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When we hear the name extension cords, the very first thing that comes to our mind is that they could provide an extension of any home’s or workshop’s electrical circuits. This comes in handy when a lamp, appliance or tool has a short cord to reach the required location. We often get to know about how important it is to maintain the security of these cords. However, out of all the factors, choosing the right length and size of the power cord is equally important to manage the load. Let’s explore how: Extension Cord’s Ratings The cords may vary in rating based on the amperage they can carry and the wattage they can handle. The amperage rating for each extension cord needs labeling on a tag attached to each cord. However, it might not be present or visible always. While choosing an extension cord, it is important to determine the amount of wattage and amperage that the tool will draw when you connect it to the cord. With devices like lamps, radios, and televisions, the basi...

The battle between HDMI and DisplayPort is not new. But if you really understand them both, you will know that each serves its own purpose. In this blog, we will talk about how to get the best display results with the use of these two cables. A wide range of devices come with HDMI port, from TVs to laptops and projectors. DisplayPort, on the other hand, has a much more niche usage (or acceptance or requirement). It is great for a gaming setup and external monitor usage in a workstation setup. It works great with most graphics cards and has a daisy chain mechanism, so you can hook up more than one monitor to a single CPU with just one DisplayPort on it. Let us explore the nuances of the different setups that work with the HDMI cable and DisplayPort cable: Entertainment Setup: Since all TVs have an HDMI port on it, it is the easiest and the best option for this setup. Generally, a TV has around two or three HDMI ports. With the increase in streaming devices, this is...

Cat5e cable is an upgrade to the cat5 cable. The ‘ e ’ stands for ‘ enhanced ’. A cat 5 cable can transfer data at the maximum speed of 100Mbps whereas the cat5e cable can go up to 1000Mbps . However, when we say fast, it is not always obvious that it is reliable. The cat5e cable is the more reliable one out of the two. Because of its speed and reliability, it should be an obvious choice for any internet intensive usage. Contrary to a popular belief that only enterprises and the IT industry have internet intensive usage, our homes are just as internet intensive. And so are the product companies that run our smart home appliances. This brings us to the question of what a smart home includes. A smart home is a home that has connected devices for entertainment, convenience, and security. A number of convenience and security-based electronic tasks rely on the concept of IFTTT. The IFTTT protocol works best when there is a seamless and constant connection to the internet. Therefo...

The Ethernet cable has been around for over 35 years. It is difficult to remember a time when you could use either your house phone or the internet via a dial-up connection. This changed when you could use both at the same time but still with an Ethernet cable . The cable got better in terms of speed and reliability. Then we switched over to Wi-Fi and modified Maslow’s pyramid to put Wi-Fi as a basic need. While wireless connectivity is great, the internet is faster when data passes through a cable. With every iteration of the Ethernet cable, the aim is to improve upon the speed and reliability. Devices we use nowadays run on the internet. Our use of the internet is so much that we have refrigerators with screens and smart ovens that have cameras to see how much your food has cooked. As our dependency on the internet increases, so does our need for speed and reliability. This is where the new type of cable comes in: fiber optic cable. Fiber optic cable has a strand of...

It’s about connecting your shiny new soundbar or AV receiver and having to decide between HDMI cables and Fiber Optic Cables. As home theater systems get more and more complex (Including wiring). Back into the good old days, all that you need was a coaxial cable to get the audio and video signals to your television set. Unlike today, to align your system with sound, Blu-ray players, and high-definition programming, you will have to go through a tedious set-up procedure. One major decision includes choosing the right cables: HDMI or Optical. So, to help you make an informed decision, here are their pros and cons. Going To The Basics Both HDMI and optical cables pass the digital audio from one device to another. There is no difference when it comes to passing multi-channel audio like Dolby digital. The major difference is that HDMI cables can pass higher resolution audio which includes formats found on Blu-ray like Dolby TrueHD and DTS HD Master audio. Fiber optic cables w...

When you have so many options to choose your power cords, it can be overwhelming sometimes. While you are looking to buy it for a particular application, it is important to have a basic understanding. This infographic will give you a 360 view of power cords and its applications. Looking to buy a suitable power cord? Here is all you need to know. https://www.sfcable.com/blog/everything-know-power-cords-infographic/

A new version of DisplayPort is here. Officials are calling it the biggest upgrade yet. It could be enough to earn a place for DisplayPort in future devices. Originally envisioned as a replacement to the older VGA and DVI standards which dominated the market in the early 2000s. Backed by the VESA group, they always had an intent to be the king of computer cables . Whereas, HDMI has always had more of a television and entertainment focus. Traditionally it was in two traditional connector sizes. The full DisplayPort connector and the Mini DisplayPort connector. Sony, Philips, Maxell, and Lattice developed its technical aspects. And the first version appeared in the middle of 2006. It offered up to 10.8 Gbps of bandwidth. Then came the 1.1 and 1.1a standards. And then DisplayPort 1.2 in 2010, 1.3 and 1.4 in 2014, 2016. It trebled the bandwidth along its entire 10-year lifespan of the standard. In the gaming industry, it made its biggest gain. It remains a must-have for t...