Re: Best brand coax and F connector for HD cable?

[Ed Nielsen <egnlsn@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Don't get me wrong -- I'm not a big Belden fan.  Largely for the reason
you touched on in your last sentence.  They want too much for their
product which, according to spec sheets on cables I deal with the most,
is no better than other major manufacturers.  In some cases, worse.

Their standard RG 6 compared with Genesis, for example;  At the low end,
  Genesis loses more than Belden.  At about 70MHz, they even out, and
above that Genesis has Belden beat.  However, the capacitance is greater
and the VP is lower.


CIAO!

Ed N.

Robert L Bass wrote:
>> Belden has been making cables for decades.
>
> Numerous wire manufacturers have been making cable for decades.
>
>> Many people know their name and their
>> reputation, comes about because of all
>> those decades....
>
> Nah.  It's just marketing.
>
>> That is their their biggest advantage.
>
> Marketing advantage, yes.
>
>> Monster, on the other hand, is, as you wrote, hype.  They have nothing on which
>> to base their claims, yet, because of
>> marketing, they have a rather large
>> marketshare...
>
> Actually, Monster has a miniscule portion of the wire and cable market.  They do have a large portion of a niche -- premade audio
> and video connectors.
>
> However, Monster is not the recommended alternative.  There are lots of others, most of whom make excellent cable and few of whom
> charge Belden's prices.
>