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I don't use HDMI, and I never will
I still use HDMI for my TV, because DisplayPort is conspicuously absent in the A/V space. However, that's because I use the ...
Congratulations! You just bought a new 4K or 8K TV! You might be wondering if you need to buy a new HDMI cable to go with it. If you already have an HDMI cable, the quick answer is: Probably not.
Not long ago, good advice for selecting an HDMI cable was pretty simple: get an HDMI cable. Nowadays? Not so much. Whether you’re just about to set up a next-generation game console or building ...
If you're of a certain age, you too will remember that the gold standard for connecting your gaming monitor was a DVI-D cable if you were lucky, or a VGA cable if you were not. (The former ...
Most HDMI cables will technically work with just about any HDMI port, but an older cable may serve as a choke point that restricts the amount of data flowing to and from your devices to your ...
Once you have an adapter, here's what to do: Connect the adapter to an HDMI (or VGA) cable. Connect the cable to an input on your television or monitor. Plug the adapter into the iPhone's ...
DP cables were designed to replace the older DVI, LVDS, and VGA cables that dominated ... versatile than DP cables. The HDMI creators intended for the cable to function as a universal tool ...
A sub-par HDMI cable can needlessly hold your media devices back. You may have seen “HDMI 2.1” and tensed up at the prospect of yet another changing technical standard with which to keep up.
You can check out what a VGA cable looks like and buy one here. VGA isn’t as good as HDMI because of its lower-resolution video quality. It also only deals with the video signal, so you’ll ...
Right now you might be wondering why you even need the best HDMI cable for PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC. It's easy to assume that every HDMI cable is created equal, but that's actually far from the ...
Technology often has a way of coming full circle—just ask my burgeoning LP collection or the entire VR gaming industry. Things that once were, often will be again (picture that Tim and Eric ...