The 6.5ft HDMI 2.1b cable is designed specifically for the Google TV Streamer. Google calls it the Ultra High-Speed HDMI Cable and sells it for $19.99 on its website.

For example, an older 1080p60Hz TV receiving information from an HDMI 2.1 cable will still display images at 1080p60Hz, and a 4K60Hz TV will display 4K60Hz. The opposite is not true, however.

Nintendo says your old Switch HDMI cable isn't compatible with Switch 2, but since that's not strictly true, I'm here to clear things up about TV connectivity.

The discount code takes the cost of the cable down to $9.99 and expires on November 30. Of course, the Google TV Streamer readily supports any full-size HDMI cable that you might already own.

All told, the selling point of both the Ultra96 cable and HDMI 2.2 specification are the increased bandwidth, which doubles the HDMI 2.1 bandwidth from 48Gbps to a staggering 96Gbps.

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