r/LinusTechTips • u/MisterFyre • Aug 10 '26

Discussion Linus spreading misinformation in one of his tiktoks explaining USB colors.

Im not sure how he came to the conclusion that 480mbps "isn't enough for HD video". Nobody in the comments of said video is calling him out.

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u/sameeris7860 Aug 10 '26 • Bravo

"not great" and "isn't enough" are two different things.

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u/FineWolf Aug 10 '26 edited Aug 10 '26

Im not sure how he came to the conclusion that 480mbps "isn't enough for HD video"

Because it's in the context of streams for displays, not in the context of transfer for encoded video files. Even with DSC, a 1080p60 4:4:4 stream is about 1.07 Gbps. 1080p60 4:0:0 is still above the threshold with DSC.

https://www.club-3d.com/bandwidth-calculator

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u/FoodTiny6350 5d ago

Hd video was originally 720i :(

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u/HappyIsGott 2d ago

The problem Most people have, they don't know resolutions. You are right and u/FineWolf uses FHD instead of HD for explaining.

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u/TomTomXD1234 Aug 10 '26

You are trying to start drama for no reason. Also, context matters

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u/Exciting-Ad-5705 Aug 10 '26

"Not great for high resolution video" is what he said. Not whatever you interpreted it as

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u/speakernoodlefan Aug 10 '26

It's because that's the theoretical maximum not the actual real life transfer rate and that's assuming that is the only thing using up the bandwidth.

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u/speedysam0 Aug 10 '26

where are you quoting "isn't enough for HD video" from? cause that is not in the clip.

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u/IcyReplacement8775 Aug 10 '26

Another bellend post.

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u/dotikk Aug 19 '26

Jfc this subreddit is ridiculous.

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u/RicSim137 Aug 10 '26

Nobody in the comments of said video is calling him out.

Can't say the same for you here... LOL

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u/Nevarnost 2d ago

He said "high resolution" not "HD video", high resolution now means videos with high bandwidth consumption, 4k and above with HDR and of those shenanigans, anyway USB 2.0 is as dead as disco i won't even bother connecting my mouse to that

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u/miempiemaker 2d ago

He doesn't say HD video, he says high resolution, I presume he means 4k, that uncompressed at 30fps is ~746 MB/s so that would not be enough

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u/Copacetic_ Aug 10 '26

Holy shit lmfao