Good Long VGA cables and ethernet?

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    im moving my pc away from my tv and router (router is near my ps3 and 360) and i was wondering is there a good quailty vga cable where i wont get video quailty loss? i rem i bought a cheap vga cable off ebay before but for some reason it streached the whites i got another vga cable and it fixed it. i dont wanna see the streaking if i run it long anyone point me to the cheapest vga cable about 25ft or 50ft that wouldnt mess with the pic? also i need a long ethernet cable what type should i get is cat 6 that much better then cat 5?
     
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    Thanks for the links i donno about the vga cable tho that way over my price i wanted to pay. anyway i can find a good vga cable for under 15$?
     
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    would it be better to just use a 25ft dvi male to female cable and run it from dvi out into the dvi to vga adapter and use the short cga cable im using now? does dvi lose quailty over long distance?
     
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    IF you had a long dvi cable that you could use then using that with an adapter would be a good choice. But the price for a dvi cable is a lot more than for a vga cable. you should not notice any difference between the vga and the dvi. as for the ebay item. if you can find it that cheap it might be a good idea to try it out, and if it isn't good then you are out only a few dollars.
     
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    there seems to be so many diffrent vga cable some in my price range but i dont know i think i need HD15 vga. i see HDDB15 sometimes also. want a cable that wont have all the white streaking tho
     
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    HD15 vga & HDDB15 vga are the same thing as they both use a db15 connector that has 3 rows of 5 pins/sockets for male/female.
     
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    im lookin for a 25ft vga that wont have any issues but is under $20 total.
     
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    you'll want a shielded cable for that distance.
     
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    any cable will work long as it says shieled or is there a special sheil i need to look for...
     
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    special sheil?
     
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    shielded
     
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    either use a cable that has the tin foil wrap plus bare ground wire under the main insulation or the braided shielding plus bare ground wire under the insulation. the bare ground wire is soldered to the metal part of the db15 connector on both ends.
     
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    that 1 should be alright. the 1 problem i have with it is the ferrite rings close to the connectors in that the wire between the ferrite ring & connector can break if bent to often. i had to fix a few monitors because of that problem.
     
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    hmm the cord will lay on the rable on my pc no prob there it will hang from the tv tho =/
     
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