Ilda cable sources

[tribble]

A simple enough question, but a search somehow failed to provide actionable leads… Where do you buy a good quality cable? What is a reasonable price? Looking for something in the fifty foot range to cover my bases for the foreseeable future.

Thanks!
Mike

[HankLloydRight]

I bought 4 of these on Amazon.com:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00006HSJI

"C2G / Cables to Go 02660 DB25 Male/Female Extension Cable, Beige (25 Feet / 7.62 Meters)"

Available up to 100 feet.

[tribble]

Sweet, thanks for the lead!

[loopee]

Hey Tribble

Dave has them in his shop: Lasershowparts

http://www.photonlexicon.com/forums/...ht=ILDA+Cables

and as he states on the page "Black cable and plugs - don't insult your stage with beige cables!"

[dave]

Hehe,

I have plenty in stock here in Australia, but shipping to anywhere outside is a bit of a deal breaker. If your interested Tribble, I can get you a price. I have 20m cables, which is ~ 60 foot

Dave

[carlos3621]

http://www.monoprice.com/mobile/Cata...d=db25%20cable

Cant beat those prices

[HankLloydRight]

and as he states on the page "Black cable and plugs - don't insult your stage with beige cables!"

That's pretty funny... because it's true.. but the beige cables are just so cheap. Too bad they don't make black cables at the same price or even just a slight premium.

[tribble]

I love ya Dave, but I think this time it's just not a sensible option.

Hehe,

I have plenty in stock here in Australia, but shipping to anywhere outside is a bit of a deal breaker. If your interested Tribble, I can get you a price. I have 20m cables, which is ~ 60 foot

Dave

[carlos3621]

That's pretty funny... because it's true.. but the beige cables are just so cheap. Too bad they don't make black cables at the same price or even just a slight premium.

cheapest place I've found for black cables is:

http://eightonlight.cn/products/Lase.../0611/350.html

somewhere around $80.00 usd for the 25 meter ilda cables! yikes!
maybe cheaper to just run a USB extender via Ethernet / black cat5 cables??

[JohnYayas]

Do the standard DB25 cables have twisted pairs? I am not going to cut one open to check but I have my doubts that the cheap ones do. Are twisted pairs even a standard arrangement in these cables or is it only an ILDA thing? To truly take advantage of the differential signals do we need special cables?