Category 5e UTP cables are standardised. Why can I not use any Category 5e UTP cable for Raritan products?

Because the actual usage purpose of UTP cables is to transfer digital data, the cable specifications are optimised for this use. The analogue nature of video data means that Raritan technology (which enables video information transfer with such high bandwidths over relatively thin shielded Category 5 and 6 UTP cables) requires even more exact tolerances for specific cable properties. One particular UTP cable property has an especially big effect on the performance of Raritan systems: delay skew. A UTP cable consists of four twisted pairs, which each carry one set of data. To minimise cross-interference between the pairs, each pair must be twisted at slightly different rates (twists per meter). Over long cable lengths, however, the low deviating twist rates cause measurably different data transfer rates between each twisted pair. The delta arrival time is referred to as “delay skew”. What effect does this have on your Raritan solution? Raritan products send red, green and blue video ...