ATEN 2L-2505 VGA cable 5 m VGA (D-Sub) Black

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For £16.12 ex-VAT, this ATEN 5m VGA lead is one of those “boring but exactly right” buys. VGA is still very common in boardrooms and legacy training rooms, and if you need a reliable run without faffing about with adapters, branded cable is a sensible choice. ATEN tends to be consistent on pinout/build quality, so you’re less likely to get the classic problems—fuzzy text, intermittent sync, or flicker—especially when you’re hanging it off a projector or older display scaler.

That said, I wouldn’t buy it for anything you’re planning to modernise soon. If your office is moving toward HDMI/DisplayPort or you’re dealing with anything higher-resolution or longer distances than this typical 5m use case, VGA becomes the bottleneck no matter how good the cable is. Also, if you’re running it around power-heavy areas, you may still see interference—so in that scenario, spend the time to route it well (or consider moving away from VGA). Overall: good value for anyone maintaining legacy AV in UK meeting rooms; avoid it if you’re investing in new installs or higher-end AV.