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Why Does My SDI Cable Work at 3G but Fail at 12G-SDI?

Posted by Jon D on 2nd Oct 2026

You connect an SDI cable between two pieces of equipment and get a perfect picture at 1080p. Then you switch the system to a higher-bandwidt

Posted by Jon D on 1st Oct 2026

SDI and HDMI can both carry high-quality digital video, but they were designed around very different applications. HDMI is common on televis

Posted by Jon D on 24th Sep 2026

When an SDI system contains only two or three cables, identifying a connection is easy. When a broadcast rack, production truck, studio or l

Posted by Jon D on 20th Sep 2026

One SDI cable is easy to manage. Five, eight or twelve individual SDI cables running between the same two locations can become a very differ

Posted by Jon D on 18th Sep 2026

A professional SDI cable can test perfectly on the bench and still develop problems after it is installed. Why? Because an SDI cable is not

Posted by Jon D on 14th Sep 2026

A multi-camera production can quickly turn into a pile of individual BNC cables. Four cameras may require four SDI feeds. Add return video,