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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.


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MUSIC CREDIT
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Intro: Laszlo - Supernova
Video Link:    • [Electro] - Laszlo - Supernova [Monst...  
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Outro: Approaching Nirvana - Sugar High
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Intro animation by MBarek Abdelwassaa   / mbarek_abdel  
Monitor And Keyboard by vadimmihalkevich / CC BY 4.0 https://geni.us/PgGWp
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CHAPTERS
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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