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**AnalogRocks**

Anyone have any 100 foot VGA cables?

Tim in Phoenix · Joined: 21 Oct 2006 Posts: 4379 Location: Phoenix

Guys

Can't recommend this---the thin wire will be lossy at 100 feet.

cmjohnson · Joined: 03 Apr 2006 Posts: 5180 Location: Buried under G90s

I think I have two 50 foot Extron RGBHV cables, the big thick ones. Even when adding VGA breakouts and BNC unions you'd still have less loss from this setup than with any 100 foot VGA cable I've seen.

Rattanee · Joined: 18 Jan 2015 Posts: 193

Longest VGA cable I've met is around 33 feet. I don't think they make longer exactly because of the thin wire diameter. I do own a 100 feet long proper RGBHV cable though, and I have to say the signal-loss is overexaggerated. Unless you have a 9 incher tuned to utter perfection, and a screen size where you notice a mosquito on the canvas, you're not going to care, provided your BNC connectors are good quality(it's about the same as using a 33 feet long VGA).
If you really need to pass video feed over that long a distance, get one of the digital extension solutions where the signal is passed in the form of a digital signal through UTP cables for example.

**AnalogRocks** · Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2017 5:12 pm Post subject:

Nope this is for Hallowe'en, need to get 800x600 upstairs x 2 to my upstairs projectors. Needs to last 6 hours at most.
Thanks for the recommendations though.

Pokemon640 · Joined: 28 Jul 2015 Posts: 49 Location: Greece

for long distance i use SDI cables and converters (analog converters is the most expensive part).

**AnalogRocks** · Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2017 9:16 pm Post subject:

jask · Joined: 17 Mar 2006 Posts: 10165 Location: kamloops BC

everything Rataneee said, also, VGA sux over about 30 feet. use rgbhv up to 100 plus... if you can switch rgbhv I have a nice Canare studio cable that might work for you.

**Curt Palme** · Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2017 3:10 pm Post subject:

Analog- I did this years ago, with cable that cost me $10 a foot back then.. did it twice actually, one with an RGB amp in the middle of the run, and it worked, but yeah, there was some high frequency losses both times.

**AnalogRocks** · Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2017 3:33 pm Post subject:

**AnalogRocks** · Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2017 6:33 pm Post subject:

Test time!
Test setup will be as follows:

DVD---RCAtoBNCcable----Extron DVS304 scaler-------100footVGAtoVGAcable----------ExtronVSC500--BNCtoRCAcable---14"CRT-TV,wRFmodulator(inplace of SONY 1040 for now)

Back in a bit

**AnalogRocks** · Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2017 7:46 pm Post subject:

**AnalogRocks** · Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2017 9:38 pm Post subject:

jask · Joined: 17 Mar 2006 Posts: 10165 Location: kamloops BC

1440x1050 on a 14" CRT?.... over 100 feet of VGA??

**AnalogRocks** · Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2017 11:09 am Post subject: