DVI and HDMI cables CHEAP!

[esoteric0]

it really does seem to good to be true, but they seem to be bizrate certified. i checked out the whois info and called the number listed. it redirected me to another number, which seems to be someone's house (i got their answering machine, saying they were out).

but anyway, on to the deals:

10ft HDMI to DVI cable - $16.99 or gold plated for $35.99.
10ft HDMI to HDMI - $16.99 or gold plated for $35.99.
lots of other stuff too, SATA cables, USB extensions, etc.

compunettech



i ordered a few cables, we'll see what happens.

 

[Entropy007]

Svideo.com has them ebven cheaper at $12.95 and free shipping. I ordered a DVI to HDMI cable from them last fall and it's working great so far. http://www.svideo.com

 

[jurzdevil]

monoprices.com has them even cheaper than the above links. ive been using component video cables and a dvi to hdmi from them for months now and they work perfectly.

 

[WhoKnowsWho]

Seems people who paid the outrageous $100+ for an HDMI to DVI cable quickly put down any cable less than $30 and say they won't work among other things. Be sure to post how these things work so I can order one later too.

 

[SJetski]

Originally posted by: WhoKnowsWho
Seems people who paid the outrageous $100+ for an HDMI to DVI cable quickly put down any cable less than $30 and say they won't work among other things. Be sure to post how these things work so I can order one later too.

A person can easily get away with using a $30 100' vga cable, but not so dvi or hdmi. A cheap dvi/hdmi cable is only good for 10'~15' and thats at lower resolutions, otherwise you'll experience sparklies or other digital anomolies.

I like monoprice because they carry both a cheap, and decent solution to most cable types. I have the 15' monoprice dvi single-link cable for my projector and its fine at 1024x768 aka XGA resolution, though i wouldn't count on it carrying a 1280x1024 rez without the dreaded "sparklies".

 

[bigbangtech]

Usually you can get away with a cheap cable for anything digital. F monster's $100 hdmi cables. Digital either works or it doesn't.

As for analog cables, quality is very important, especially for long lengths.

 

[Cardio]

Sam's has brand named cables, usually Philips, for less than 10$ and will gladly take them back if you aren't satisfied.

 

[esoteric0]

wow, i guess my deal wasn't so hot after all. thanks for the other links though.

 

[Devistater]

Don't listen to these people. Most of the time a digital cable doesn't have to be uber expensive and uber quality because either the signal is there or its not. Its not like analog where it can degrade (and even there, you can use cable thats not too expensive and not notice all that much) and grow worse as you decrease quality of cable. . So much of the whole audiophile culture and cable things is more psycology than anything scientific. And since audiophiles often spend lots of money on audio equipment, they think nothing of buying an expensive cable as well.

Even if your OP wasn't the best deal, there's a number of other good links and tips in this thread for good prices. And your title only says cheap cables (which is true the thread does have links to cheap cables).

Anyway all that aside, people will be needing these more and more. HD DVD players it was announced that they would ONLY support HDTV resolutions (720p, 1080i etc) on digital HDMI. Analog will be restricted to 480p (the normal dvd resolution). Better hope that new HD TV you supports that kinda connection.

 

[Fox5]

Originally posted by: SJetski

Originally posted by: WhoKnowsWho
Seems people who paid the outrageous $100+ for an HDMI to DVI cable quickly put down any cable less than $30 and say they won't work among other things. Be sure to post how these things work so I can order one later too.

A person can easily get away with using a $30 100' vga cable, but not so dvi or hdmi. A cheap dvi/hdmi cable is only good for 10'~15' and thats at lower resolutions, otherwise you'll experience sparklies or other digital anomolies.

I like monoprice because they carry both a cheap, and decent solution to most cable types. I have the 15' monoprice dvi single-link cable for my projector and its fine at 1024x768 aka XGA resolution, though i wouldn't count on it carrying a 1280x1024 rez without the dreaded "sparklies".

What! $30 for 100' VGA cable? I paid $50 for like a five foot vga cable, it's a very thick cable though, but I don't know if it's any better or worse than any other cable.(it was the only cable I could find for sale online, had no idea where to buy cables from)

 

[50]

Originally posted by: Fox5

Originally posted by: SJetski

Originally posted by: WhoKnowsWho
Seems people who paid the outrageous $100+ for an HDMI to DVI cable quickly put down any cable less than $30 and say they won't work among other things. Be sure to post how these things work so I can order one later too.

A person can easily get away with using a $30 100' vga cable, but not so dvi or hdmi. A cheap dvi/hdmi cable is only good for 10'~15' and thats at lower resolutions, otherwise you'll experience sparklies or other digital anomolies.

I like monoprice because they carry both a cheap, and decent solution to most cable types. I have the 15' monoprice dvi single-link cable for my projector and its fine at 1024x768 aka XGA resolution, though i wouldn't count on it carrying a 1280x1024 rez without the dreaded "sparklies".

What! $30 for 100' VGA cable? I paid $50 for like a five foot vga cable, it's a very thick cable though, but I don't know if it's any better or worse than any other cable.(it was the only cable I could find for sale online, had no idea where to buy cables from)

lol. You were ripped off. Most 5 foot VGA cables cost no more than 10 dollars at most electronic stores. If you buy a monster cable it will probably be at least 5x more expensive.

 

[remagavon]

I wonder if there is any signal loss with a 25' DVI cable. Putting my pc in the basement and using a USB2 external dvd drive sounds pretty awesome. I could have tons of loud fans and it wouldn't matter.

 

[Fox5]

Originally posted by: 50

Originally posted by: Fox5

Originally posted by: SJetski

Originally posted by: WhoKnowsWho
Seems people who paid the outrageous $100+ for an HDMI to DVI cable quickly put down any cable less than $30 and say they won't work among other things. Be sure to post how these things work so I can order one later too.

A person can easily get away with using a $30 100' vga cable, but not so dvi or hdmi. A cheap dvi/hdmi cable is only good for 10'~15' and thats at lower resolutions, otherwise you'll experience sparklies or other digital anomolies.

I like monoprice because they carry both a cheap, and decent solution to most cable types. I have the 15' monoprice dvi single-link cable for my projector and its fine at 1024x768 aka XGA resolution, though i wouldn't count on it carrying a 1280x1024 rez without the dreaded "sparklies".

What! $30 for 100' VGA cable? I paid $50 for like a five foot vga cable, it's a very thick cable though, but I don't know if it's any better or worse than any other cable.(it was the only cable I could find for sale online, had no idea where to buy cables from)

lol. You were ripped off. Most 5 foot VGA cables cost no more than 10 dollars at most electronic stores. If you buy a monster cable it will probably be at least 5x more expensive.

Bleh, will hopefully I can at least be sure that may cable is never causing image quality problems.

BTW, the cable was industrial grade or something, cause the monitor I had at the time was an old sun workstation monitor, so I was kind of flowing from that in looking for cables.

 

[Apex]

Originally posted by: remagavon
I wonder if there is any signal loss with a 25' DVI cable. Putting my pc in the basement and using a USB2 external dvd drive sounds pretty awesome. I could have tons of loud fans and it wouldn't matter.

The answer is...



it depends.

Do not listen to the people who say digital is digital. This is absolutely incorrect.

With short lengths AND/OR less than full bandwidth, digital is digital.

When we get closer to the limits of what DVI was ment to travel length wise or bandwidth wise, cable quality definitely matters.

25' is a reasonably long length (though not extremely so) for carrying maximum bandwidth (165mhz or so per link) DVI. Maximum bandwidth is right around 1920 x 1200 at 56-60hz for single link DVI. 1600 x 1200 at 60hz is much easier, and low resolutions even easier than that.

Most DVI cabling is made from 28 gauge cabling, though some extremely cheap ones are made with thinner 30 gauge. Some of the better cabling can be found in 24 or 26 gauge. The thickest on the market I've found is 22 gauge, which allows you to go pretty long distances. This is, of course, holding construction quality constant.

Things also depend on the quality of your DVI sender and receiver. Some are more sensitive than others.

Now, if we're talking about distances under 12-15 feet or so, none of this really matters.

 

[remagavon]

Yeah, straight up and down would probably be about 15 feet or so.. I'll have to measure it. It's like 30% cooler down there to boot so it would really help out that aspect. Strange I've never seen anyone do that (I've heard about it but not from anyone who's done it first hand).

 

[Fox5]

Bleh, looks like even my expensive VGA cable can't ensure signal integrity.

I just got a Viewsonic Nextvision N6, it warns not to use a VGA cable over 3 feet. Well normally mine is fine, but I finally got around to hooking up my computer to it(normally I used DVI), I used the included 3 foot vga cable to hook pc to n6(they recommend the 3 foot for n6 to monitor), and there's definite signal degradation on my vga output, and PIP is basically unviewable, pretty much scrambled.

 

[Apex]

Originally posted by: Fox5
Bleh, looks like even my expensive VGA cable can't ensure signal integrity.

I just got a Viewsonic Nextvision N6, it warns not to use a VGA cable over 3 feet. Well normally mine is fine, but I finally got around to hooking up my computer to it(normally I used DVI), I used the included 3 foot vga cable to hook pc to n6(they recommend the 3 foot for n6 to monitor), and there's definite signal degradation on my vga output, and PIP is basically unviewable, pretty much scrambled.

That's probably due to signal degredation within the N6 itself, not in your VGA cabling. The bandwidth of the N6 is rather low.

 

[Fox5]

Originally posted by: Apex

Originally posted by: Fox5
Bleh, looks like even my expensive VGA cable can't ensure signal integrity.

I just got a Viewsonic Nextvision N6, it warns not to use a VGA cable over 3 feet. Well normally mine is fine, but I finally got around to hooking up my computer to it(normally I used DVI), I used the included 3 foot vga cable to hook pc to n6(they recommend the 3 foot for n6 to monitor), and there's definite signal degradation on my vga output, and PIP is basically unviewable, pretty much scrambled.

That's probably due to signal degredation within the N6 itself, not in your VGA cabling. The bandwidth of the N6 is rather low.

Hmm, so it wouldn't make a difference if I switched cables then?

 

[seanws]

been looking for cheap component cables for awhile now. thanks for the info

 

[Apex]

Originally posted by: Fox5

Originally posted by: Apex

Originally posted by: Fox5
Bleh, looks like even my expensive VGA cable can't ensure signal integrity.

I just got a Viewsonic Nextvision N6, it warns not to use a VGA cable over 3 feet. Well normally mine is fine, but I finally got around to hooking up my computer to it(normally I used DVI), I used the included 3 foot vga cable to hook pc to n6(they recommend the 3 foot for n6 to monitor), and there's definite signal degradation on my vga output, and PIP is basically unviewable, pretty much scrambled.

That's probably due to signal degredation within the N6 itself, not in your VGA cabling. The bandwidth of the N6 is rather low.

Hmm, so it wouldn't make a difference if I switched cables then?

I would guess probably not much of a difference at all. If you decide to try, don't spend too much on the cables. Maybe try borrowing a friend's VGA cable before buying one yourself.

 

[Fox5]

Originally posted by: Apex

Originally posted by: Fox5

Originally posted by: Apex

Originally posted by: Fox5
Bleh, looks like even my expensive VGA cable can't ensure signal integrity.

I just got a Viewsonic Nextvision N6, it warns not to use a VGA cable over 3 feet. Well normally mine is fine, but I finally got around to hooking up my computer to it(normally I used DVI), I used the included 3 foot vga cable to hook pc to n6(they recommend the 3 foot for n6 to monitor), and there's definite signal degradation on my vga output, and PIP is basically unviewable, pretty much scrambled.

That's probably due to signal degredation within the N6 itself, not in your VGA cabling. The bandwidth of the N6 is rather low.

Hmm, so it wouldn't make a difference if I switched cables then?

I would guess probably not much of a difference at all. If you decide to try, don't spend too much on the cables. Maybe try borrowing a friend's VGA cable before buying one yourself.

I can just switch the two I have now. Have the one 5' cable go from the PC to the N6, then the N6's 3' cable can go from it to the monitor.

 

[nguyendot1]

I'm looking for a component > BNC cable/adapters cheap, anyone know where I can find some? THose sites listed either dont have any or are expensive.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: nguyendot1
I'm looking for a component > BNC cable/adapters cheap, anyone know where I can find some? THose sites listed either dont have any or are expensive.

http://www.cablesforless.com/ has some. The site appears to be down for me right now though so I didn't check on prices, but I remember seeing they had some. Their component cable prices were good though.

EDIT: back up

Are these what you need?
http://www.cablesforless.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=416
http://www.cablesforless.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=418

 

[mindmaniac]

Anyone know where to get cheap optical cable and speaker wiring? Cablesforless.com seems cheap, but are there any other options.?

 

[SJetski]

Originally posted by: Fox5

Originally posted by: Apex

Originally posted by: Fox5

Originally posted by: Apex

Originally posted by: Fox5
Bleh, looks like even my expensive VGA cable can't ensure signal integrity.

I just got a Viewsonic Nextvision N6, it warns not to use a VGA cable over 3 feet. Well normally mine is fine, but I finally got around to hooking up my computer to it(normally I used DVI), I used the included 3 foot vga cable to hook pc to n6(they recommend the 3 foot for n6 to monitor), and there's definite signal degradation on my vga output, and PIP is basically unviewable, pretty much scrambled.

That's probably due to signal degredation within the N6 itself, not in your VGA cabling. The bandwidth of the N6 is rather low.

Hmm, so it wouldn't make a difference if I switched cables then?

I would guess probably not much of a difference at all. If you decide to try, don't spend too much on the cables. Maybe try borrowing a friend's VGA cable before buying one yourself.

I can just switch the two I have now. Have the one 5' cable go from the PC to the N6, then the N6's 3' cable can go from it to the monitor.

I know someone with an N6 and this specific 25' vga cable running from his computer @ 99% effectiveness: http://www.monoprice.com/products/produ...1020105&p_id=277&seq=1&format=2&style=

I think viewsonic just writes that stuff to keep their liability at a minimum.

In case anyone missed the links above, monoprice has some killer cable prices, though not all of them are high quality, so research before buying: http://www.monoprice.com