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Bryon Akerman · March 4th, 2007, 09:09 AM

Hey everyone,

I am doing a couplf multicamera shoots in the next few months. I have 4 s-video cables, which I routinely use, and they work fine, but my runs are no longer than 100ft, so my degregation quality is not noticible.

For these shoots however, I will have some runs that will be longer than that, maybe even 200 ft. I am looking at converting to BNC for the longer runs. I know BNC and COax are similar in their design. Are they the same? Can I use Coax cable with BNC connectors and achieve a no signal loss over 200ft?

Any help here would be great!!

Bryon <><

Paul Gallagher · March 4th, 2007, 09:12 AM

Bryon, the coax cable you use with the BNC conectors is called RG59, and is only really anygood for 100m.
You can use an s-video cable for upto 250m with out any signal loss, it is smaller and lighter as well so will still be your best choice.

Paul

Bryon Akerman · March 4th, 2007, 09:25 AM

Really... Everything I've seen online is the opposite. I can only find S-Video cables up to 150 ft. The adapters I've seen split the s-video signal into two bnc cables, one for Color, one for Brightness contrast, because they say that BNC can go 500m. Of course, I just need to go feet. I know we use BNC in the TV production I work with. I just need to know the specific type of cable I need to go with!

Thanks!

Paul Gallagher · March 4th, 2007, 09:41 AM

Thats it Bryon, its RG59 cable I know this for a fact as I'm a CCTV installer as well and we use BNC connectors everyday.

Paul

March 4th, 2007, 09:09 AM	#1
Bryon Akerman Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Oklahoma City, OK Posts: 175	Cables for multicamera shoot Hey everyone, I am doing a couplf multicamera shoots in the next few months. I have 4 s-video cables, which I routinely use, and they work fine, but my runs are no longer than 100ft, so my degregation quality is not noticible. For these shoots however, I will have some runs that will be longer than that, maybe even 200 ft. I am looking at converting to BNC for the longer runs. I know BNC and COax are similar in their design. Are they the same? Can I use Coax cable with BNC connectors and achieve a no signal loss over 200ft? Any help here would be great!! Bryon <>< __________________ Commandment #11- "Thou shalt Render as thou goest." "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom" (Prov. 1:7)

March 4th, 2007, 09:25 AM	#3
Bryon Akerman Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Oklahoma City, OK Posts: 175	Really... Everything I've seen online is the opposite. I can only find S-Video cables up to 150 ft. The adapters I've seen split the s-video signal into two bnc cables, one for Color, one for Brightness contrast, because they say that BNC can go 500m. Of course, I just need to go feet. I know we use BNC in the TV production I work with. I just need to know the specific type of cable I need to go with! Thanks! __________________ Commandment #11- "Thou shalt Render as thou goest." "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom" (Prov. 1:7)

March 4th, 2007, 09:12 AM	#2
Paul Gallagher Major Player Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Omagh Posts: 306	Bryon, the coax cable you use with the BNC conectors is called RG59, and is only really anygood for 100m. You can use an s-video cable for upto 250m with out any signal loss, it is smaller and lighter as well so will still be your best choice. Paul

March 4th, 2007, 09:41 AM	#4
Paul Gallagher Major Player Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Omagh Posts: 306	Thats it Bryon, its RG59 cable I know this for a fact as I'm a CCTV installer as well and we use BNC connectors everyday. Paul