Mike Krumlauf
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Where would be the best place to look for a short length 4 wire BNC cable snake that is color coded for RGB? I know that the quality of the cable can affect the video quality when it comes to Component HD video.
Looking for a short 4 wire BNC snake for my camera set up
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2 foot https://www.markertek.com/product/c...-4-channel-right-angle-bnc-video-cable-2-foot or use the drop down to change the length from 18 inches to much longer
or cheaper TekNec (unrated) 3 foot and again use the drop down to select length https://www.markertek.com/product/4bnc-3/4-channel-bnc-snake-cable-3-foot
You might find a Canare brand that is probably better than the TekNec.
But that also all asks one question? What level of cable do you need? (3G/6G/12G/analog SD/analog HD)
or cheaper TekNec (unrated) 3 foot and again use the drop down to select length https://www.markertek.com/product/4bnc-3/4-channel-bnc-snake-cable-3-foot
You might find a Canare brand that is probably better than the TekNec.
But that also all asks one question? What level of cable do you need? (3G/6G/12G/analog SD/analog HD)
A few years back I built a component video cable snake for my crane. When I looked for a all-in-one component quality cable for my remote monitor, it was going to be hellishly expensive and breaking out the cable to either BNC or RCA plugs was going to be messy at best. It was just easier (and cleaner) to buy individual cables and use split-loom to bundle them. After buying the individual Mogami cables and the loom, it was still less than a custom job by over half. And I was able to include 3 and 4 pin xlr's, and maybe a hdmi to boot.
Grant
Edit: And I was able to easy color code since Mogami has that selection available.
Edit #2: Just clicked on that Markertek link from Greg. That is a pretty good price! I don't recall that when I was searching before.
Grant
Edit: And I was able to easy color code since Mogami has that selection available.
Edit #2: Just clicked on that Markertek link from Greg. That is a pretty good price! I don't recall that when I was searching before.
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I'll go farther... Some of those cables from Markertek are STUPIDLY expensive! But then I have crimpers and connectors and can make anything I desire. Connectors are close to $2 each, cable is about $1 per foot. The right angle connectors are the most expensive part and I'd have to look up the price, but guess around $6 to $10 each. Probably about 20 minutes to create them. But I also generally only stock one or two colors when doing a big build (had a thread in here a couple years ago, not much attention because most people don't care about building studios). Green was the color this time, all our SDI (withing reason) was green.
Cost of tools:
You can buy a Paladin crimper and dies for about $60, cable stripper is going to be another $50. A Kings crimper will run you much more, like $100 for the frame (less on ebay) and $100 for the dies, and yes the Kings is a better crimp tool. That said, the Paladin did everything in the build from a couple years ago because I could use a single die for the mini and "standard" size cable/connectors. http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?347633-Studio-upgrade&highlight=studio+build
Cost of tools:
You can buy a Paladin crimper and dies for about $60, cable stripper is going to be another $50. A Kings crimper will run you much more, like $100 for the frame (less on ebay) and $100 for the dies, and yes the Kings is a better crimp tool. That said, the Paladin did everything in the build from a couple years ago because I could use a single die for the mini and "standard" size cable/connectors. http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?347633-Studio-upgrade&highlight=studio+build