Hybrid fiber-optic camera cable is designed for use with HDTV signals, it is compliant with ARIB and SMPTE standards. Even with 100 cores (lines) has an external diameter of just 11.5 mm. Compare that to a typical coaxial cable and the difference is clear. Steadily increasing bandwidth requirements are already revealing limitations in conventional coaxial cables. Such systems are already becoming too unwieldy in terms of performance (attenuation), space factors and equipment management.