I Spent $1100 on DisplayPort Cables… for Science!

We’re at it again with the Total Phase Cable Tester – this time with Displayport, but with even MORE cables and some results we didn’t see coming.

Results archive will be coming (see forum post) in the next few days

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MUSIC CREDIT
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Intro: Laszlo - Supernova

Outro: Approaching Nirvana - Sugar High

CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro
1:17 Why DisplayPort
2:31 What's left
3:08 Manufacturers and Testing
4:22 HDMI vs. DisplayPort
5:44 Takeaways
6:55 Interesting DisplayPort applications
7:25 Amazon's best sellers
7:57 Link Training
8:50 Bundled and General cables

[agenericaccount]

The bundled Samsung cable failing followed by a Samsung end-roll read was high comedy. Thank you.

[charles]

It's so necessary to do this with cables to see who is being honest and who's not. No one really wanted to do it, so it's good LTT has been able to turn this absolutely labor-intensive process into a highly requested series and entertaining videos.

[Rdebo_]

This is going to be my favorite series in LTT, next to scrapyard wars. Test all the cables!

[AntVenom]

You're doing gods work with this series, and I love it.

[Mogawty]

I find it pretty funny that 1 of the 2 cables that failed was bundled with a monitor from Samsung, the video sponsor.

[ElijsDima]

Want to find a LOT of failures? Test out the DP->HDMI and HDMI->DP converters. Those have absolutely been more fail than pass whenever trying to connect newer computers to older monitors, or elsewise. A *constant* cause of headaches at work.

[muneeb-khan]

The group in charge of display port standards and certification should be pretty proud of this. This kind of reliability across manufacturers is impressive.

[Neoxon]

I’m guessing USB-C cables are next in line for Total Phase-based scrutiny. Still, I’m really enjoying these cable-verification videos.

[FerralVideo]

Okay, that's two bonuses for Displayport.
1, their version numbers still mean something.
2, the cables are surprisingly reliable!

[zhenka]

6:52 "I'm not calling it that."

My hero. Thanks for continuously holding standardizing organizations to...standards, Linus!

[severeerror]

"Wow this Samsung cable failed our test!"

"This video was brought to you by Samsung"

[YHK_YT]

He really wasn’t kidding when he said he’ll start testing cables

[ConnorNolanTech]

Linus: "the included samsung cable failed."

Linus 10 seconds later: "today's video is brought to you by Samsung"

This is one of the big reasons I like LTT so much. Sponsor dollars don't dictate the info you share.

[WalcomS]

That explains why my Odyssey G9 keeps flickering off then on for me and it just happens that a bundled Samsung cable failed for you guys. I thought it was my 5700. I'll have to buy a new cable then! Thanks for this one!

[pkchutrainer]

This is probably my favorite ongoing series from LMG. This type of testing from somebody as huge as these is a HUGE boon for the tech enthusiast community. Can't wait for more testing from different stuff as it comes along.

[gamechamp]

Lessons I learned between this and the HDMI video:
-Display port is better than HDMI
-Never buy 25' display port
-Never buy Monoprice cables
-HDMI is good at 6', sketchy at 10'+
-Infinite Cables is top quality and bottom price
-Amazon Basics is fine enough quality at ok pricing.
-All the cables I own are garbage but at least I have ancient technology so are fine for the time being.

[agenericaccount]

Shout out to the graphics dept. the DP and HDMI explainer was great.

[plumokin]

As an electrical engineer, I love that this channel tells me everything and doesn't leave out information. I'm probably a minority who cares about the exact details, but I appreciate it

[whasian]

In a work environment where I'm dealing with thousands of each type, I find myself preferring HDMI because it either works or it doesn't. The DP cables renegotiating signal is a huge pain. For example, a monitor randomly going black for a few seconds then coming back up. Users will often deal with the issue for a while until it annoys them enough to contact the IT department. As opposed to an HDMI cable where their screen goes black and stays black and instead of contacting us, they'll grab a spare HDMI cable and try replacing it on their own.

[SirWade]

Yayy, thank you for making this one - and thanks for including my comment!! That was super cool :D