Technical Articles
As a service to our customers, CableWholesale.com provides informative technical articles, each one focusing on a particular technology. Our goal is to help our customers get better acquainted with the often confusing cables, connectors, and standards to be encountered out there.
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| The Evolution of Fiber Optics | Learn about the history of fiber optics, from the inception through many technological advancements of fiber optic cables and their construction. | Jan 2024 |
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| Introducing HDMI Ultra High Speed Cables & HDMI 2.1 | HDMI 2.1: Introducing HDMI Ultra High Speed Cables & HDMI 2.1 a CableWholesale Technical Article. | Feb 2021 |
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| USB-C to HDMI and more | USB-C to HDMI and more: A short primer on DisplayPort over USB-C a CableWholesale Technical Article. | Apr 2018 |
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| Understanding Specialized Ethernet Cable | Understanding Specialized Ethernet Cable: A short reminder/primer on a variety of Ethernet cable a CableWholesale Technical Article. | Aug 2016 |
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| Connecting Your Smart Phone to your TV | Connecting Your Smart Phone to your TV: Help connecting your phone to your TV a CableWholesale Technical Article. | May 2016 |
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| What's Your Port? | What's Your Port?: Help identifying your ports a CableWholesale Technical Article. | Feb 2016 |
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| Beyond HD: Exploring 4K and 8K Resolutions | Beyond HD: Exploring 4K and 8K Resolutions a CableWholesale Technical Article. | Nov 2015 |
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| Network Testing | Network Testing: a CableWholesale Technical Article on Network Testing. | Aug 2015 |
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| Introducing 10 Gigabit USB 3.1 | Introducing 10 Gigabit USB 3.1. | Mar 2015 |
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| Confusing Cable Terminology Explained | Confusing Cable Terminology. | Feb 2015 |
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| Direct Burial/Outdoor Rated Basic Cable Types | Direct Burial/Outdoor Rated Basic Cable Types. | Oct 2014 |
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| Megahertz Madness | Megahertz Madness. | July 2014 |
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| Traveling with Technology | Traveling with Technology. | May 2014 |
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| How Cables are Constructed | How Cables are Constructed. | March 2014 |
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| Qi Whiz! | Qi Whiz. | March 2013 |
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| The Home Theater PC Highway | The Home Theater PC Highway. | Oct 2012 |
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| Putting the HD in HDBaseT | Putting the HD in HDBaseT. | Jun 2012 |
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| Home Recording Studio 101 | Home Recording Studio 101. | Mar 2012 |
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| From the Big Screen to the Basement | The third installment in our home theater articles discusses the basement home theater of our very own Joe Davis. | Jan 2012 |
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| Mobile Mania | This article is a robust explanation of methods to connect your cell phone to other devices. | Nov 2011 |
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| Category Cable Cornucopia | This article is a refresher on Category/Network cable, it covers current standards, marketing myths and quality issues you may face. | Sep 2011 |
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| Coaxial Corner | This article discusses coaxial cable from why it is named to its many uses. | Aug 2011 |
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| The Ubiquitous USB | This article discusses usb adapters to extend functionality to your computer. | July 2011 |
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| Sur Vay Lence | This article provides a primer on the hardware behind surveillance systems. | May 2011 |
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| Infrared Emitters, Receivers & Repeaters | This article covers the technology needed to add an infrared remote distribution system to your home. | Jan 2011 |
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| Network Cable Connectivity | This article examines the peripheral devices which hold networks together including: keystones, wall plates, patch panels, punch down blocks and punch down tools. | Dec 2010 |
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| Taming the USB Jungle | This article explores camera, phone and proprietary USB connectors, USB power and more. | Oct 2010 |
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| 3D Television | In this article we explore 3D television. | Sep 2010 |
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| Make The Right Connection | This article examines signal types, cable interfaces and the connectors that support them. | Aug 2010 |
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| Fiber Optics - An Overview | Fiber optics make up the backbone of telecommunications and the Internet. This article examines fiber optic operation, history, cabling types and more. | Jun 2010 |
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| HDMI High Speed with Ethernet | The release of HDMI High Speed with Ethernet could cause some real confusion. We break all the changes down for you. | Apr 2010 |
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| Fire Alarm, Security and CCTV Cable: An Overview | Often overlooked and undervalued, fire alarm and security cable provides the framework for protecting your home or office. | Mar 2010 |
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| Cable Ratings and Materials and Counterfeiters! Oh My! | It is easy to get lost in the sea of acronyms, part numbers and other markings when it comes to cables. Here we discuss some of these. | Feb 2010 |
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| USB 3.0 - SuperSpeed USB | Getting to know the new version of Universal Serial Bus. | Jan 2010 |
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| The Great PC to TV Connection - Reloaded | Two years later, and it's still the number one asked question: "How do I connect my PC to my TV?". | Dec 2009 |
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| DisplayPort Divulged | Here we talk about the lesser-known monitor cable and it's purpose. | Nov 2009 |
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| Quality Quirks | By far, the most frequently asked question we get is, "Is this a good quality cable?" Learn all about cable quality here. | Aug 2009 |
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| The Venerable VGA | The world of VGA can be confusing. There are so many different terms flying around. We will attempt to alleviate some of the confusion. | Jun 2009 |
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| Jowling for Jackets | Here we talk all about the different types of jackets found on various cables, including what the writing on cables is all about. | Apr 2009 |
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| USB Cables Revisited | In this article we modernize our original USB article by talking about a few things that weren't around back when we wrote the first one. | Mar 2009 |
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| Making Your Own Ethernet Patch Cable | Here we change up the format a little and give you a how-to article. We'll show you how to make your own ethernet patch cable. While it's recommended you use professionally made cables, we offer this advice anyway. | Feb 2009 |
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| Home Theater | This technical article will help explain what a home theater is and how it can be set up. | Jan 2009 |
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| Coaxial Cable | This article shows you what it means for a cable to be a coaxial cable. | Dec 2008 |
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| HDMI Cables | HDMI is a great technology with many facets. We will go over some of the features of HDMI cables. | Nov 2008 |
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| The Technical Side of Power Cords | There are more to power cords than meet the eye. This article gets into some of the real technical bits about everyday electrical power cords. | Oct 2008 |
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| The Mysteries Of Surge Protectors | This article gives you the ins and outs of surge protectors and helps you choose the one that's right for you. | Jan 2008 |
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| Wireless Home Networking How-to | This article builds on last month's Home Networking How-to article, showing you how to use wireless technologies to set up a home network. | Dec 2007 |
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| Home Networking How-to | As broadband internet connections gain popularity, more and more people are finding it necessary to connect multiple home computers to one internet connection. This article will walk you through that process. | Nov 2007 |
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| The Great PC to TV Connection | Connecting your computer to a television, even HDTV, can be confusing. This article spells out exactly what products to use based on your computer and television types. | Oct 2007 |
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| All About Audio | There are so many different audio connections out there now; how do you know which one will be the best to use? This article will aid in understanding the different types of audio connections, audio formats, and where they are used. | Aug 2005 |
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| A View of Video | Focusing on the different types of video connections available to us for computer and home theatre components, this months article will address common video conversion problems and solutions. | Dec 2004 |
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| Cables Clarified | This month, we return to our most basic product: cables. While there is certainly a wide variety of cables and standards out there, all cables share certain properties, and a good understanding of cable construction and technical designations is always helpful. | Sep 2004 |
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| Wireless Workout | Why would a company called CableWholesale.com send out information about a technology that doesn't need cables? Wireless networking is a fantastic way to connect home computers, and it's advantages are easily recognizable, but this technology is not for everyone. | May 2004 |
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| Serial ATA Simplified | Just like a chain is only as strong as its weakest link, a computer is only as fast as its slowest component. These days, the hard drive is the slowest commonly used component in most computers. IDE hard disks, while very common, have crippling limitations, and will very soon be replaced by a new technology called Serial ATA (SATA). | Apr 2004 |
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| SCSI Unscrewed | The complete story of SCSI is so massive, it's simply not possible to present all the details in an article such as this. In an effort to organized this article in a reader-efficient manner, it's been broken into two parts based on the questions the reader would like answered. | Feb 2004 |
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| Hooking Up Home Theater | With the advent of the DVD player, having true at-home theater-quality sound production has now become a reality. This technical article will help explain what home theater is and how it can be set up. | Dec 2003 |
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| Networks Untangled - Part 2 | This month, we're going to take a more practical approach, and show you how you might want to set up a home or small office network. | Nov 2003 |
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| Networks Untangled - Part 1 | All networks, no matter how simple or complicated, have one and only one goal: to connect two or more computers together so they can talk to each other. So, how do they do that? | Oct 2003 |
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| USB Uncovered | Here we sort out the various problems encountered in dealing with USB devices, cables, and connectors. | Sep 2003 |
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| DVI Demystified | This first article helps to demystify the new DVI (Digital Video Interface) technology, which is becoming more widespread as computer monitors and high-definition televisions move to an all-digital format. | Aug 2003 |
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