Comprehensive Connectivity is shipping a new cable product it’s calling MicroFlex — it’s literally a line of “snagless” patch cables that are 40 percent smaller than standard Cat6 cables. The MicroFlex Pro AV/IT CAT6 Snagless Patch Cables [MCAT6-XX PROBLK, MCAT6-XX PROBLU and MCAT6-XX PROGRY] are built using a 30 gauge twisted pair construction technique that […]

Camplex today announced the availability of two new lines of MTP fiber optic cables and breakout solutions that run 12 fibers through one cable to save space, simplify connections and reduce cleaning and mating times. For internal or external rack-to-rack and rack-to-equipment installations, the Camplex MTP Elite 12 fiber cable line includes MTP Elite connectors […]

Neutrik USA just introduced its third and most powerful etherCON range of products ever, etherCON Cat6A. Building upon its etherCON Cat5 and etherCON Cat6 lines, etherCON Cat6A products carry an “X” in their part numbers to differentiate them from other etherCON products. The new etherCON Cat6A line includes a cable carrier complete with a Cat […]

Sescom today announced the availability of an entire new line of Premium Audio Interface & Microphone Cables. These professionally hand crafted cables feature the highest quality connectors from Neutrik, Switchcraft & Connectronics. According to Sescom, they are built using industry standard star-quad cable from Canare, Belden & Mogami. Sescom’s audio cables come in a variety […]

Global Caché announced today they have begun shipments of its newest connectivity products, the Flex Link Relay & Sensor cable and the Flex IP with Power over Ethernet (PoE). Global Caché’s products connect almost any electrical device to a Wi-Fi and/or IP network so it can be controlled, automated and maintained by network-based software. The […]

Extron has launched a new cable line called the XTP DTP 24 Series that are precision-terminated shielded twisted pair cables in lengths from three feet (90 cm) to 100 feet (30.4 m). Available in both non-plenum and plenum-rated versions, the cables are constructed with the company’s HDBaseT Alliance-recommended XTP DTP 24 bulk cable and factory-terminated […]

Pasternack announced the release of its newest line of 75 ohm test cables with operation up to 3 GHz. Pasternack claims that these cables are rugged cable assemblies that are specially designed to withstand the rigors of test lab use and applications in 75 ohm communications systems. Technicians commonly rely on these high frequency test […]

Integrators will be happy to know that FSR has improved its Digital Ribbon (DR) cable family by adding multiple Aramid reinforcing cords to the cable assembly. The result is that the pull strength specification of the cable has been increased to 40 pounds from the previous 20-pound rating. Most other cables on the market are […]

Wiring is the foundation of AV installation. Without that foundation, everything else that follows is on shaky ground. As fundamental as it seems, it’s too important to take for granted. It’s worth looking at the nuances of home run and series wiring, and their respective applications, as well as how to most effectively estimate wiring […]

Crestron today announced its new high-performance DM Ultra Cable is now shipping. The Crestron DM Ultra Cable is specified by Crestron for 4K HDMI signals via HDBaseT up to 100 meters. The DM Ultra Cable is a Cat7a shielded twisted pair cable designed for 10 gigabit Ethernet.  Crestron has a special DM-CONN-20 connector, which doesn’t […]

Pakedge Device & Software is launching its own brand of fiber-optic cables for residential and commercial AV projects. Designed specifically to work with Pakedge routers, switches and GBICs, the new cables offer multiple benefits over copper Ethernet cables, including less electromagnetic interference, greater speed capabilities (up to 10 Gbps), greater bandwidth, greater durability, less signal […]

Hosa Technology’s new Hosa Pro line of cables are designed to make the process of interfacing consumer audio products with professional equipment easier. With Hosa Pro Breakouts, any consumer audio product equipped with a stereo minijack output can be interfaced with professional units with quarter-inch Tip/Sleeve, XLR, or even RCA connectors. Hosa Pro Breakouts are […]

Audience today announced the introduction of its Conductor in-wall power cable that it claims is better than plain-old Romex for custom-installation, home theater, multi-room audio, architectural and other in-wall applications. Audience Conductor cable features three 10 AWG multi-conductor wires plus a ground wire and can be used in 120-volt and 220-volt applications. The wire is […]

Tributaries’ new Series 4 interconnect cables will officially launch at CEDIA. Claiming that the cables surpass the performance of its predecessors (Series 3 and 5), Tributaries has made major changes in the construction of the audio cables by changing the coaxial design to a improve twisted pair geometry with solid conductors which yields more accurate […]

Kramer’s new BC-HDKat6a cable is designed to work with its DGKat twisted pair products that output HDBaseT signals. Kramer says that in testing 4K signals sent via HDBaseT transmitters and receivers at InfoComm, Kramer’s cable achieved the best performance registering measurements of 0.362, 0.482 and 0.362 errors per billion in three successive tests utilizing a […]

Called K-Lock, this new pull resistant HDMI connector from Kramer provides up to 15 pounds (6.8kg) of retaining force when pulled. Not all HDMI cables will have K-Lock, but the ones that do have small springs on the surface of the connector that hold the cable tightly in place. The K-Lock connectors are available on […]

Extron’s new XTP DTP 24 Shielded Twisted Pair Cable has been independently tested in an HDBaseT Alliance Recognized Testing Facility and verified to exceed performance requirements for recommendation by the Alliance. The HDBaseT Alliance’s Cable Recommendation Program helps AV installers to select cables that are engineered for optimum signal transmission within a twisted pair infrastructure. […]

Liberty AV Solutions has announced it’s shipping a new plenum rated RGBHV cable using a softer and more flexible plenum jacket. The RGB5C-PLN is an RGB cable with five 26 AWG stranded core dual shielded mini-high resolution coaxial cables jacketed under an overall jacket. In addition to RGBHV applications, the cable is equally suited for […]

Working in the AV industry, we are all so inundated with technology day in and day out. But, we wanted to know how the AV industry uses their TV and cable at HOME. This is what we learned.    

        To see a list of all the awards we are giving as part of our 2013 rAVe Best of InfoComm awards, click here. To see all our of InfoComm 2013 coverage, click here. Best New AV Accessory: FSR HDMI Ribbon Cables FSR’s HDMI Ribbon Cables allow high speed HDMI signal transmission […]

So, I sort of left you hanging after my last post in The Cable Diaries series. I announced my husband and I were finally cutting cable. Well, I thought I’d just give you all a quick update… we are now in the day Five C.C. – you know… C.C. = cut cable. Like, B.C. or A.D… […]

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I am so glad that so many of you are relating to this whole “Cutting Cable” saga / debate / decision my husband and I are going through right now. Man, it really sounds like we have a problem, doesn’t it? No, that is not the case at all. It’s just this is one of those things […]

Lines, lines, everywhere a line Marking up the diagrams, taking my time Do this, don’t do that Gotta run these lines Full disclosure: I was never a full time installer; I was a sales designer. At best, when deadlines were tight and it was all hands on deck to get a phase done, I strapped […]

“Dry land is not a myth. I’ve seen it (Kevin Costner, Waterworld). I don’t know what the big fuss is about. I saw that movie nine times.” – Chip Douglas (The Cable Guy, 1996) Click Away – A big screen TV, cold beer, bag of chips and the remote and you have a happy man.  […]

Sanus has added 2.5-, 5- and 10-foot long, pivoting HDMI cables to its Sanus Elements product offering, dubbed the Sanus Elements ELM402-G1, ELM405-G1 and ELM410-G1, respectively. Pivoting HDMI Cables, although seemingly a simple concept for installers, are actually hard to find and this one actually pivots a full 180 degrees, making it easy to connect […]

Wireworld just debuted a $1000 HDMI cable.  There’s no better way to describe this other than simply letting you read the superlatives they used to describe this $1K wire: “The Platinum Starlight HDMI cable features molded carbon fiber connectors, the company’s unique new 24-conductor DNA Helix design with solid silver conductors, and high-speed/high-bandwidth capabilities to […]