Slightly OT - cable run lengths to monitor/keyboard/mouse
Karl Engel 18 November 2004 09:12:42
I want to set up an LCD monitor with keyboard & mouse in my booth for when I'm wearing both hats, but have no idea how long the cable runs can be until you start running into problems. A studio I work at has their internet/email computer in a different room and the screen's annoyingly blurry, they tell me it's because of the video cable run length. I'm looking at a run of about 7 metres (almost 23 ft) once it goes along the walls.
"Karl Engel" <karlengel-at-excite-dot-com> wrote in message news:<419b3d6a@dnews.tpgi.com.au>...> I want to set up an LCD monitor with keyboard & mouse in my booth for when> I'm wearing both hats, but have no idea how long the cable runs can be until> you start running into problems. A studio I work at has their> internet/email computer in a different room and the screen's annoyingly> blurry, they tell me it's because of the video cable run length. I'm> looking at a run of about 7 metres (almost 23 ft) once it goes along the> walls.
There is an extender system called either Cytech, or Cybertech.
You can't just use some sort of hub, network setup?
Dale Farmer 18 November 2004 09:12:42 [ permanent link ]
Karl Engel wrote:
I want to set up an LCD monitor with keyboard & mouse in my booth for when> I'm wearing both hats, but have no idea how long the cable runs can be until> you start running into problems. A studio I work at has their> internet/email computer in a different room and the screen's annoyingly> blurry, they tell me it's because of the video cable run length. I'm> looking at a run of about 7 metres (almost 23 ft) once it goes along the> walls.
VGA cables can be bought in lengths up to 150 feet at places like blackbox and markertek. For the longer runs, you do need to buy the good cables. Cheapies will smear out the video more. As for keyboard and mouse, if you use USB, you can buy USB <->cat five<->USB widgets that let you run them hundreds of feet away from the computer. There are keyboard and mouse DIN extension cables, but I've not seen them longer than about 20 feet, and are kinda pricey for what you get. AV rental companies use these things all the time for conferences and conventions. ( Video projector up front, tech table in back with the computer, mouse on extension cable on the podium so the talking head can flick forward and backward through their powerpoint presentation. )
