[mythtv-users] [Offtopic] Re:Alternative to separate front-end

[Jeff Noxon]

RG6 is lower loss than most S-Video cable.  I suggested using a pair
of RG6 cables, not one.  You are correct that it would be impossible to
run S-Video over one RG6 cable.  It is much easier to do what you said,
and use a long length of S-Video cable.  Radio Shack even sells it in
50' spools.  I have found that for long runs, RG6 does a better job.

I wouldn't expect CAT5 to do a very good job at all, especially in
versions of UTP (5e? cat6?) that have different numbers of twists on
different pairs.  Plus, you get no shield unless you're using STP.
But I digress...

Regards,

Jeff

On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 01:30:40PM -0500, Ben Curtis wrote:
> > Actually, if you run S-Video over an RG6 pair, you should get better 
> > results than if you use a long S-Video cable. But it requires some good 
> > cable-making skills. I personally use a bundle of three RG6 quad-shield 
> > cables for all my component video needs. 
> >
> 
> Not to get too far off topic, but how is that physically possible?  The 
> advantage of S-video over Composite is that the signals are split into 
> seperate wires, thus less compression of color signals.  To me, running 
> through RG6 is just like running through Composite, compressing the color 
> signal into one wire.  Am I missing something?
> 
> As a side note, we've ran 50-100' S-video lengths recently that get great
> signal.  I was also considering running through CAT5, but decided it would
> be simpler to go the S-vid cable route since I could just use modular
> connectors for the wall plates.