All HDMI Cables Are NOT The Same!
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Here's what to look for when buying an HDMI cable - and what NOT to worry about!
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3:48 "Shorter and thicker is better." Thank god.
T H I C C
THICCC
THICC
What if mine is SHORT and THIN ????
C h o d e gang
We all know the 1000$ dollar HDMI cable gives you the biggest competitive advantage when gaming.
You forgot the RGB
It's all about the gaming socks my guy
10 trillion fps, perhaps
Seb Tal the single most expensive thing I own and it still doesn’t help my bedwars skills. *to my mom* MOM CAN I BUY IMPACT CLIENT?
Yes becase it makes you download ram faster!
"Shorter and thicker is better"
-Colton 2020
Thicc
Not sure if his Kim K burn at the end was referring to Kanye's height and intelligence or Ray J's d*ck 👀
this is why i love LMG. they explain stuff properly and roast other ppl in the middle :D classic
Not according to girls...
I thought he said the longer it is the thicker it should be.
Colton: "Girth is all that matters!"
Girth makes Worth
Size matters kids. If there’s nothing there, then nothing happens.
Morgan not really. Current has skin effect. It needs the correct girth.
What about length?
@@allansh828 only AC has skin effect. I believe HDMI signals would count as DC
"... or Colton"
I laughed hard at that
@m3zmr Oh damn sharp
But can you watercool an HDMI cable to overclock it? maybe to achieve 12 bit color HDR 8k 144hz
Well, technically if you cooled your cables to very low temperatures, you could get better conductivity. That probably wouldn't increase the bandwidth, but you could have thinner and longer wires.
@@janekkouril476 - exactly 👍
@@janekkouril476 Technically you are correct... it "becomes" a superconductor!!!
If you ad LED lighting you'll get about an extra 10 miles to the gallon 😂
yes you could, but why not go all the way and make water part of your cable run? m.th-cam.com/video/TZXxr6BbACo/w-d-xo.html
"shorter and thicker is better"
*looks down at pp*
"50% better is good enough, little boy"
and the you will have a antenna and pickup radio signals making your HDMI digital data worse.
itskeynl Music Nope. Good luck being a virgin forever. 🌚
use pp as hdmi
@@KittySYT bruh I already lost my virginity making you. One of my biggest mistakes yet
I'll get the hose, or the fire extinguisher...
0:42 Not everyday I can see my last name pop up on a Techquickie video.
Get a ticket for your local lottery
Hmmmmmm
Will this be the reuniting of father and son?
Whereas mine, as you probably know, is one of the most common in the world...
Btw, for those asking, Lee and Li are spelt differently due to historical reasons, but in Chinese are the same character, 李.
Not everyday I can see my first name pop up on a Techquickie comment
Also: Use DisplayPort wherever you can.
Short and thick doesn't exactly facilitate *ahem* DP though
No HDMI is better!!
@@Wahinies 😏
I fucking hate DisplayPort cables they always fail. And don’t even get me started on the ones with pins
This. I used HDMI with my new monitor initially, switched to display port and now I can use g-sync with smoother framerates.
In 2010 I bought a pack of 10 HDMI cables, 2 meters each for $11. None of them have ever let me down. One of my best purchases ever.
Wait until you need HDMI 2.0 or 2.1 😂
@@ProjectPrologue HDMI 2.0 doesn't define new cables, it's simply a port update if I remember correctly, you don 't need any new cable
@@Tizetre You do need new cables to take advantage of speed , but current cables will work fine for their rated speeds.
But my older hdmi cables are not supported for my sound bar. Problem solved when i bought a high speed hdmi. Why is that ? 🤔@@swiftrealm
I second that. The old ones work, but wait til you need one 😆 old cables just won't work for certain features. Uncompressed atmos for example. Or earc
It’s been proven that the more expensive the HDMI cable is, the more the opposite sex is attracted to you.
Marriage flips that around, though.
Only if he/she is a gamer, though.
Only if you can sell her the HDMI cable, though.
That's why I'm gay.
I think that's an inverse relationship, appropriately.
For really long HDMI cables, you wanna go with optic fiber ones. Got a 30 meter one and it works wonders for 4k, HDR etc. No perceptible latency for gaming, either.
Unfortunately, it's rare for hdmi listings online to include things like "copper wiring" or the gauge size of the wires.
Do you realize you are the first comment of this channel?
@@NexusXP how do you know?
@@code5829 I was 5 or 10 secs after the first comment and I sorted comments by new to find first one.
"you should add in some hand motions to engage your audience"
"yes, all the hand motions"
That technique you can get on loan from the Richard Leadbetter collection.
"The good news is that copper cables aren't super expensive."
Shows cable with 21.91 shipping cost.
Cause it's shipping to canada, it's normal that their shipping costs are much higher
Uh-huh... Reminds me of a recent visit at Amazon looking for a pack of 50x Bosch Gluey Sticks for like 4.- and then saw the shipping for like 3-4x of that... I then went to my countries local market to see if anyone of them has them and they started at 13.- for the pack of Sticks EXCLUDING shipping - _"Motherfucker!?"_ - Me
@@l0g1g103 "blame Canadaaaa. Cause they aren't a real country anywayyyyyu!"
yeah its amazing so few countries have figured out how to mail stuff. like you can get it from china in 10-16 weeks and pay a dollar, pay $10 in the US and have it arrive in 10 days, or pay $40 anywhere else and let GOD lose the package in transit.
This must be what makes US the greatest, even though the USPS is about to dissapear without funding and fixed pricing
@@ilovefunnyamv2nd theres a lot more to it than that
Learned this applies to displayport cables as well. I had a decent one hooked up to my 144hz monitor and my monitor would randomly disable gsync and downclock itself to 85hz. I was about to return the monitor because I thought it was defective but I first decided to buy new cables for it. Once I plugged in that new gold plated displayport cable I never had any issues again.
For cables that see wear build quality is also very important. Frustratingly many cables (not just HDMI) don't offer any real strain relief. The repeated kinks just above the plugs kills so many cables.
thanks for this video.
I used to work in hi end AV and Hi-Fi sales and when digital signals like HDMI with linear PCM and beyond came about, I had to basically have this conversation with every customer I dealt with. Alot of them would refuse to believe it was at all possible to interfere with a binary signal and make even one of its "1's" or "0's" anything other then a carbon copy from transmitter to receiver . We actually had to set up a visual experiment with longer and longer HDMI cables (which at the time cost more then some peoples cars) showing signal lost as the transmission was taken further away from for a common source (through an understandably "EMI" noisy AV show room). the further the signal was taken the more data was lost resulting in complete loss of pixel data that "most" television picture processing units replaced with a generic solid green pixel.
It got worse, as new and higher bandwidth signals came about like the fist "uncompressed" Dolby and DTS signals from "new" Full HD Blu-Ray players Along with "Deep-Colour" (the un-spoken and seldom remembered precursor to HDR, which disappeared with the slow death of Plasma TV which until the very recent introduction of OLED, was the only screen technology with the ability the produce the sadly missed but unforgettable colour tone known as BLACK), so much signal was forced through the HDMI pipes that entire blocks of colour data would be (in some cases) be replaced with this solid green replacement, and complete audio channels would violently pop in and out of existence.
Just like everything with diminishing returns, it took us using over $40000NZD worth or AV gear to sell $1000 to $50000 AV systems to customers with deep pockets, that in all reality would use it to watch analog broadcast's of "Coronation Street", knowing it was better then their neighbors.
Thank's again.
Finally, someone giving proper advise about HDMI cables...
Though, I bought 3x 10 meter 'flat' HDMI cables from Amazon for £12 a couple of years ago, and they are amazing cables, worked with everything I have used them with so far, no problems... Great Quality too!
I've got a cheap one about 1 year ago, when i unplugged it one day the cable came but the plug was stuck in the graphics cards HDMI socket. I think build quality is the most important since these cable are usually good enough.
I would have liked to see the difference between HDMI versions/standards as well but great video!
It basically takes a PhD to understand the many data protocols associated, audio, video, subtitle signsls, CEC, ARC, HEC, DDC, etc... and how and why they've evolved.
The human ear can only smell 30fps
Thanks a lot guys. I learned so much and it saved me the hassle of buying a cheapo HDMI cable for my 4k monitor. Thank you!
"Not all HDMI cables are the same" is what you meant.
Thank goodness it's not just me that gets annoyed with this sentence structure... Says the person who just wrote a contraction...
Not native language. But, does the title imply that all the cables are the same cable itself? Like there's just one cable in the world
@@camilofuentes7056 It implies that none of the HDMI cables are the same - but it's intended to mean that some HDMI cables are the same, and some are different from each other. It's a very common misuse - one that's objectively wrong... very similar to "I could care less".
No I'm pretty sure they meant exactly what they said! You can tell the sentence is a valid one because everyone understands exactly what it means and that it's responding to a common claim made about cables. Prescriptivists btfo it's 2020 it's time for you to grow up
@@cashnelson2306 Just because it's understandable for some doesn't mean it isn't creating unnecessary ambiguity, which is not desirable especially when the intention is to inform and educate.
Yes, languages evolve and grammatical rules change with them, but that doesn't mean you should disregard them altogether. "Not every rule should be strictly followed"=/="Every rule should not be strictly followed". This pReScRiPtIvIsT hUrRdUrR nonsense needs to stop.
1:08 “Gopher cables”
Just another note, for long runs (beyond 15 meters or so) I would say making the jump to ethernet or fiber optic is the way to go. Purchased a pair of 30 meter fiber optic HDMI cables to run to some projectors and they have been great, pretty much no delay or reduction in quality. Definitely would recommend them, and they are super thin.
HOLY SHIT, FIBER OPTIC HDMI IS REAL
Fibre optic hdmi?!?!? *researches at the speed of light for this item*
I had a major difference when I switched my USB type B cable for my audio interface with a UGreen cable. I used to get signal noise after 70% gain, now I get zero signal noise at 100% gain.
Thanks for the video. I have a single HDMI cable that I swap between a second monitor and a TV, and I’m also going to be repositioning my TV and will need a longer cable so this helps.
TL;DW - 3 HDMI standards:
Standard Speed - up to 1.2
High Speed - v1.3 - 2.0b
Ultra Speed - v2.1 (really only needed for displaying 8K60/4K120 with non DSC signals)
Wrong. Speed rating is not related to version features.
Plenty of premium high speed cables support all or some of the new features of HDMI 2.1 such as ALLM, VRR, eARC, QFT, QMS.
I believe the main comment is wrong and the comment below me is wrong, but I'm too lazy to actually explain why I think they are both wrong because I need sleep.
Everyone is a Winner!
See fixed it so everyone is right and nobody has to care any less about it.
Goodnight all :)
@@IReallyWantThisName read the comment again and enlighten yourself my dude.
Ultra Speed - introduced with v2.1
Really only needed for displaying 8K60/4K120 full chroma when no display stream compression.
Said nothing about the non bandwidth related feature set of v2.1 being restricted to Ultra Speed spec.
Those features are tied to the protocol of v2.1 and dependent on the display and device communicating on what's available and supported.
If you want 4K60, make sure it's listed as an HDMI 2.0 or above. If you want 4K60 with HDR, make sure it's HDMI 2.0b or above (you're usually safe if they mention it has HDR support). If you want 4K120 or 8K60, make sure it's HDMI 2.1. If you need 1080p then buy whatever up to and including an HDMI 2.1 cable because they're all backwards comparable and they don't sell HDMI cables that lack the 1080p features you need. The premium vs standard thing is nonsense. I've seen cables advertised as premium that weren't 2.0 and it doesn't guarantee HDR support.
I usually go with Amazon Basics cables for 1080p because they're cheap and they do the job. If I need something higher I buy the cheapest thing with the correct specs and good reviews. For example I needed a 1' HDMI cable to hook my PSVR box up to the PS4 Pro. So I got a 1' HDMI 2.0b cable with good reviews because it needed to be 4K60 with HDR.
I just bought the HDMI cables from Ugreen, haven't tested yet but the other things I bought like the VGI female to HDMI male for my laptop to use on another monitor works great. Also the kevlar type usb c cable for my charger also charges fast since my original Sony Xperia cable has worn out. So far, I haven't received a bad items from.
I got a 4k tv a couple months ago, and just built a new PC about a month ago. I've used the tv with my PC a couple times, but stopped becauseI couldn't figure out what the hell was going on that enabling HDR would now make the display cut out. This morning out of boredom I tried using the old heavy duty 25 ft HDMI cable I used to need, but is no longer practical and it worked. I figured I just damaged the new HDMI cable I had bought or something. I was literally getting my stuff to head to the store and buy the cheapest cable they had when I noticed this thumbnail on the techquickie page. Thank you for saving me from buying another junk cable. Thank you Mr. Strieb
Ugreen is the best on cables, absolutely love the things they make.
"Gold adds to the cable's longevity"
Me, a Minecraft veteren: Does it, though?
Gold sucks for tools!!
@Chrix but gold tools are the fastest for mining
Even just normally speaking, I question it, cause just like Minecraft, gold is a really soft metal, so I'm not sure how that'd help longevity at all.
@@TotemoGaijin Gold is often used in circuit boards of computers, smartphones and other electronics for their ability to stand up to corrosion. If you live in an area with high humidity, you might consider a gold HDMI cable. The gold plating will protect the connectors and prevent corrosion much better than regular cables. That's pretty much it. It doesn't improve video quality or speed, it's the same as a copper connector in that sense.
4:45 minutes. What you want to know and need to know without all the filler and history of video connectors back to 1920. This was one of the most perfect editing jobs I have seen this year on TH-cam.
Depending on where they come from, you might get less copper or a smaller gauge. Belkin is a good company. With jumper cables you can tell by the weight... heavy is good.
I'm literally watching this on a Philips monitor next to an AOC one, both connected with UGREEN cables. So I guess I did everything right xD
This reminds me of audio cables. SILVER PLATED CABLLLLLLE, NOW WITH LESS DISTORTION, BIGGER SOUNDSTAGE, AND IMPROVED SUB-BASS
I was just looking this up and it was just uploaded, thank you.
Surprising that UGREEN is a sponsor. Love their reasonably priced cables and connectors (and they give a free organization velcro strap with every purchase, which I do tend to use) but I thought they were exclusively distributed in Asia. Nice that they are in the US too.
Is it a joke or thats how animated his arms really are
Mmm, should probably have mentioned active and fibre optic cables for those who need long runs.
This is actually a really great video, if you're using 4K nowadays you should get at least the step above the cheap stuff.
Thanks for this video. It helped me troubleshoot an issue with an HDMI switch I bought. Turns out the cable I was using was causing the issue, not the switch.
We need a Techquickie dark mode.
Startech is a good brand to trust when it comes to cables
I had a hell of a time getting a HDMI Splitter working properly, which was compatible with 4K HDR. It would desync from time to time. After pulling my hair out, trying different settings, firmware updates, talking with the manufacture... ended up being the cables. I bought an HDMI 2.1 spec cable for part of the setup... and it finally worked and is stable. I tried so many other cables I had and all had these issues.
Tech info delivered via interpretive dance. Perfect.
Hmmm... Weird how not once was HDMI standards talked about here like 1.4, 1.3 or HDMI with Ethernet (yes that really exists)
Yeah curious about EArc cable options
They are still on sale, even though there are zero devices out there the use ethernet over HDMI. Anything that has network and display over the same cable uses either USB C or Thunderbolt.
@@katrinabryce I thought that was what eArc used? I'm so confused.
1000$ HDMI cable in PC improves the speed of the RAM you downloaded
I just dont get how you get any thumbs down. Your videos a very informative, easy and clear to understand and above all have provided me with direction that's helped me out a lot!!!
yep, took me a while to figure that out. My projector signal was dropping off constantly since the launch of new AMD Adrenaline drivers. eventually purchased a new HDMI 2.0 cable and replaced my old 10 years old cable. the new cable though only cost 25$ so i dont know where it stands quality wise. Good thing it works and my signal stopped dropping :D
3:51 Kanye: "My wife is not a Hobbit"
Or just go back to AV cables, I loved matching the colors back then
no
Dude, some people still use one of those
I LOVE THEM, when I want to play some old games on my PS2 instead of my PC its so fun to do it
Still use them on my PS2 and Wii :D the colours are great
those are also called RCA Cable
And still quite common in india and developing countries.
Trying to buy a new HDMI right now. Thank you for this video!
I burst out laughing at that dig at Colton! So unexpected. So in warranted. So welcomed!
BUT ALL THE COMPONENTS IN AND RELATED TO MY COMPUTER NEEDS TO BE RGB
there are RGB HDMI cables
The cable doesn't care. RGB versus YpBpR is just the way the data is formatted. Electrically they are the same which is all the cable cares about.
Cable gauge also plays a role in wire resistivity. Those thicker cables are worse not because they don't bend, but because the low power signal being pushed through is meeting higher resistance (at least at longer lengths).
Finally a sponsor I actually know or heard of! Great job lol
You guys always make this kind of video right after I've just bought what you're talking about.
Similar to the way Amazon and eBay always recommend to you similar products to the one you have just bought...
I use the one's that come with game consoles...
"Shorter and thicker is better"
That's what she said!
Big fun tip: if you are not going a singel try connecting it the hdmi cable the other way around. Befor you spend money on a new one. I have had it happen to me with a digital cable box.
useful thanks :) love the content. keep it coming.
By "steel" do you mean Aluminum and Copper clad Aluminum? On a 6'-10' digital cable it wouldn't make any difference.
Agreed. But he did mention that on short cables there's not going to be much trouble. And I can confirm that, since I've bought a number of super cheap cables. If they're short they don't have any issues at all, no matter how cheap I go.
I never even knew CCA was a thing with display cables. Thought it was only with network cables.
Goodness, I'm going dizzy with all the gestures and arm movements.
HDMI does make a different based on quality, it just isn't for video. The brand you showed "Audioquest" is an "audio" HDMI cable not really recommended for video at that level. But they also do fiber optic cables and analog cables.
TQ, try looking into optical HDMI cables. I own one of 10 meters, that delivers 4k 60hz. It works perfectly even though it crosses a lot of AC wiring in my ceiling. I paid about 80 USD for it. Very cheap compared to high end copper cables.
Riley: "Shorter and Thicker is better"
Linus: "OH YEAH!"
This just confirms our fear we knew all along.
Thickness matters.
Gauge can be much lower if it's equipped with Redmere or other similar unidirectional active signal chips :)
I have been using Bell cables that were included with my cable boxes over the years, or dollar store cables. I have never had an issue of any kind. Unless you're going over a stupid distance, literally any cable will play your games in 1080p. All that matters.
3rd grader: *sees pink LTT shirt*
3rd grader: *I diagnose you with gay*
Fact: Pink used to be the color of men before it became women's color. I love Pink BTW.
Doctor is it terminal?
@@pradyumnsingh7401 yes
I think you meant for the video title to be "Not all HDMI cables are the same"
I think they know english lol, that’s just some word play
Thank goodness it's not just me that gets annoyed with this sentence structure... Says the person who just wrote a contraction...
Here's one for you, some runs are fine depending on source and reciever voltage but not on others, some the longer (distance) they go the lower the resolution, had one confuse me to insanity back in the day that worked on some 1080p screens and not on others that I'd kept around and had the same problem on 2k screens it drove me nuts
I know from experience you don't go for the dirt cheap cables. I had an HDMI switch once that didn't work for one specific cable and had to do a lot of technical reading to understand why.
“Shorter and thicker is better”
“Just ask Colton”
F
Manufacturer recommends buying tested "premium" or "high speed" cables. Maybe your research for this should have involved a scientist, rather than a manufacturer of premium cables. Of course they're going to try and sell you their top of the line cables, despite them being NO BETTER AT ALL than cheap $3 cables from the guy on the corner.
Copper coated is fine for low amperage loads... electrons flow on the surface so save the $$.
Hey techquickie! Can you make a video on using TEC modules for cooling the processor?
Too late i already ordered my new hdmi cable from aliexpress😂
Well Ugreen sells cables in aliexpress as well, most cables are from China OEMs anyway.
Wouldn't that be more expensive and time consuming?
Chill guys I'm not one of those 1st people
What about hdmi over optical? It’s worth a mention. Recently bought a ATZBE15m hdmi cable that maintains 18gbps 4k @60hz for my pc gaming setup to be linked downstairs to my 4k TV. Runs 4k hdr perfectly
I have a Gold plated HDMI and a silver color plated one. Years old btw, but the Gold one looks noticeably sharper and less blurry. As if it has AA. If I take a picture you can even see the difference. They are both same specs except the plating.
Still waiting for the rgb cable
There is and they made a video about it on ltt
Gayming zombies would buy any RGB shit..
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The hand movements drive me crazy!
Tks for the vid. I can finally inform my customers !
We need a follow up video with testing of various HDMI cables and equipment.
-control products should include a high AND low end tv
-A gaming console, PC, and a blu-ray player.
-about 5-7 different cables.
Maybe test HDMI switches too?
One day when I have a child, I'll sell them to the black market and buy the 1000$ HDMI cable, then Imma be an eBic gaymer
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HDMI is for smol pee pee
DISPLAYPORT IS FOR BIG PEE PEE
3:47 best advice ever!!! for cables.
thanks for the advice, I bought an AudioQuest Dragon 48 to connect my DVI monitor to my Windows 12 netbook
BRILLIANT!
Step 1: go to Amazon
Step 2: search hdmi cable
Step 3: buy the one with good reviews
So isn't DisplayPort better than HDMI? It seems like hdmi is still being a good option...
samething, differnet connector. Displayport was Philips invention, before HDMi forum thought of it.
DP is better in a few ways, like daisychaining cables for multi monitors setup.
both DP and HDMI can be connected to each other with $1 connector convertor.
DP is better but consumer electronics somehow didn't jump on the bandwagon.
If you're talking about speeds: HDMI has since been updated, so that the newest version of it is faster than DisplayPort. Most cables on the market aren't of the newest version, though.
@@pqrstzxerty1296 DisplayPort and HDMI are not the same thing, they use different signaling standards. Adapter cables need to have circuitry in them (usually hidden in the connector) to translate between the two standards.
DVI and HDMI however are the same thing, just a different connector.
@@XGD5layer Nope, the newest version of DisplayPort is faster than the newest version of HDMI.
"Ugreen, a manufacturer of HDMI Cables"
Ugreens other products : AM I A JOKE TO YOU
Great video, I would have appreciated a coverage of fiber optics hdmi cables though.
Uh I like Ugreen, they make decent cables for the price.
Not where I shop online. Monoprice and Amazon's brands are about half the price.
Yeah imagine using HDMI instead of DP
I've yet to see an AVR with DP.
You guys didn't mention the 2.1 standard though that does change things. And maybe do a bit of a deeper dive on ARC and the incoming eARC and why this is also important to understand how it works.
I recently bought a fiber optics HDMI cable. This cable introduces no lag when doing long runs of HDMI like in my case of 20 meters.
A common misconception. A fiber cable is not "faster" than a copper cable. Light and electrical energy are the same thing. Light is simply very, very, high frequency electrical energy. Look at the EM spectrum chart. Bottom is audio, top is Xrays and Gamma rays with light in the upper 3/4 of the scale. And they both obey the laws of propagation velocity, which is 66-68% the speed of light when traveling through matter - like copper or glass. In fact the fiber cable is actually a bit slower by several nanoseconds as the conversion from electrical to optical and back adds propagation delay.
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