StarTech.com 5m Coax High Resolution Monitor VGA Video Cable - HD15 to HD15 M/M

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For £12.13 ex-VAT, this StarTech 5m HD15 (VGA) cable is the sensible “just works” pick if you’ve got an older monitor/PC setup that actually needs VGA. StarTech generally isn’t flashy, but their cables tend to behave consistently—good for day-to-day office use where you just want a stable picture without fiddling. In real terms, if your monitors are a few desks away (or across a small meeting room), 5m is often the sweet spot where you’ll still get decent image quality, assuming you’re not running it through noisy electrical environments.

That said, I wouldn’t buy it if you’re chasing crisp text/graphics for design work or if you’re regularly seeing “ghosting”/fuzziness on VGA. VGA is inherently more prone to signal degradation as the run gets longer, and 5m can be okay but isn’t magic. Also, if your gear supports HDMI/DisplayPort, don’t force VGA—spend the effort converting properly instead of using a cable like this as a workaround.

**Who should buy:** anyone maintaining or upgrading legacy kit in an office, shared spaces, training rooms, or basic IT deployments on a budget. **Who shouldn’t:** anyone with newer displays/gaming/visual-critical workloads, or anyone already suffering VGA quality issues—those cases usually need a different signal path, not just a different cable.