Buying Cables
Buying cables in today's world of "DVI, HDMI, DVI-I, DVI-D, Component
Video" can be very confusing. While it would be nice to have a
simply guide to buying all kinds of cables, this is simply not possible.
Please contact us regarding
your planned cable purchase if you need assistance in matching up the
correct cables with your TV, receiver, satellite, or other system.
We have a library of reference materials that allows us to properly
cross-reference most electronic appliances.
Why is there such a huge price difference between
a 5M/16.3ft cable, and say a 8M/26.2ft HDMI cable? The internal wire gauge (AWG) changes to a much thicker wire starting
at the 8M length to ensure that the cable meets or exceeds HDMI 1.2
specifications - and to absolutely minimize any loss of signal.
Along with a wire gauge change is the shielding and outer covering.
What kind of cable do I need for my:
Dish Network 411/ViP211 Receiver?(HDMI) Click
HERE for details. If your HDTV is also HDMI, then you will
use an HDMI to HDMI cable.
If your HDTV is DVI, then you will use a
DVI-HDMI cable
solution.
Dish Network ViP622 Receiver?(HDMI) Click
HERE for details. If your HDTV is also HDMI, then you will
use an HDMI to HDMI cable.
If your HDTV is DVI, then you will use a
DVI-HDMI cable
solution.
Dish Network 811 Receiver?
(DVI) Click
HERE for details, or
here for the picture of the back of your 811 receiver.
Because the Dish Network receiver only supports DVI (which can only
transport a digital PICTURE - no audio), you will need a cable with
one of the ends to be DVI. Depending on the connection to your
HDTV or home theatre, the other end of your cable will also be DVI -
but most likely HDMI. When using a
DVI-DVI or
DVI-HDMI cable
solution, you will ALSO need to purchase/use 2
audio cables for your
audio channels.
Troubleshooting HDMI Cable
Installations or Cables -
Read (Word Doc) our FAQ
on troubling shooting HDMI cables.
My Cable Connector Guide
HDI30
Apple's
PowerBook
Mini3
AppleTalk &
LocalTalk
Mini4
Apple's ADB Port for
Mouse & Keyboard
Din5
PC Keyboard &
AppleIIc Serial
Mini6
PS/2 Keyboard
& Mouse
Mini8
Image/Laser Writer & Serial Printers, HP DeskWriters
Mini9
Bus
Mouse
BNC
Networking
Twinax Networking
TNC
Networking
F-Type
Coax
Networking
N-Type
Coax
Networking
RJ45
8 Wires Network
CAT5/CAT5E/CAT6
13W3
Sun
Workstation
DB9
Serial Mouse & Printer,
Mono Monitor
External
Power
HD15
VGA & SVGA
DB15
Joystick, AUI, Mac Video
DB25
PC Serial or Parallel
IEEE1284 Type A
DB37
Serial, CD-Rom, Bernoulli Box
DB50
SCSI I
HPDB50
SCSI II
HPDB68
SCSI III
Centronic
24
IEEE488
Centronic
36
Parallel & IEEE1284 Type B
Centronic
50
SCSI I
HPCen36
IEEE1284 Parallel Type C
HPCen50
SCSI & Think Pad SCSI
HPCen60
RS/6000 & Think Pad SCSI
HPCen68
RS/6000
VHDCen68
UltraSCSI
IDC34
Edge Card Internal 5.25 Floppy & Tape
IDC34
Socket
Internal 3.5 Floppy & Tape
IDC40
Socket
Internal IDE HD, CD ROM
IDC50
Header
Internal SCSI Drives
1394 4Pin
Firewire
1394 6Pin
Firewire
SC
Connectors
Fiber Optics
Standard Toslink Optical
USB A
USB B
Internal
Power
Small
Internal Power
Hooded
External Power
Mini-USB
& USB A
Dual Link
DVI-I Integrated: Digital & Analog
Single Link DVI-D Digital ONLY
(Compatible with HDMI)
Dual Link DVI-D Digital ONLY Dual Link
M1-DVI or M1-DA
For Certain Projectors,
such as "In-Focus"
Apple Mini-DVI (Currently ONLY Available directly from Apple)
