BELDEN® ADDS 1694A TO ITS BRILLIANCE® LINE OF BANANA PEEL® PRECISION VIDEO SNAKE CABLE COMPOSITES

RICHMOND, IN – Belden, a world leader in the development of signal transmission products for wired and wireless enterprise networks, as well as broadcast/entertainment, industrial, residential and security markets, now offers three of its most popular SDI/HD coaxial cables in the company’s patented Banana Peel construction. Belden’s Banana Peel Composite Video cables – Product Nos. 1855A, 1505A and now, 1694A – not only set the industry standard for outstanding digital video performance, but also provide the convenience of installing multiple cables in a single pull.

Belden’s family of versatile precision video snake cables is ideal for use in the most demanding applications, including:

• HD/SDI Video

• Component video

• Unbalanced analog or digital audio AES/EBU)

• Computer CAD/CAM

• High end computer graphics and animation

• Live studio, field and mobile television

• High-resolution monitors and projection imaging in corporate boardrooms, command and control centers, auditoriums, teleconferencing centers, home theaters, performance venues, post-production facilities, and houses of worship

Belden 1855A, 1505A and 1694A Banana Peel constructions are available in bundles of 3, 5 and 6. All cables are pre-timed to ensure a delay difference of less than 5.0ns/100 feet between coaxes, allowing for “cut-and-connect” installation with no TDR or Vectorscope timing required. The result is a dramatic reduction in installation time, expense and complexity.

Belden’s patented, jacketless Banana Peel construction provides further reduction in installation time and complexity by eliminating a whole step in the termination process. With each individual cable component within the composite cable clearly marked and color-coded, installers need only peel the correct cables off the center spline and terminate. With no overall jacket, the composite cables have a smaller OD than traditional bundled cables, which improves the cable’s bend radius and also permits the use of a smaller size conduit.

To ensure best-in-class Return Loss performance, Belden’s Banana Peel Precision Video Snake Cables are 100 percent sweep tested to 4.5GHz. Belden is the only cable manufacturer to extend testing to 4.5GHz to cover the third harmonic frequency of 1080p, thus assuring broadcasters and broadcast equipment manufacturers of high performance and reliability as they migrate from the existing 1080i (interlaced) HD format to the emerging 1080p (progressive) format.

For more information about Belden Brilliance Banana Peel Precision Video Snake Cable Composites, contact Belden, P.O. Box 1980, Richmond, Indiana 47375, or call 1.800.BELDEN.1 to request New Product Bulletin #258. FAX: 765.983.5294. Or visit the Web site: www.belden.com.


About Belden

Belden is a leader in the design, manufacture, and marketing of signal transmission products for data networking and a wide range of specialty electronics markets including entertainment, industrial, security and aerospace applications. Belden has manufacturing facilities in North America and Europe as well as distribution centers in the U.S., Canada, Singapore, Australia and The Netherlands. A majority of Belden's manufacturing, engineering and support functions are registered to the International Organization for Standardization.


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