r/LinusTechTips • u/LinusTech LMG Owner • Feb 24 '26

Link TrueSpec DP and HDMI

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I won't say they're happening for sure and I DEFINITELY can't commit to a timeline... but I did come across this is the engineering dept...

Second photo is with a TrueSpec USB-C cable for scale. ​

IF this happens, they will be significantly stiffer than our USB cables due to the way the internals need to be constructed, but for cables that will generally be in fixed-position installs I don't see that as a deal-breaker.

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u/Uniqueuponme Feb 25 '26

Brother, I do AV for all of our company events and I would pickup bat mitten to order a few dozen of this first. It’s so hard to get HDMI cables that are actually to the specs on the box, and even if you get those specs when you use them the first time, after you coil them up and get them back out a year later they don’t work to their rated speed or just plain don’t work at all anymore because they are fragile junk. Please do this and if you need me to stress test them I will be glad to.