[Daniel Hutnicki]

There is great excitment over the sdi mod, but where do you get cables for it?

 

[propeller_beach]

Humey,


Your basic 75ohm bnc terminated cable from bettercables or equivalent will work just fine. No need to spend big dinero on these. That's what I use and I could not be happier.


Luca

 

[DaveN]

SDI requires a cable with 75ohm BNC connectors. Uwe has posted that cable quality matters and that there have been issues with cheap cables.


That said, I'm also interested in what people will be using. I have been partial to
http://www.latinternational.cm cables but I was hoping that someone can recommend a Canare/Belden cable that would be appropriate with 75ohm BNCs.


Dave

 

[Daniel Hutnicki]

Thanks for the answer. I didnt realize they use BNC connectors. I assumed that they would be something completely different from either RCA, BNC or S-Video. I thought they had some sort of exotic connectors. Thats how much I know

 

[DaveN]

I have been checking online and came up with the following Canare cables:

L-4CFB(RG59)

L-5CFB(RG6)

Could someone check the Canare description link and comment on the suitability of these cables please?
http://www.google.com/search?q=cache...e+l-5cfb&hl=en


Still searching for Belden cable numbers.


Thanks,

Dave

 

[Jason Turk]

 www.bettercables.com has recently released a new cable designed for SDI. It is a great cable.


Thanks!

 

[RichardA]

The Industry standard cable for SDI is Belden 8281, which is a solid core, twin screened co-ax. The spec using this cable should allow transmission of 200 meters plus without losses.


Over shorter runs ANY reasonable quality 75 Ohm co-ax should be fine - but avoid RCA cables and adapters, use directly crimped BNC on both ends.


Hope this helps


Richard Ansell

Snell & Wilcox

 

[DaveN]

Thanks Richard.