter at 1 KHz
- Nominal impedance, 75 ohms
- Velocity of propagation, 66%
- Less than 2.2 nanosecond differential delay between channels
VGA Connectors
The VGA-style connector is also known as HD15, HD-15, DB15, DB-15, RGBHV, R/G/B/H/V,
RGB/HV, RGB (HV) RGB, and any number of other variations. For the sake of
simplicity, we will refer to them here simply as "VGA connectors".
Our VGA connectors have gold-plated pins and
all-metal shielded
hoods. These high-performance
connectors are available in both male and
female pin genders - choose at the lower
right. They can accommodate the large
Canare V5-1.5C cable that we use for this
assembly, and they have gold-plated contact
points for reliable performance and long
life.
BNC Connectors
We offer both BNC-male and BNC-female connector options for this cable assembly.
These are impedance-matched 75 Ohm connectors, which cannot be compared to
low-cost data-grade 50 Ohm connectors that are found on many inexpensive cables.
Our high-performance BNC connectors have gold-plated contact points to ensure
the highest possible performance and long service life.
RCA Connectors
Impedance matched RCA connectors are very rare, but maintaining the correct
impedance is essential to high performance. By maintaining a constant 75 Ohm impedance,
our RCA connectors prevent ghosting, ringing, signal loss, and other artifacts associated with impedance
mismatch. Our high-performance RCA connectors feature gold-plated beryllium copper contact fingers, and
gold-plated pins to ensure long life and high performance.
High-performance Breakout Setup
Applications
As mentioned above, an excellent
application for this type of cable would be
a short VGA-male/BNC-female break-out cable
(like the one pictured at the upper right) to connect a piece of
equipment with a VGA connector to a
BNC-equipped component video cable.
Since BNC connectors are both
electrically and mechanically superior to
RCA connectors , if you do not already have RGBHV video cables to complete your breakout
setup, you may want to consider a complete breakout cable setup with BNC connectors.
Either way, RCA or BNC, if you need cables to complete your break-out setup, please check our
cables page. We offer color-coded cables separately, in any combination of
BNC, RCA, or "F" type connectors, so you can have an elegant, adaptorless
hook-up between just about any two pieces of equipment. If you don't find
what you need, or if you need some help, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Why Cable Solutions?
Customer service is our first priority. We do our best to help you find the
best solutions for your particular application. We're enthusiasts too, so
we know what it's like to wait for cables to hook up new gear. We stock
all of the components needed to build all of the items listed on
our site, so we are
able to do something that most cable shops do not - we build and ship most
orders within one business day. We also know how important it is to be able to
get a response when you need help, so you'll often find us working
long hours in an effort to get you the answers that you need. It takes
good people to do outstanding work...the kind of workmanship you want for your
custom cables. It usually costs more to keep good people, but the
importance of high-quality workmanship is second only to the importance of
superior service. I'll let you figure out for yourself why paying too
little for a cable can turn out to be just as bad as paying too much. Our
pricing is based upon the actual cost of building the cables.
Canare cable, Canare connectors, and Canare tools - an all Canare
system. When you take a system this good and put it in the hands of
technicians as good as ours, it becomes an awesome system! Design excellence,
high quality materials, meticulous workmanship, and superior service...put it all
together and you get a superior product. Don't get stuck with bad advice, poor
service, slow shipment or an inferior product. If you want the best, here it is.
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Click on any of the pictures below for a closer
view!
This photo shows a VGA-male to BNC-male configuration, but you may select from many connector options below.
Shown here is a half-meter VGA-male to BNC-female configuration. This
would be idea for use as part of a break-out setup, but you may also select from
a wide range of lengths below.
Pictured here is an example of VGA-male to RCA-male.
This close-up view reveals our high-quality VGA-male connector. Notice the
all-metal connector housing and gold-plated pins. You may also choose
VGA-female below
Here is a closer look at our 75 Ohm impedance- matched BNC-male connectors.
Here are our 75 Ohm impedance-matched BNC-female connectors.
Here is a close look at our outstanding 75 Ohm impedance-matched RCA-male
connectors.
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