vga cable

[tivoliproduction]

I need to buy a vga cable 30 metres long and really dont want to pay more than £30 for it. anyone got any ideas other than cpc rs etc?

 

need to order asap for tour which is going out in the next couple of days.

[bruce]

VDC is one of the usual sources. Decent quality at a fair price. http://www.vdctrading.com

 

CPC etc resell VDC vga cables. Depending on whether you have an account, and what your discount structure is like, it's sometimes cheaper to buy the cable from CPC rather than direct from the manufacturer.

 

CPC do the 30m VDC "blue" cables for about 45 pounds. They also do unbranded ones for 12-15 pounds.

[BlueShift]

running analog computer signals at XGA or above over 30m, you want to make sure you are buying good quality cable or you will definately regret it. The higher resolution the content that you are running, the bigger an issue the cable becomes. Over 30m your definately going to want good quality cable, yu may even end up needng a line amp if you are using cheap stuff...

[andy_s]

we've had some 20m vga cables from Cable Universewhich seem to be doing the job. We're not touring though, so I wouldn't know what sort of abuse they would stand up to being plugged / unplugged and bunged in touring boxes... they offer next day delivery, but of course this puts the price up.

[soundo26]

I need to buy a vga cable 30 metres long and really dont want to pay more than £30 for it. anyone got any ideas other than cpc rs etc?

 

need to order asap for tour which is going out in the next couple of days.

 

Hill's components of Watford!!

[Pete McCrea]

I use the VDC stuff in our hire stock. It was in my mind bomb proof, but then a 30m length let me down yesterday by loosing the green signal........ Otherwise I rate their stuff, and several other companies I know use it pretty much exclusively.

[blueboxoffroad]

Hi - for cost-effectiveness, I'd try the unbranded CPC cables, but like everything else, quality costs, and I'd use VDC's cable from choice - our hire stock is all theirs, apart form the short interlink VGA's (and I've no idea where they come from or go to...!)

[ampcats]

I mostly use VDC stuff, but the ends seem to be fragile - the moulded plug does not fuse onto the cable, and internally the colour signal cables are of a decent quality mini-coax with an extra foil rf shield - and yanking / tight bends at plugs can lead to losing a colour (but not the really tiny signal cables, which I thought would go first) due to the rigidity of the coax cable not wanting to bend that much and straining the connection.

 

still well worth the cash for the life you get out of them though..

[ojc123]

VGA plugs and pins are fragile so my solution is to put a short (1.5m) VGA extension on each end of my 25m VGA lead. This short (and cheap) extension takes the hammer of being plugged in and out regularly by a wide variety of people and is easy (and cheap) to replace if the pins get bent. It doesn't seem to affect image quality although our projector isn't as good a some I've seen in high end systems so the difference might not be so obvious. Not an answer to the OP but just my vaguely on topic £0.02 worth.

[beware]

I bought a 30m VGA extension from eBay for something like 25UKP, which is still going strong. I'm only doing month installs at the fringe tho, so not much moving around.

[Hambone]

I do the same.

 

I put short S-Video, VGA, XLR, MIDI, composite video and miniplug leads on all devices, then just connect them with extension cables. It keeps the sockets from getting abused in computers, splittes, mixers, MIDI interfaces, projectors, and monitors.

[SeanT]

Nowt wrong with the CPC unbranded ones upto about 50m

 

blueboxoffroad, I don't have a clue where they all come from or go to either, probably arriving bundled with bits of kit, and then going when the pins snap off - never seem to buy any nor run out though!!!

 

Any local company that does installs might buy your VGA cables with knackered pins btw save chucking them in the bin - our install guys get all our duff ones to make up faceplates with :o

[bruce]

Any local company that does installs might buy your VGA cables with knackered pins btw save chucking them in the bin - our install guys get all our duff ones to make up faceplates with

 

we never solder up VGA faceplates unless absolutely necessary, cos it's such a pain - the usual technique is to get a faceplate with a suitably-sized hole, and stick a "back-to-back" connector on it. Something like one of these:

 

http://onecall.farnell.com/productimages/farnell/standard/42266053.jpg

 

Or even two IDC onces with a short crimped lead, if space is tight.

 

Then you use a pre-manufactured lead. Saves any soldering...

 

Of course, it's a pain if you need a custom length, it needs a deep backbox, and since the plug is pre-moulded onto the cable, you can't pull it through narrow conduit. But it saves time and tedium at install-time. And you're less likely to cross-wire it :o.

[SeanT]

Yes, but it doesn't let you get away with using otherwise discarded (and practically new) cables on your install..... saving you the 4 quid for the gender bender and 20 odd quid for the VGA cable! Know where you are coming from though (P.S. that gender bender is the wrong way around for what you mention!!)