Don’t buy the wrong HDMI cable! | Buying HDMI 2.1 cables

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Things have changed since HDMI 2.1 and associated features like 4K 120 Hz, eARC, and VRR have grown more prevalent. The old rules no longer apply, so here’s what to consider when getting new HDMI cables for your new gear.
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03:50 Understanding HDMI 2.1
07:24 What to look for
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@Caleb_Denison Год назад

Hey everyone. A lot of concern out there that I don’t know my meters-to-feet conversion. So let me clarify here: When I say “about 6 feet” etc. I’m referring to lengths commonly sold in the U.S. Most HDMI cables are marketed in whole numbers of feet Hope that helps.

@ozmika9914 Год назад

3 1/3rd feet = 1 meter :) / or very rough sizing is divide by 3, so a 6ft cable is 2 meters

@V3ntilator Год назад

95% of the planet uses metric.

@Gonzo_Bubb Год назад

@@V3ntilator It's easy to convert, do a little math

@ZaHandle Год назад

@@ozmika9914They’re practically the same length cable with a different name

@BlickWinker Год назад

@@V3ntilator Still, you can't generalize

@davidmmuench Год назад

That thumbnail is epic! 😂

@Zetler Год назад

🤣

@paul8926 Год назад

That was taken from the Jim Carrey movie “Cable Guy”

@Chris-gm4hk Год назад

You are scaring me Caleb. 🤣

@kubev Год назад

Yeah, I came here to say this, as well. Great thumbnail. 😆

@andyaranda2460 Год назад

😂 classic

@msd5808 Год назад

Thanks for the overview, but ridiculous that cables have gotten complicated again. The whole point of HDMI and USB standards was to keep things simple for the consumer.

@LanceHarbart Год назад

I’ve just found your videos, and your “in depth” tangents are the perfect mix of easy to swallow, and technical savviness that I’ve been looking for. Thanks for your work. Keep your chin up.

@AustinBruner Год назад

I just had to come here and give this video a like for the thumbnail alone. Quality content never stops here 😂

@Caleb_Denison Год назад

Thanks for watching, everyone! Please see the description for a list of resources used for info in this video as well as helpful info on recommended HDMI 2.1 standards and verification practices.

@markwarnken4711 Год назад

Great thumbnail! Thanks for the info.

@shadowaccount 11 месяцев назад

Lol Caleb's 90's acoustic guitar album coffeeshop picture 😂

@billearle1 8 месяцев назад

Thanks Caleb for the video. I appreciate that you took the time to do this, especially since everything is clear as mud throughout the cable industry. It gave me food for thought and I'll be trying to look at the best options for me.

@virdinbarzey3805 Год назад

Thanks. Much needed Caleb. More of these please. Reviews are cool but we have ton of options. Explaining tech we need, not so much

@russ4AGE Год назад

👍🏾 for that thumbnail! Thanks for updating me on cables. My brother inlaw just gifted me an 8k cable for our incoming sony x85k, which I haven’t seen a review from you. Thanks again

@urbancorso3905 2 месяца назад

I found this channel looking for a specific Denon review. I found that your knowledge and completely usable and understandable material is refreshing. One comment is I have a bit of hearing loss, your voice is not only pleasant, but it's extremely easy to hear and follow. That's more important than I can say. Please keep up the good videos.😎

@gmemo4449 Год назад

This video helped a lot. I purchased a cheap 5 pack of hdmi cables 7 years ago for my old 1080p tv and old blue -ray player. But I have been having some problems with cables starting 3 years ago and I'm like what heck is going on. I've now upgraded to a 4K tv last year, a newer blue-ray player, a PS4 and a new a/v receiver. A few cables I had to toss which was annoying part but someone told a cable is a cable is a cable, they are all the same and buy the cheapest. So now I know, thank you!

@davidbenning10 Год назад

Yeah, I learned this the hard way, too. My old HDMI cable works well for 1080p content, but for 4K HDR the video would stutter. I learned that for 4K HDR the cable must be a certified high speed HDMI cable of around 18gbps or more. Live and learn!

@anandc1194 Год назад

I like seeing all your videos, infact I have been seeing most of your videos over the years but did not comment, but today is the day that I should take the first step to say thank you for all that you posted over the years, this video was something which mostly people would not know much about HDMI cables or even have the knowledge that what it does, and does not. Yes it was very informative and as technology keeps changing every moment one should also know that buying a TV is not just important but also what you connect also plays an important role which many of us would not know. Thank you once again. You make things simple to understand

@johnvalencia3191 Год назад

Thanks for the explanation on this type of cable I understand it a bit more than before this video. Yes, your technical videos like this are much appreciated and needed by some of your viewers like myself. If you can would you do a video on the components hooked up to your TV at home and in the office?

@photobriangray Год назад

Bought an Apple TV 4K and experienced audio drops, glitches, pink screens, etc. I realized I was running the same HDMI cables from my first 1080p capable TV. I have a Samsung with the connect box, so the stack is tidy. Found short Audioquest cables perfect for my purpose, 4K 4:2:2 with LPCM has been flawless.

@rythmjunky5292 Год назад

Wow,fantastic video.Wish more went into this much depth.Very helpful.

@grimzadi2480 Год назад

Linus Tech Tips did a great review on HDMI cables. Linus bought a $10K cable tester and a whole bunch of common HDMI cables and the results were pretty thorough. Basically, most of the cables touting 2.1 standards failed miserably. Including Monoprice. Infinite Cables consistently performed as advertised and are not expensive. The only exception is their fiber optic long HDMIs. They are expensive, but not as much as the uber-expensive cables for money-spending enthusiasts.

@walterwhite1 8 месяцев назад

Monster cables are king 🤴🏼

@grimzadi2480 8 месяцев назад

@@walterwhite1 King of the ridiculously overpriced

@ar-videos 7 месяцев назад

Link? I had a 5m inwall run of a 2.1 48gbps monoprice that did not work. Returned for a cable matters optical (and cable matters copper, ran both as backup) that both worked great. So i hear you on the monoprice house brand junk, surprised so many ppl push that outfit as reputable.

@SpruceMoose-iv8un 6 месяцев назад

@@grimzadi2480 Their expensive but their reliable, if imma spend 2K on a T.V i will spend the extra $100 for a proper cable, what cables do you suggest?

@ObakuZenCenter 5 месяцев назад

Linus and LTT's tests and reviews have been revealed to be sometimes fraudulent. Don't trust them.

@SuperMikeKaos Год назад

Good stuff, having just went through my home gaming setup I had to learn a lot to make it all play nice, this is a good intro video to understand the basics on why stuff don’t work definitely a more advanced primer is required if your setup goes beyond the very basic, and he does state that however it’s something to be doubly aware of… I almost lost my mind setting mine up but it is so good now :)

@sirgurky Год назад

Cool video, already shared with a few people at work to expaln this as we get asked it a lot! Some more back to basic series for 2022 would be nice (Refresh rate, sound options (Dobly,DTS:X and OTS)

@exploringwithdanielrivas2802 Год назад

Ever since I found your channel I watch every video and even more when I’m doing my research specially on tvs.

@rockyv180 Год назад

Glad I found your channel. On Black Friday purchasing a Samsung S95B.

@jaynine454 5 месяцев назад

I just have to say that the Cable Guy thumbnail is absolutely everything!

@paulr8771 4 месяца назад

Your videos are always so helpful! Thank you!

@pigg20021 Год назад

This is awesome. I just purchased a LG OLED C2 and it's epic. It told me to upgrade my HDMI cable through my invidiashield and I didn't know what to buy? This really helps ...thanks !

@danbeer4452 Год назад

The perfect video I didn't know I needed. In the market for a new TV and I'm going big. Looking to do that clean cable management behind the wall. Glad to know that I'm going to need specific cables for that, don't wanna burn my house down. Thanks

@dougtravins9624 7 месяцев назад

I find the 'tech talk' very informative. We need more of that!

@BigKennyGaming Год назад

The thumbnail brought me in and I’m glad I did. That you for all the info. Just subscribed. ❤️💯

@marconihimself Год назад

I know how to choose my cables, just saw the need to congratulate you on the cableguy thumbnail, you deserve a raise.

@Autonimaatio Год назад

This kind of content is vital, thank you.

@sharkgomp385 Год назад

Thanks to you I appreciate your advice I just got an HDMI 2.1 gaming water I also make RU-vid content and image which trimmer and I have both next-gen consoles you were very helpful I did plenty of shopping more looking for HMI 2.1 cables and found a good HMA 2.1 switcher so I didn't have to run everything through two different ports on my monitor thank you for the help my friend keep the good work up

@phila1946 Месяц назад

Thank you, yes I like the deeper content regarding the equipment we may be using.

@phillipsalgado8984 Год назад

Thanks Caleb you give good insight on all things tech

@mikeo5282 Год назад

Loved getting into the weeds with you on this topic! No too granular, just about right 🙏🏼💯

@jamiedewberry6702 Год назад

So the question I would have, is how do I tell if the cable I am using is actually doing the job at the rated performance. Just because a cable works does not mean that the two devices have not negotiated to a lower bandwidth or speed to make a stable connection. In other words its more than just if I have picture and sound its perfect because a cheep cable can make picture and sound work just not at the rates needed for say a Xbox Series X. So for a couple TVs how do you display the status of the connection to verify that I am getting full 48 Gbits/sec?

@propps2003 2 месяца назад

Thank you Caleb. I appreciate you and your advise and perspective.

@jerrycurls88 Год назад

Liked just for the thumbnail! very informative as usual.

@GriffinCorpOne Год назад

OMG this thumbnail made my day, Great job Caleb!

@bdanka50 Год назад

Yep I've been running into problems with handshakes between my TV, soundbar, ps5 and an hdmi switch box for the last week or two. Such a pain. The problem is that who knows if it's the cables or the devices??! Or, simplest SETTINGS in the devices. They have really over-complicated things.

@garylester55 Год назад

I have a 15 meter Active Optic Fibre going from my 4K player to my 4K projector. I also bought 2 optic fibre 2 meter length cables on Amazon; it gives you a perfect clean picture, no specks, they were about $30 each on Amazon.I’m changing all my HDMI cable’s over to optic fibre. Cheers

@deerfeeder2076 Год назад

I love this kind of content. Your channel is a must watch for me. Thanks for the knowledge.

@ryanw8664 Год назад

Love this deep dive! More please!

@Digmen1 Год назад

Hi Caleb I'm new to all of this Before I just bought the HDMI cable by the length I wanted. Now I have an LG Smart tv 4K 2022 and a low end sound bar 3.1 I need to know a lot more. Like otherss have said its a jungle out there. Some computer stores have so many HDMI cables in store and the prices range from $3 to $150 and they have spec like ethernet or 4K or 8K on them. Most of the staff have never heard of HDMI ARC or E

@fernandorojas3780 Год назад

thumbnail brought me, content kept me, well done!

@tayne1807 Год назад

Woooooow potentially the best thumbnail I’ve seen! Give whoever did that a raise!

@lweston71 Год назад

Very informative. I enjoyed it. 💯

@stephendevore3902 Год назад

Thanks. I new the basics. But need to upgrade .I have a basic setup. I have been sidetracked by major health issues. GOOD VIDEO 🙂😎

@paulstubbs7678 Год назад

I kind of think HDMI has come to its end. If you have to totally re-spec everything, and the old cables won't work anymore, then maybe a totally new interconnect is called for.

@davidj7516 Год назад

All your content is great. Thank you very much.

@Thorz74 Год назад

Thanks for the great and to-the-point video. So does this mean that Amazon basic HDMI cables haven't been updated to meet the new standards? I used to order these cables for my needs before

@Tungchano 5 месяцев назад

Hi Caleb, thanks for a great video! In South Africa we have an issue with long cable runs, old and newer equipment mixed in one installation. I found that converting baluns to Cat6 for longer runs work well, the trick comes in on the cost of the baluns, I found that the same applies as to the HDMI cable, the cheaper ones are crap, the high end ones sounds like snake oil so the best would be floating in the middle.

@Matthew-Coburn-Da-Dude Год назад

The ARC still keeps coming off where the tv speakers are on instead of my soundbar. Thought I fixed it. The other cables next to the ARC kept kicking it off. Then over a day without the other cables in the ARC kicks off again. Even got the supposed "8K" cable does it. Must be either the soundbar or the U7G giving the problem as I had no problems with my old Vizio tv.

@natalieparker6529 Год назад

Hi Caleb - Thank you for your informative channel! It's very helpful! So I have an older Onkyo Receiver which does not have and HDMI ARC or eARC. My tv which is a few years older as well does have HDMI ARC. How do I successfully get the surround sound system to work? Thank you!

@nyjeterss Год назад

Just use an optical cable as long as it’s no more than a 5.1 system

@stevesantjer3077 Год назад

I like Blue Jeans Cables. They have a cable for any application up to HDMI 2.0. They won’t honestly certify any cable as HDMI 2.1, because the testing spec STILL isn’t well defined (the “mess” mentioned in this video). They address whether their “FE” spec cable will ultimately meet a 2.1 spec, and don’t lie about the answer. Also, they identify where each of their cable families are made. A very trustworthy source.

@zarkman44 8 месяцев назад

thank you so much for your advice, I wasn't aware of that which is really important for my set up and I appreciate your insight very much..!! 😀👍

@jrsands Год назад

Love the deeper content.

@nikolamumalo2006 Год назад

Great video! What about HDMI 2.1 swicher/splitter? That would be cool video

@BillAndersonNS Год назад

@8:40you say "You'll be safest if you don't buy a cable under 1 metre or 6 feet" 1 metre is not 6 feet = it's 3 feet Did you mean 1 metre / 3 feet or did you mean 2 metres / 6 feet ??

@tommyloreto6458 Год назад

Great videos my friend. One question: I notice in a lot of your videos, you have a couple of white speakers I assume for your soundbar. Can you share with me what soundbar you have? Thanks, Tommy

@Rivs5117 Год назад

I’ve been using the Belkin HDMI 2.1 cables and they’ve been great.

@robardian3697 Год назад

I'm here for the thumbnail. The Cable Guy is one of my favorites 😆

@fezzle81 Год назад

Thanks for the content! Curious why you didn't mention HDMI over Ethernet and BALUN connections. I have running to my projector and it can support up to 4K 60hz with Dolby Vision and HDR up to 164 ft. It would be great to hear your perspective on it compared to the other options you went over.

@Caleb_Denison Год назад

Absolutely! That sort of setup is usually the purview of installers and integrators rather than the average consumer, but it is also a great option!

@dkoneify Год назад

Hello. I am considering on using the hdmi over Ethernet connection for a longer run around 25 to 30 ft. The devices that will be connected are the following: The PS5 and Xbox series x.

@bermudalife Год назад

@@dkoneify speaking from experience I would go with an hdmi fiber optic cable instead . I ran an hdmi with Ethernet to my projector over 25’ and it kept losing signal when I played my ps5. The hdmi fiber optic cable worked flawlessly over long runs .

@johnburgess2084 3 месяца назад

Great information -- thanks.

@JamesOKeefe-US Год назад

First problem I had with my LG C2. This is wildly helpful and Caleb, you crack me up. Love this channel.

@wooshangjr Год назад

Can you elaborate? I have a C2 and I’m using the hdmi cable that came with my ps5

@Slip_The_Jab Год назад

@@wooshangjr how’s your setup running so far and are you happy with it. I’m in the market for a new tv and ps5 and the C2 gallery edition is on my radar. Thanks

@obidean3964 Год назад

I immediately click and come straight to comment here after I saw that thumbnail. What the heck haha. Very creative. Love the movie too 😆

@slewisgreen Год назад

Perfect video, educational and entertaining...that's' why we subscribe.

@RJM316 Год назад

Thank you, great video as always.

@charlieking9214 6 месяцев назад

Thank you for posting this video. It was very helpful. I do have a unrelated question. Do you by chance have other youtube entertainment channels? As your voice sound very familiar. Thank you

@jasonmyjak5117 Год назад

Great video! Question is there a difference between braided hdmi vs plastic hdmi cables??

@shadowarez1337 Год назад

Would think flexibility as braided are usually more stuff rigid plastic can likely bend a bit more but this is going off cableod cables paracord vs unsleeved.

@jorbedo Год назад

Excellent video, thanks!

@ps4games164 Год назад

Caleb. Can you enlighten us about Displayport 2.1 cables. Are they any good as alternative to HDMI.

@mikeschwing6483 Год назад

Hey man just want to say thanks I never really considered HDMI cable affecting performance but recently I have severely upgraded my equipment and this was great information much appreciated. I do still have a question though I'm running high-speed HDMI 2. Whatever cables from my Samsung earc to my Samsung q990b soundbar. Don't have any video needs and I can't imagine even lossless video Dolby Atmos whatever can be affected even by the cheapest HDMI cable but you've got me curious. I've never seen anyone talking about HDMI and audio so what do you think any thoughts? Thanks again big learning tonight.

@Cookie115. Год назад

Well let me explain it like this HDMI 2.1 is such an upgrade that for the PS5 and Series X using a 2.0 cable limits you to 60 Frames Per Second and less advanced lighting while the 2.1 cable boosts it up to 120 Frames Per Second and better lighting effects so you can probably see.

@davyhoogy Год назад

@@Cookie115. he was asking about audio. Not fps

@Un4Given71 Год назад

@@Cookie115. , about how many fps do you think Mike's soundbar is good for?

@dontsurroundurselfwithurself Год назад

This was very helpful. What do I think about this content? Well, I wish I didn't have to know it, but if I (or anyone else) wanst to get the most out of the investment in a/v hardware, it's required viewing. Thank you for putting it out in an easily-digestable format. 10/10

@kevinmccrea1335 Год назад

I have an original 6ft Belkin ultra HDMI cable. It states its 48 Gb. Is this a true 48 GB cable? I play most of my games on PC through my television but how do I know it's getting that speed? Is there some type of software to check?

@edkun18 Год назад

Caleb, you are the cable guy! 😂

@tom6363 Год назад

If I have HDMI 2.1 cable from my ATV4K to AVR that only has 2.0 HDMI and then out to TV with 2.1 cable via eARC (2.1) am I losing the benefit of 48gbs because the AVR is not 2.1 capable?

@hjahnke11 Год назад

1 meter is 3 ft. A 6 ft cable is 2 meters. There were a couple of instances where you misspoke these measurements. 8:30 mark being one of them.

@shelms488 Год назад

Close, 1 meter = 3.28084 feet or 3’-3.37” & 2 meters is 6.56168 feet or 6’-6.74”. But completely agree that he misspoke on the lengths a few times & came to the comments to see if anyone else caught it.

@joedenny8853 Год назад

Yeah, he said if you are more than 2 meters or 10' get an aoc cable, but which is it? Thats why I was watching the video since 9 feet is in between and what I want

@vu3088 Год назад

I’m also wondering which it is. His comment above does not clarify, he just reassures us that Americans use Feet😂😂😂

@CowEatingAnt Год назад

Advice please! My face will be about 9 feet away from the TV. My TV use will be evenly split between gaming on the Switch (SDR), streaming movies/Netflix, and streaming RU-vid. Total TV time will average 10 hours per week or less. Unfortunately, the perfect TV you posted a month ago slipped by before I could get it on Prime day (the 77" A80J for only $2000 which is my budget). The three TV's I'm primarily considering are A) $1500 Hisense - 75" Class U8H Series Quantum ULED 4K UHD Smart Google TV B) $1900 Samsung - 65” Class S95B OLED 4K Smart Tizen TV C) $1500 Sony - 75" Class BRAVIA XR X90K 4K HDR Full Array LED Google TV Biggest concern going non-Sony is whether the upscaling for the Switch will be too lackluster. So S95B looks ideal, except that it's only 65".

@sidewalkere Год назад

Since every HDMI is 2.1 "compliant" now, regardless of what feature set they actually support, there's bound to be a lot of "2.1" certified cables on the market that will most certainly crap the bed with anything that requires higher bandwith.

@sneakingelephant Год назад

I already knew about everything in this video from reading on it a few months ago but I literally decided to click and watch the whole thing because of that MASTERFUL thumbnail

@wallygater Год назад

We need a video that explains all the stuff about this new LEDs versus OLED versus I forget the other LEDs, so can you have a video like that much thanks

@jamescampbell3110 3 месяца назад

Thanks for the video, actually learned alot from your information. I have a question, I looked at some of the HDMI AOC cables on Amazon and noted all the good reviews of connected from source to monitors. Know one mentioned connected from source to receiver to monitor. I see where it shows cables are unidirectional. I couldn't find anything info on connecting to receiver. Can this be achieved or am I missing something ? Thanks in advance.

@hellterskeltor Год назад

SVS HDMI cables are working to perfection, cables should not have to break the bank sound and picture are perfect and are fully in compliance everyone should have a look see..

@jameschambers2053 6 месяцев назад

Question: To carry today’s audio formats do you need a hi- speed HDMI cable say 18Gigs or greater or does that matter for Audio? Specifically in a HDMI 2 audio out configuration, I have a long run situation

@trivtrivett2223 Год назад

Any advice for if we want to use a hdmi splitter?

@jameshirshfeld2070 Год назад

I am building a high end gaming pc. I am planning on using my lg c1 OLED tv as my monitor. Would you recommend that I get monitor as well. If so do you have any recommendations of monitor that is under 300 dollars. That is 2k resolution. It doesn’t need to have speakers.

@johnmossjr1898 11 месяцев назад

Question? I have a Hisense U8H and the eARC/ARC Port is HDMI 2.1 but I own a JBL 5.0 Soundbeam which came with a HDMI 2.0 cable. My question is should I be using HDMI 2.1 instead of the cable the soundbar came with?

@WhiskyNerd Год назад

Infinite Cables are the only cables to buy in my opinion. I have tried to buy cables by all given advice and quality was never as advertised and I had too do too many returns for weak signal handling.

@jonathandiaz6 Год назад

That thumbnail is probably in my top 5 lol too good 😅

@velasco538 Год назад

Just got my new Sony XR-77A80k and can’t get my Yamaha sound bar to work. Already tried different HDMI cables and nothing. But when I use Apple 4K it works fine , pretty annoying having to use three different remotes since neither the Sony or Apple Remote control the volume on the sound bar.

@umbro1893 Год назад

Excellent pic The Cable Guy 👏👍

@yossarian3 Год назад

Looking into upgrading and this was great content for me. Thanks.

@sergioaraujo4519 Год назад

What hdmi cable do you suggest? Can u share the link? Best quality/price relation

@Arsenal64 Год назад

How to avoid Playstation 5 flickering issue? Which HDMI cable do I need? Also I have Apple TV the screen flickers to black and then turns back on, this happens every few seconds. I'm definitely outdated on my HDMI cables. I need to get new cables for my T.V. To resolve my issues. I have a Samsung QLED Q80A TV.

@efuass Год назад

Curious if the future will be USB C cables for everything including replacing HDMI? Also, I think they should start color coding HDMI ports and cables like they do with USB versions. Make it much easier to identify with the standard user.

@Harrythehun Год назад

Usb-C is the same mess nowadays. Fricking shame

@AeleksDesigns Год назад

Pro Tip for advanced Users regarding stresstesting HDMI Cables: (because Resolution, FPS/Hz and even HDR are only one half of the video signal) If you own a PC or Laptop with a modern GPU/Graphicscard, connect it to your TV via HDMI and set Resolution and FPS/hz to what you want to test (like 4K 60hz/FPS) ... then go into the GPU Settings (Nvidia Control Panel, AMD Radeon Software ect.) and look for the Setting that lets you choose the Pixelformat (like RGB... & YCbCR...). Based on the TV/Screen you have (it needs to support the higher end formats), there should be a couple of settings to choose from ... the most demanding Format (regarding Cables) is "RGB 4:4:4 Full Range" at 8, 10 or even 12 Bit. If your TV/Screen supports this, activate it and see if it you have a stable connection for about an hour. I've had plenty of self proclaimed high end cables which seemingly supported these types of outputs, but a lot of them had the tendency to randomly loose the signal (short interruptions aka black screens) after some time of usage. PS.: Sometimes TVs/Screens don't correctly report their supported signal formats to the graphics card and let you choose formats they themselfes do not support. AMD has a Setting called "HDMI Link Assurance" to prevent this from happending. Nvidia should revert to previous Settings (if you receive a black screen after applying) after about 15 Seconds, if i remember correctly ... don't quote me on that^^ And Intel ... *sigh* ... just don't try this stuff with Intel GPUs, trust me. Kind Regards

@jeffkardosjr.3825 Год назад

Yeah. I tried all 3 chroma fornats on a Google Chromecast with a plasma, and they surprisingly worked.

@Fishster Год назад

Don’t forget audio, it can be surprisingly hungry too. E.g. Dolby True HD can take up to 18mbs apparently.

@samarycastro Год назад

I have a Vizio sound bar and it’s connected to my tv and there’s always a delay when I’m starting a video in any app. I used the cable that came with the sound bar. Should I get a new one?

@yervandpapazyan4473 Год назад

It was very confusing. What about HDMI cable which comes with your new TV or Soundbar ? They are HDMI 2.1 or not? We can use them or we have to throw away and buy very specific one ? I do not undertsand 🤨

@LukaBorg1006 Год назад

What about hdmi cables from Samsung TV with earc to soundbars?

@philmendelson8484 Год назад

Do you think changing my HDMI cable would help voice sync? I start off with the sync working then slowly it goes off.

@yogaza2 Год назад

I have the same question.

@diamanteloco Год назад

I have an LG C1, most "advanced" things I have hooked up atm are an Apple TV and a Switch (plus a MiSTer) and I have 6 ft Monster HDMI cables on all of them (good price at Ollies), but eventually, I'll probably get a 4k streaming capable box. Realistically, what cable is needed (if you're staying in that 2-3 meter length and non in-wall)?

@andreamitchell4758 Год назад

me too , just got a C1 coming from 1080p panasonic plasma not looking forward to replacing my main cable, because is involves a trip into my old dusty attic and lots of fiberglass , my old cable is probably not going to be good , but as for a 4k streaming box I would just stick it to the back of the TV and rely on ARC if you are using an AVR, this is what I intend on doing for now, I might just plug in my 4k chromecast with google TV and my 4k fire stick until I get a new AVR and a new cable as I don't yet have any next gen systems , highest one I have is a PS4. I also just bought a rock pi 5 and I am wondering if there is a way to connect that to the back of the TV and get 4k streaming , mouse and keyboard from my gaming PC into the C1, hopefully wirelessly or I could run an ethernet cable or maybe get an ethernet to coax adapter as I already have coax