All, As per my other email I've just upgraded to an LCD telly and needed a VGA cable to run from one end of the room where the media PC lives to the TV on the other. I wanted this nice and out of sight which meant a 7meter run.
Decent 7meter VGA cables are quite expensive, but I found this on the web: http://myhometheater.homestead.com/vgacable.html The thread on AVSForum.com mentioned using shielded cable for better results, but I had unshielded CAT-6 solid core cable from running ethernet through my walls lying around so decided to give it a go. I purchase 2 VGA plugs from Maplin for £1.60 each and soldered pins 1,2,3,6,7,8,13 & 14 as suggested on the web page (which was a REAL pain, a good tip was to solder the middle pins first, I haven't solder anything for far too long!). The cable works brilliantly, even though it is unshielded. There is a tiny amount of ghosting if you look very closely but certainly not enough to warrant me spending money on a more expensive cable ;). Just a quick heads up if anyone else is looking to do this sort of thing, a cheaper solution and much easier to run a small piece of CAT-6 through the wall / trunking than feeding the head of a pre-made VGA cable :D. Hopefully someone will find this useful. Cheers, Steve. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
