I Spent a THOUSAND Dollars on HDMI Cables.. for Science
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Get 20% OFF + Free Shipping @manscaped at https://manscaped.com/TECH We told you we’d do it, and here it is! Testing a whackload of HDMI 2.1 and 2.0 cables to find out if you’ve been wasting your money on cables for no good reason. Check out TotalPhase's Advanced Cable Tester V2: https://geni.us/phUd6h3 Buy AmazonBasics HDMI Cables (PAID LINK): https://geni.us/h4lXgV Buy HDMI 2.1 Cables Amazon (PAID LINK): https://geni.us/iLGJ Newegg (PAID LINK): https://geni.us/5FXFIE Blue Jeans Cable: https://geni.us/7ANZpxm Aliexpress: https://geni.us/BhUA Infinite Cables: https://geni.us/ij25z Banggood: https://geni.us/F4vs5Xm The Cable Co: https://geni.us/LzMGm6 Phantom Cables: https://geni.us/mjcJA Purchases made through some store links may provide some compensation to Linus Media Group. Discuss on the forum: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1387053-i-spent-a-thousand-dollars-on-hdmi-cables-for-science/ ► GET MERCH: https://lttstore.com ► AFFILIATES, SPONSORS & REFERRALS: https://lmg.gg/sponsors ► PODCAST GEAR: https://lmg.gg/podcastgear ► SUPPORT US ON FLOATPLANE: https://www.floatplane.com/ FOLLOW US ELSEWHERE --------------------------------------------------- Twitter: https://twitter.com/linustech Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/LinusTech Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/linustech TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@linustech Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/linustech MUSIC CREDIT --------------------------------------------------- Intro: Laszlo - Supernova Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKfxmFU3lWY iTunes Download Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/supernova/id936805712 Artist Link: https://soundcloud.com/laszlomusic Outro: Approaching Nirvana - Sugar High Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngsGBSCDwcI Listen on Spotify: http://spoti.fi/UxWkUw Artist Link: http://www.youtube.com/approachingnirvana Intro animation by MBarek Abdelwassaa https://www.instagram.com/mbarek_abdel/ Monitor And Keyboard by vadimmihalkevich / CC BY 4.0 https://geni.us/PgGWp Mechanical RGB Keyboard by BigBrotherECE / CC BY 4.0 https://geni.us/mj6pHk4 Mouse Gamer free Model By Oscar Creativo / CC BY 4.0 https://geni.us/Ps3XfE CHAPTERS --------------------------------------------------- 0:00 Intro 1:27 HDMI Basics 2:22 Shady back alley deals 3:06 HDMI Specs 4:58 Methods 5:58 Initial results 9:15 Class is in session 11:11 Other failures 12:12 Macro view
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