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Explore practical guides, installation advice, product insights and industry updates from the DTECH team. Whether you're specifying products, planning a project or troubleshooting a network, you'll find straightforward technical content for installers, engineers and businesses.

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21/09/2026

Armoured vs Unarmoured Fibre Optic Cable: When Do You Actually Need It?

Armoured fibre optic cable adds a metal protective layer beneath the outer jacket, giving it resistance to crushing, rodent damage, and mechanical impact that standard unarmoured cable cannot offer. It...
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01/04/2025

Cable Shielding Explained: UTP, F/UTP, U/FTP and S/FTP

Cable shielding is one of those topics that generates more confusion than it should. The acronyms — UTP, FTP, STP, S/FTP, U/FTP — get used interchangeably and incorrectly so often...
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01/07/2025

Cat5e vs Cat6 vs Cat6A: Which Cable Is Right for Your Installation?

If you're specifying data cabling for a new installation or an upgrade, the choice between Cat5e, Cat6, and Cat6A comes up on almost every project. The names suggest a simple...
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26/01/2026

Control4, Crestron and Lutron Cable: What’s the Difference and Do You Need Dedicated Cable?

Control4, Crestron, and Lutron are three of the most widely installed smart building and AV control platforms in the UK and international market. All three specify a particular cable construction...
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13/04/2026

DTECH AV-Ready Data Cable: HDBaseT Recommended for Professional AV Installations

HDBaseT has become the dominant standard for distributing uncompressed AV signals over structured cabling in commercial installations. DTECH is a member of the HDBaseT Alliance, and the DTECH AV-ready data...
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06/04/2026

DTECH Fibre Optic Systems: Everything You Need for a Complete Installation

DTECH supplies a complete fibre optic cabling system — from bulk backbone cable through pre-terminated assemblies, patch leads, pigtails, adaptors, splice accessories, and patch panels. Every component is available from...
DTECH black fibre patch panel with 24 violet OM4 LC Duplex adaptors and a partially extended sliding tray
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15/06/2026

Fibre Insertion Loss and Return Loss Explained

Insertion loss and return loss are the two parameters that define how well a fibre optic link will actually perform — and they are the two figures that appear on...
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30/03/2026

Fibre Optic Cable Construction: Tight Buffered vs Loose Tube

Tight buffered and loose tube are the two fundamental fibre optic cable constructions. Every fibre backbone cable — whether multimode or single mode, internal or external, four fibre or forty-eight...
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