Tem84,

Thank you for using the Dell Community Forum.
The article I found states all cables should be no longer then 5 feet.
But, it also states it depends on your cable quality.
If you are using high quality cables, then the signal degradation should be minimal.
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How Cable Lengths May Affect Image Quality:
The standard length of a VGA/Video cord is 1.5 meters (4.9 feet).
When the projector is ceiling mounted, the specification for these cables are all 5 meters (16.4 feet).
With any cable length longer than these specifications, the image quality may degrade.
The most notable artifact is a double image. With high quality cables, it may be possible to use cables up to 10 meters (32.8 feet) long.
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I'm using a 50' s-video cable and a 25' vga cable (for HD) with my 2200mp and I cannot tell the difference!

Where did you get the 50' S video cable from?  The local Radioshack had only 12 ' cable and suggested I  buy two of these and use a connector to get 24'

Also are component video cables available in 25, or longer measurements?

 

Thanks for your help.

 

Raj

Try:

www.crutchfield.com - search on "component video cable" "composite video cable" "s-video cable". They have lengths up to 50 feet

www.pcconnection.com - do same search. They have composite, component, and s-video up to 50 feet.