I Spent $1100 on DisplayPort Cables… for Science!

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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.

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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
Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKfxmFU3lWY
iTunes Download Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/supernova/id936805712
Artist Link: https://soundcloud.com/laszlomusic

Outro: Approaching Nirvana - Sugar High
Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngsGBSCDwcI
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Artist Link: http://www.youtube.com/approachingnirvana

Intro animation by MBarek Abdelwassaa https://www.instagram.com/mbarek_abdel/
Monitor And Keyboard by vadimmihalkevich / CC BY 4.0 https://geni.us/PgGWp
Mechanical RGB Keyboard by BigBrotherECE / CC BY 4.0 https://geni.us/mj6pHk4
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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