Why HDMI ISN'T Always The Answer

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  • @cesarrodriguez1399
    @cesarrodriguez1399 5 лет назад +6418

    You kind of forgot to explain why hdmi is not always the answer... You just explained all the different types of connectors...

    • @hackelle
      @hackelle 5 лет назад +231

      He mentioned VGA for older laptops, but that's all

    • @CharalamposKoundourakis
      @CharalamposKoundourakis 5 лет назад +443

      Waste of time really

    • @ToraTiger78
      @ToraTiger78 5 лет назад +173

      I don't think the idea was to tell what was "better", only that sometimes you can't use an HDMI because it isn't a viable option.

    • @cesarrodriguez1399
      @cesarrodriguez1399 5 лет назад +433

      @@ToraTiger78 well... Then maybe they should of picked another title for the video... I spent 7 minutes wondering ”why hdmi wasn't always the answer" but never got one.

    • @alvallac2171
      @alvallac2171 5 лет назад +77

      @@cesarrodriguez1399 My mom's computer has both HDMI and mini DisplayPort, but to get 1440p at 60Hz you have to use DisplayPort. With HDMI, it can only do that resolution at 30Hz. So there can sometimes be situations like that, where HDMI is an available connector but not the best connector. It just depends on your hardware.

  • @DJLsbVapes
    @DJLsbVapes 5 лет назад +1070

    You guys just totally forgot SCART!!!

    • @tobywenman4769
      @tobywenman4769 5 лет назад +60

      Scart was a European thing I'm pretty sure

    • @kingkirb647
      @kingkirb647 5 лет назад +11

      skert skert

    • @noamblumberg6003
      @noamblumberg6003 5 лет назад +44

      scart is a European standard, but there is also the similar JP-21 which is Japanese and very different.
      In both cases, I'm okay with them ignoring it because they are Canadian

    • @Heksu99
      @Heksu99 5 лет назад +46

      @@noamblumberg6003 What, are you saying that only Europeans had to suffer SCART, that horrible cable that couldn't stay in position at all?

    • @noamblumberg6003
      @noamblumberg6003 5 лет назад +16

      @@Heksu99 please don't misrepresent what I said. I said SCART is a European standard. Not that others didn't have it. However I do stand by the fact that it isnt/wasn't as common in other areas.

  • @jacob-bell
    @jacob-bell 5 лет назад +1029

    Everyones talking about SCART, and I'm over here like:
    What about DVI?

    • @Oystein87
      @Oystein87 5 лет назад +48

      DVI is just basicly a HDMI with another plug so not much to talk about.

    • @needforspeedgaming7148
      @needforspeedgaming7148 5 лет назад +52

      @@Oystein87 without the audio, ofc

    • @humanbass
      @humanbass 5 лет назад +41

      Dvi is audioless hdmi.

    • @yanuehara8017
      @yanuehara8017 5 лет назад +18

      What about display port?

    • @zangvlogz6146
      @zangvlogz6146 5 лет назад +1

      Arial CCAA ..

  • @olican101
    @olican101 5 лет назад +1741

    "HDMI isn't always the answer"
    /explains how HDMI is always the answer
    ...

    • @frimaneabdelhamid
      @frimaneabdelhamid 5 лет назад +4

      Old video game consoles..

    • @petelee2477
      @petelee2477 5 лет назад +17

      @@frimaneabdelhamid implying that people aren't just using an emulator while playing on a 4k monitor and a PS4 controller.
      Seriously I've played the original punch out(sadly I'll probably never beat mr. Sandman) and beaten Megaman 1-5(misleading title by the way and megabot would have been much more accurate and the naming convention would also work better on the enemies too) and I don't even know what an NES even looks like

    • @LUR1FAX
      @LUR1FAX 4 года назад +5

      Except for DisplayPort.

    • @gausts
      @gausts 4 года назад +4

      @@LUR1FAX DisplayPort makes no sense, if everything ran on HDMI DisplayPort wouldn't have a purpose.

    • @Mewtz
      @Mewtz 4 года назад +5

      @@gausts 144hz+ monitors can't run on hdmi
      They have a purpose u know

  • @NovaStorm93
    @NovaStorm93 5 лет назад +290

    “Why hdmi isn’t the answer”
    “Literally tells you how good hdmi is”

    • @cadetsparklez3300
      @cadetsparklez3300 2 года назад +5

      it has terrible audio quality and displayport has always been better per generation

    • @CoasterMan13Official
      @CoasterMan13Official 2 года назад +1

      @@cadetsparklez3300 maybe your TV is garbage.

  • @Tomago9387
    @Tomago9387 5 лет назад +330

    Why TechQuickie isn’t always the answer

    • @entitledOne
      @entitledOne 5 лет назад +15

      Because it often doesn't give an answer at all.

    • @Killcaptain123
      @Killcaptain123 4 года назад +4

      Sicarius they focus too much on the “quickie” side of things and completely skip on the actual answer portion.

    • @stephensnell5707
      @stephensnell5707 2 года назад

      @@entitledOne Techquickie ALWAYS GIVES THE ANSWER

    • @stephensnell5707
      @stephensnell5707 3 месяца назад

      ​@@entitledOneyou prune,Techquickie Videos are always spot on

  • @lukerb52
    @lukerb52 5 лет назад +551

    The most clickbait Techquickie I've ever clicked on.

    • @lessglare
      @lessglare 5 лет назад +10

      Yeah, this video is the turning point of clickbaiting, dunno why.

    • @BlueEyedVibeChecker
      @BlueEyedVibeChecker 5 лет назад +3

      tech quickie bait clickie episode 1

    • @xs6819
      @xs6819 4 года назад

      Yeah I think he left out one

    • @Killcaptain123
      @Killcaptain123 4 года назад +1

      sueishnao wouldn’t really consider this video good. It literally explains why you hdmi is the way to go other than older tech that you can also get around by using emulators.

    • @Killcaptain123
      @Killcaptain123 4 года назад

      sueishnao no, the title explains claims this video is meant to explain why HDMI is not always the answer. It says nothing about explaining to less capable people about other cable ports.

  • @GabrielToribioMonsta
    @GabrielToribioMonsta 5 лет назад +562

    You forgot that big DVI-D cable!

    • @thomaswaffles7907
      @thomaswaffles7907 5 лет назад +54

      DVI-I, DVI-A and dual link

    • @GabrielToribioMonsta
      @GabrielToribioMonsta 5 лет назад +5

      How long did DVI last before HDMI took over for it; a few months? 😂

    • @JohnSmith-xq1pz
      @JohnSmith-xq1pz 5 лет назад +2

      Indeed

    • @bioazard50
      @bioazard50 5 лет назад +32

      @@GabrielToribioMonsta My Benq 144Hz monitor can only output 144Hz via DVI (60Hz via HDMI) so it had some use before high bandwidth HDMI.

    • @snintendog
      @snintendog 5 лет назад +26

      DVI exist many years andwas only superseded by HDMI after HDMI gained traction with its DRM capabilities being launched.

  • @Boneau2007
    @Boneau2007 5 лет назад +438

    This Video did not answer it's own question 👎

    • @Silmerano
      @Silmerano 4 года назад +3

      @Evil GOD Joe It's= It is, Its=possessive form of the word it.

  • @yusuke9483
    @yusuke9483 5 лет назад +419

    “Headphone jack can be found on older smartphones”
    Galaxy s10:
    Am i a joke to you?

    • @Infinity9_
      @Infinity9_ 5 лет назад +22

      Nearly every other phone ever: Fuck off non headphone users

    • @soniablanche5672
      @soniablanche5672 4 года назад +34

      older iphones*, good phones (android) still use them lmao

    • @theambergryphon4266
      @theambergryphon4266 4 года назад +4

      And note 9

    • @resevil2396
      @resevil2396 4 года назад +41

      The removal of the headphone jack has to be the worst example of a downgrade becoming a standard and consumers just eating it up. Even just for in car use I hate Bluetooth. It takes too long to connect, and Ive sometimes experienced some annoying interface. An aux cable just works Immediately.
      I really hope all audio doesn't eventually ditch everything but Bluetooth. Soundbars under $100-150 don't sound that great. I got an old rca stereo off Facebook for a measly $25 and it sounds way better than most affordable Soundbars. Especially since the sub $100 units don't usually come with a sub.

    • @theambergryphon4266
      @theambergryphon4266 4 года назад +9

      @@resevil2396 I know right, and some of these assholes try to justify it. Every company got rid of it at this point.

  • @rrxbt
    @rrxbt 5 лет назад +366

    So...... why HDMI isn't always the answer ????

    • @okaro6595
      @okaro6595 5 лет назад +51

      Because if some asks you what the clock is, you sound funny if you say "HDMI".

    • @MineSpeak44
      @MineSpeak44 5 лет назад +20

      I was expecting more comparison to display port and thunderbolt

    • @ToraTiger78
      @ToraTiger78 5 лет назад +22

      Because an NES, or PS1, or record player probably doesn't have HDMI?
      This was basically education for folks who are too young to know that there's more than HDMI out there for "older" devices. ;)

    • @cmb9173
      @cmb9173 5 лет назад +5

      because analog cables like VGA which lose quality due too long calbes work until the image gets completely unrecognizable.
      digital media has consistent quality, but after a certain point it gives up entirely, that's important when you need to connect stuff from far away places (beamers for example, depending on the room you're in it could be 15 or so meters) and don't want to buy expensice cables as well as signal repeaters.

    • @gamerdweebentertainment1616
      @gamerdweebentertainment1616 5 лет назад +3

      @@MineSpeak44 Yes, bvecause Linus always complains, why you no have Thunderbolt and I'm still wondering why is that important?

  • @TheDeeplyCynical
    @TheDeeplyCynical 5 лет назад +959

    No love for SCART? :(

    • @Ivanus59
      @Ivanus59 5 лет назад +108

      Lol, I was about to ask that. :P
      Maybe it's cause SCART is an European standard (and they're Americans)? It's other name is EuroSCART. :p I hated working with those lol. One of those 21 pins falls out of place and no more sound. :s

    • @menuly
      @menuly 5 лет назад +53

      Scart is not common in North America

    • @Jacon95
      @Jacon95 5 лет назад +86

      5:51 I see SCART connector

    • @mtbrain1
      @mtbrain1 5 лет назад +15

      @@Ivanus59 *Canadians

    • @Isgolo
      @Isgolo 5 лет назад +33

      @@mtbrain1 canada is in North America... Just not in the united states :P

  • @BenjiJames
    @BenjiJames 5 лет назад +424

    "For the sake of completeness"
    ...doesn't mention 'scart' ports :P

    • @Akyomi777
      @Akyomi777 5 лет назад

      lmao yes

    • @drumguy1384
      @drumguy1384 5 лет назад +9

      SCART is a European thing, we have never had them in North America, also are they still on digital TVs in Europe? I'm asking because I don't know.

    • @drumguy1384
      @drumguy1384 5 лет назад +8

      instead of European, I should probably say a PAL thing. I'm not aware of SCART ever being used with NTSC.

    • @drumguy1384
      @drumguy1384 5 лет назад +1

      @vDosc UV7 Sure, SCART was a thing with PAL, but I'm still not sure PAL is used that much anymore since the advent of digital TV. Do you have a TV with a SCART jack on the back? Do you use it?

    • @girlsdrinkfeck
      @girlsdrinkfeck 5 лет назад +4

      @@drumguy1384 UKs sold in UK still have SCART and RF ports and VGA even top of the line LG TVs

  • @krazycharlie
    @krazycharlie 5 лет назад +9

    Techquickie: "Let's talk about connections..."
    RF Connector: "Am I a joke to you?"
    Techquickie: "Yes, you are!"

  • @trogdor6489
    @trogdor6489 5 лет назад +19

    "incase you want to play Ocarina of Time on N64"
    *Shows video of Super Mario World on SNES*

  • @Ammonium-ow6pd
    @Ammonium-ow6pd 5 лет назад +413

    Ahh, so THATS why Souljas console has those ports...

    • @RingoYote
      @RingoYote 5 лет назад +36

      you mean the re-branded generic chinese pop station? lol

    • @backupplan6058
      @backupplan6058 5 лет назад +22

      Renner 03 pretty sure the 4k stood for the cache size because it certainly doesn’t stand for resolution.

    • @gunma747j
      @gunma747j 5 лет назад

      Nah dats a rebranded rs 97

    • @mrfucktard1243
      @mrfucktard1243 5 лет назад +3

      @@backupplan6058 No it's a cause marketing term because what they're doing is illegal anyway so they'll try to get a few extra sales out of it. The guy was making a joke.

    • @backupplan6058
      @backupplan6058 5 лет назад +3

      @Mr Fucktard so was I but clearly straight over your head. Like that thing supports a 4k cache, 2k at most.

  • @rei_2645
    @rei_2645 5 лет назад +1315

    Because you can just download better ports and cables

    • @motoryzen
      @motoryzen 5 лет назад +6

      I wish I could download a way to be able to pin/put multiple Directories/folders into/onto my Linux Mint's panel at the bottom. That's the last minor thing to knock out before going 100% linux.
      But yeah, the good oooool days of composite jacks to enable recording tv straight to vhs tapes. My childhood was fun.

    • @yaynative
      @yaynative 5 лет назад +31

      Yeah from the same place you download more RAM

    • @fivesquaredyt2521
      @fivesquaredyt2521 5 лет назад +2

      69 likes

    • @billy4734
      @billy4734 5 лет назад +12

      Yeah, just like I downloaded all this:
      An RTX,
      Intel i7 8th gen,
      64GB DDR4,
      10TB (Well this, you could maybe do due to the cloud.) HDD,
      240GB SSD,
      ASUS ROG-STRIX Motherboard,
      NZXT Water cooler,
      NZXT Case,
      And for the power, a 750W PSU.
      I downloaded it all on images.google.com

    • @yaynative
      @yaynative 5 лет назад +3

      @@billy4734 Brilliant

  • @jjkusaf
    @jjkusaf 5 лет назад +341

    Jesus I'm getting old. A video explaining RCA, Component, Optical ... etc.

    • @brokenacoustic
      @brokenacoustic 5 лет назад +22

      I thought the same thing. Damn you, march of time!

    • @garcjr
      @garcjr 5 лет назад +7

      But I still use optical to run from my TV to AV receiver.

    • @specialopsdave
      @specialopsdave 5 лет назад +37

      Nah man, I'm 16 and have been familiar with these ports my whole life. You're not getting old, kids are just getting lazy, and a bit incompetent.

    • @lpnp9477
      @lpnp9477 5 лет назад +17

      ​@@specialopsdave No, we're definitely getting old, but probably not as quickly as we think.
      This is more of a case of "I have no idea what video to put out this week, let's just explain cables."

    • @tylercgarrison
      @tylercgarrison 5 лет назад +1

      was thinking the same.

  • @Ieu6054
    @Ieu6054 4 года назад +7

    Why hdmi isn't always the answer: Wii.

    • @usrname1105
      @usrname1105 4 года назад

      Crispy_Jimmy PlayStation 2 bruh

    • @Ieu6054
      @Ieu6054 4 года назад +1

      @@usrname1105 I'm not saying nostalgia doesn't exist for the PS2, I'm just saying nostalgia doesn't exist for the PS2.

  • @NozNK
    @NozNK 5 лет назад +7

    Let me correct you,
    "better smartphones"

  • @davidsummers6700
    @davidsummers6700 5 лет назад +111

    Man, Ocarina of Time on the N64 sure looks a lot like Super Mario World on the SNES.

    • @skyc3560
      @skyc3560 5 лет назад +3

      I am very annoyed that he accidentally mixed up Mario world, n64 and ocarina of time. I understand though. I’ve made that mistake before

  • @replacedbyrobots
    @replacedbyrobots 5 лет назад +129

    3.5mm was not an audio only standard. Camcorders used 3 pole 3.5mm for RCA video and stereo audio output.

    • @Charlesb88
      @Charlesb88 5 лет назад +8

      Yes, it's true that some some devices have used 3.55mm headphone jacks and plugs for Composite A/V out/In, notably Some older Camcorders, Portable/handheld TV's, Portable DVD players. Both certain iPOD models & the RaspberryPi both have headphone/line-out audio out jack that doubles a composite A/V jack. They all use a special 3 RCA connectors to a tip, ring, ring, sleve 3.55mm phone jack.

    • @HelloKittyFanMan.
      @HelloKittyFanMan. 5 лет назад

      Yeah, you beat me to it!

    • @HelloKittyFanMan.
      @HelloKittyFanMan. 5 лет назад

      @@Charlesb88
      No, it's tip, 2 rings, and sleeve.

    • @Charlesb88
      @Charlesb88 5 лет назад

      Maxx Fordham! Sorry my mistake. On a two ring 3.55mm plug the sleeves look very much like a ring, but your right the "third ring" is referred to as a sleeve.

    • @HelloKittyFanMan.
      @HelloKittyFanMan. 5 лет назад

      Not just technically. Also, my what is right? Which possession?

  • @brumby92
    @brumby92 5 лет назад +704

    Great video. You got one thing wrong though. 3.5mm headphone jacks are available on 'good' phones, not older ones.

    • @jad3415
      @jad3415 5 лет назад +30

      He must be referring to iphones

    • @MrMarty77
      @MrMarty77 5 лет назад +33

      I can't agree more

    • @ConquerorAR
      @ConquerorAR 5 лет назад +6

      I guess he meant to say it in a quote

    • @cbernier3
      @cbernier3 5 лет назад +7

      Nope, new good ones don't have it either. Check out the Pixel 3, best phone, no headphone jack.

    • @needforsuv
      @needforsuv 5 лет назад +4

      And the iPhone SE, the last 'good' iPhone before they went huge again!

  • @99nerka
    @99nerka 4 года назад +6

    *Laughs in SCART*
    We had it pretty good in analog era.

  • @Forgotten031511
    @Forgotten031511 5 лет назад +6

    1:40 "N64" and using an "SNES" -- LOL

    • @niels4473
      @niels4473 4 года назад

      Jake Held he said it in the corner

  • @NinjaFresh
    @NinjaFresh 5 лет назад +226

    Why did I even watch this? I already knew this.

    • @namelessguy199
      @namelessguy199 5 лет назад +36

      Becuz you were wondering why hdmi isn't always the answer.

    • @CarthagoMike
      @CarthagoMike 5 лет назад +30

      and you likely are still wondering why it isn't always the answer, since they did not actually explain that.

    • @in5aneguy597
      @in5aneguy597 5 лет назад +5

      i bet you didn't know that ethernet is for connecting to the internet, be honest !

    • @NinjaFresh
      @NinjaFresh 5 лет назад

      @In5aNeGuY
      Oh shit you got me!

    • @motazfawzi2504
      @motazfawzi2504 5 лет назад +1

      @@in5aneguy597
      Who would've known?

  • @HyruleOrphan
    @HyruleOrphan 4 года назад +5

    "Ethernet... Well... I Don't think I have to explain this [...]"
    And you feel the need to explain USB Before hand with no issue?

  • @spoton3278
    @spoton3278 5 лет назад +4

    3:40 "Older smartphones" as I'm watching this on a Note 9 with a headphone jack 🙄

  • @Brunfunstudios
    @Brunfunstudios 5 лет назад +4

    Wants to talk about protocols and defindes them by plug. Very impressive! /s

  • @lifestream_real
    @lifestream_real 5 лет назад +3

    This makes me really happy. Not all standards and formats are created equal and in order to get the best result, you need to be familiar with a lot of different things. This video is one of the best I've seen out there explaining this stuff; I intend to share it!! Thanks for making this!!

  • @powerrulez8865
    @powerrulez8865 4 года назад +3

    Short answer:
    Use DisplayPort
    Thank me later

  • @xasmaniusvolk8416
    @xasmaniusvolk8416 5 лет назад +3

    Ooooooo they still have a snes that's alive

  • @erroneum
    @erroneum 5 лет назад +6

    "Some equipment uses the larger quarter inch stereo connector..."
    Shows image of a quarter inch TS (mono) connector.

    • @lumer2b
      @lumer2b 4 года назад

      You need to put up some glasses, that is indeed a TRS cable.

  • @seeyouspacecowboy14
    @seeyouspacecowboy14 5 лет назад +3

    What kind of accent does this guy have, sounds like hes trying to suppress some texas accent

  • @zahialsalman
    @zahialsalman 5 лет назад +23

    In case anyone's wondering, the reason component cables don't carry a green signal is because it calculates the green based on how much is missing from the red and blue... I think... It might be a bit more complicated, but that's my understanding

  • @JorgeAlvarez-ex3vs
    @JorgeAlvarez-ex3vs 5 лет назад +169

    You forgot the SCART or Euroconector as I call it. It is difficult to miss as it is massive.

    • @subscriber6181
      @subscriber6181 5 лет назад +9

      Lol, not in North America.

    • @okaro6595
      @okaro6595 5 лет назад +9

      It still is smaller than separate connectors. SCART had plusses and minuses but because of it European TVs ha better connections. The most annoying feature was that as it was bidirectional, poor cables caused shadowing. I typically made the cables unidirectional to prevent this. My previous TV had three SCARTs (two RGB and two S-video) and iun addition RCA+S-video on the front.

    • @Charlesb88
      @Charlesb88 5 лет назад +5

      ​@@okaro6595 The bi-directionallity of SCART did have some benefits in certain situations. One such benefit was allowing for Premium Pay TV services that didn't require a separate tuner in the Pay TV set-top box but instead could use the TV or VCR's tuner with the box only decoding/de scrambling the analog pay TV signal. This would allow recording a pay TV program without having to tune the pay TV box to the right channel manually ahead of time or using the crude timer function found on many analog pay TV descramblers. In the U.S., with Analog Premium Pay TV (in the 80's and 90's) we had to suffer with pay TV descrambler boxes that had a separate tuner. In order to record a pay TV program you either manually tuned the box to the correct channel ahead of time or you used a crude timer function on the box that was a real pain to set. With the manual method you could not record more then one program on different channels. At some point, some VCR's included a solution to this problem by including an external IR transmitter on a cable you plugged into the VCR then sat the transmitter part in front of your pay TV box allowing the VCR to change channels on the pay TV box when recording timed programs. (The Sony version of this IR transmitter was called a "Cable Mouse" (for Sony VCR models that included it).

    • @okaro6595
      @okaro6595 5 лет назад

      @@Charlesb88Well we did not have those. Here set top boxes had always a tuner. On use was to set a digital set top box. One just needed to connect the TV and VCR to the box and one could watch and record digital TV and also watch the VCR.

    • @CatWithoutAHat901
      @CatWithoutAHat901 5 лет назад

      Also called Euro-AV

  • @marioysikax
    @marioysikax 5 лет назад +242

    Wtf? No love for SCART? That was the best standard that was used with everything before HDMI came along. Old DTV receivers were usually SCART only.

    • @erictheberry
      @erictheberry 5 лет назад +47

      And they forgot DVI. Just as good as HDMI for standard def but no audio.

    • @ColdestLivewire
      @ColdestLivewire 5 лет назад +39

      north america never got scart

    • @dashtesla
      @dashtesla 5 лет назад +65

      @@ColdestLivewire It's a video about standards not standards in north america XD

    • @onetwo6039
      @onetwo6039 5 лет назад +6

      @@dashtesla fair argument.

    • @florichi
      @florichi 5 лет назад +10

      Scart was shit. The Cable always unplugged because the connector couldn't hold it's own weight.

  • @andrewszombie
    @andrewszombie 5 лет назад +89

    "on older smartphones" *laughs in android* 👀👀💀💀💀💀

    • @Dparrey
      @Dparrey 4 года назад +1

      Except the flagship android phone, the pixel, which doesn't have them. So I wouldn't say Android anymore going forward. Honestly it's a clunky port anyway and over the last couple decades they've been a pain. Growing pains aside I'm glad to see them go.

    • @theambergryphon4266
      @theambergryphon4266 4 года назад +20

      @@Dparrey Dude stop making up an excuse that you're "happy to see them go" What pains exactly? I'm still using my Note 9 with headphone jack.
      Also, Pixel is only Google's flagship.

    • @its-amemegatron.9521
      @its-amemegatron.9521 4 года назад +14

      I dont understand, how is it a pain?
      That's like complaining that my PC has too many USB ports

    • @jefff4982
      @jefff4982 4 года назад +16

      omg I hate being able to plug headphones into a mobile device if I needed to. What an annoying option that's available to me.

    • @mgpps114
      @mgpps114 4 года назад +2

      It's-a me Megatron. Its not a pain for the customers. Its pain for the manufactor. Its pretty hard to fit in all the features, like Waterproofness, huge Battery etc. you want, in such a small form factor.
      I have still an iPhone 6s because of that but I can also understand the companies
      *Sorry for my bad english

  • @toughmanrandysavage3077
    @toughmanrandysavage3077 5 лет назад +63

    You missed DVI, my old sony tv had it and it was great lol

    • @Boz1211111
      @Boz1211111 5 лет назад +1

      Isnt it still widely used?

    • @marijntuinstra5310
      @marijntuinstra5310 5 лет назад +4

      @@Boz1211111 yup, well at least here in the Netherlands

    • @humanbass
      @humanbass 5 лет назад +1

      It's hdmi without audio and bulkier. Really nothing special.

    • @S1mplector
      @S1mplector 5 лет назад +1

      Vga is the worst of all, both compared to the hdmi, and dvi.

    • @CodeHerder
      @CodeHerder 4 года назад

      Dont forget Dual Link DVI !

  • @Justincool69
    @Justincool69 5 лет назад +27

    So, Why ISN'T HDMI Always The Answer?

  • @P4intNoBleChannel
    @P4intNoBleChannel 5 лет назад +83

    Hey, how about SCART and DVI ??

    • @therandomman2971
      @therandomman2971 5 лет назад +7

      P4inT NoBle Official SCART was mostly used in europe afaik. Don’t know why they missed DVI and display port

    • @Mayhemm007
      @Mayhemm007 5 лет назад +5

      They DID mention DisplayPort in the video, and I can't recall ever seeing home theater equipment with a DVI port.

    • @caminoprojectUS
      @caminoprojectUS 5 лет назад

      @@Mayhemm007 it was a thing for a little while
      not exactly compatible with pc dvi

    • @kalijasin
      @kalijasin 4 года назад

      @Mayhemm007, Or SCART, BNC, ThunderBolt, SDI, DiiVA, CoaXPress, DB13W3, DMS-59, Apple Display Connector, D-Terminal, etc.

  • @simonl1938
    @simonl1938 5 лет назад +233

    Displayport>HDMI

    • @UltramarinePrimaris
      @UltramarinePrimaris 5 лет назад +10

      Displayport Master race

    • @prich0382
      @prich0382 5 лет назад +3

      Super MHLL > Displayport

    • @Renuclous
      @Renuclous 5 лет назад +13

      That satisfying click when you use a Displayport Cable for the first time.
      Mmmmhhh... So firm in Place...

    • @PC-qx3bv
      @PC-qx3bv 5 лет назад +8

      Scart > Displayport and HDMI

    • @RotcodFox
      @RotcodFox 5 лет назад +7

      I can't really tell the difference between HDMI, VGA, and Displayport when looking at 1080p resolutions.

  • @ZackWelders
    @ZackWelders 5 лет назад +140

    Is this for people who bought those Soulja Boy Consoles?

    • @Missmay123p
      @Missmay123p 5 лет назад +10

      Or people who play the wii

    • @PlastiGomi
      @PlastiGomi 5 лет назад

      funny little +scam on the system they say "4k 1080p HD" but they give you compositae cables witch can only do 240p to 480i so there lying just because it can go into a 4k tv dose not mean it's actually 4k

    • @RyanTosh
      @RyanTosh 4 года назад +1

      As a cereal killer, do you take people's (Kellogs) life?

  • @hobbyman2381
    @hobbyman2381 5 лет назад +78

    I was hoping to hear about the audio latency difference between hdmi and the other forms of audio interfaces.

  • @element1192
    @element1192 4 года назад +40

    Fact: DisplayPort > HDMI

    • @zerrocool809
      @zerrocool809 4 года назад

      Bruhtonium F

    • @AlexandreBugado
      @AlexandreBugado 4 года назад

      fact: USB > GTX 1090 Ultra

    • @Jaymac720
      @Jaymac720 3 года назад +1

      For computer stuff. DisplayPort’s major advantage is daisychaining multiple *monitors.* For home theater, HDMI is better. Let’s be real, very few people are using anything more than 4K and in the home theater space, 60Hz is as much as you’ll need (for now anyway). For gaming or other visually intense work, displayport’s higher bandwidth is definitely a plus. For audio though, they’re basically identical, but HDMI has the audio return channel so the tv can send its own generated audio back to the AV receiver. That’s probably the main thing keeping HDMI on top in home theater. DisplayPort does have higher bandwidth and supported resolutions, but they just aren’t necessary in the home theater space and it doesn’t have the ARC. Come down off your high horse now

  • @TheOmegajimes
    @TheOmegajimes 5 лет назад +38

    The idea that you had to explain all the older cables makes me feel really really old... It took years before we had a TV with RCA inputs for our NES ending our futzing about with the RF adaptor >.>

    • @vangildermichael1767
      @vangildermichael1767 5 лет назад +5

      I never even had a TV with RCA inputs. I could connect RCA throughh a VCR that had the white, red, yellow on the front as an input. And it, in turn, connected coaxial.
      Until I got a flat screen in the 90's

    • @bsanchez3563
      @bsanchez3563 5 лет назад

      Gamecube also ports the snes and n64 rf adaptor as well

  • @scarffoxandfriends9401
    @scarffoxandfriends9401 5 лет назад +25

    Talks about N64, shows SNES =b

    • @HPD1171
      @HPD1171 5 лет назад +5

      talks about zelda ocarina of time and shows Super mario world

  • @Shabasky1
    @Shabasky1 5 лет назад +39

    Please tell me this is for people born in 2000s?? 90s kids remember all of this

    • @XenoSpyro
      @XenoSpyro 5 лет назад +9

      To be fair, I didn't know the HD Component's green connection was for brightness, and not for splitting G from RGB data.

    • @joesterling4299
      @joesterling4299 5 лет назад +4

      @@XenoSpyro It's both, really. The green component accounts for about 60% of the luminance (brightness) of RGB; so it can be used in that capacity with good results.

    • @ryantoomey611
      @ryantoomey611 5 лет назад +3

      Yeah, I remember having to use an RF modulator because my TV did not even have RCA jacks!

    • @Bolero6879
      @Bolero6879 5 лет назад +7

      I don't want to sound like a broken record but I was born in 2002 and I remember most of this

    • @justanotheryoutubechannel
      @justanotheryoutubechannel 5 лет назад +4

      sfxworks I’m from the 2000’s, and it makes no sense that people wouldn’t understand what this stuff is.

  • @seancampbell894
    @seancampbell894 5 лет назад +106

    Saw the thumbnail and immediately thought ‘those were the things my Wii used’

    • @harris9624
      @harris9624 5 лет назад +1

      *Uses

    • @fatyoshi7564
      @fatyoshi7564 4 года назад +1

      @@harris9624 stop being technical

    • @theambergryphon4266
      @theambergryphon4266 4 года назад +1

      @@harris9624 Could be used, maybe it's dead now.

    • @pootis1699
      @pootis1699 4 года назад

      Get the component cable connected for the wii and a good 480p crt. Makes the wii display much better.

    • @hasdarivahsla6351
      @hasdarivahsla6351 4 года назад +1

      Also ps2, but I can only say that because I have a ps2

  • @bean9333
    @bean9333 4 года назад +15

    About headphone jack: "older smartphones..."
    My s10 still has a headphone jack lol

    • @Rikorage
      @Rikorage 4 года назад

      Your phone is old, sorry :(

    • @bean9333
      @bean9333 4 года назад +6

      @@Rikorage guess 3 months old is already old for a phone. RIP Samsung galaxy S10 lol

    • @danwic
      @danwic 4 года назад

      iPhone users arent up to date with their tech knowledge ;)

  • @jezzermeii
    @jezzermeii 5 лет назад +126

    Oh, how much better we had it in Europe. SCART was amazing at the time. ;)

    • @mossy1259
      @mossy1259 5 лет назад +4

      jezzermeii ikr, remember those tvs that had one coax and one scart

    • @mattisandersson9661
      @mattisandersson9661 5 лет назад +9

      amazing? i remamber the screen always flickering and you had to wiggle the scart cable a bit untill the picture became good

    • @jezzermeii
      @jezzermeii 5 лет назад

      @@mattisandersson9661 I think flicker sometimes occurred because of miss matches between refresh rates. Some TVs were 50hz, others were 60hz. Some sources were 50hz and others 60hz. I know that the Gamecube would flicker like crazy if you picked the wrong refresh rate for your TV; unlike the Gamecube, most sources didn't give you a choice on refresh rate. I never had a problem with the connector itself, however.

    • @mattisandersson9661
      @mattisandersson9661 5 лет назад +1

      I wasent that old during those times but there where often proplems with the connection pins if a remember correctly. Plus most pal tvs where 55hz.

    • @Laurabeck329
      @Laurabeck329 5 лет назад

      They did lose connection sometimes but for the most part it just worked and image quality was amazing. (Well at least as amazing as standard deffimition video can get)

  • @givemeajackson
    @givemeajackson 5 лет назад +78

    HDMI is never the answer. display port is. and display port within USB C is the future

    • @RideRedRacer
      @RideRedRacer 5 лет назад +16

      barely any devices use display port besides pc. HDMI is usually the answer

    • @givemeajackson
      @givemeajackson 5 лет назад +9

      @@RideRedRacer what devices worth talking about besides PC are there?

    • @KillFrenzy96
      @KillFrenzy96 5 лет назад +6

      @@RideRedRacer DisplayPort is superior to HDMI in almost every way. HDMI was only popularized to enforce royalty fees owned by TV manufacturers. TV's use HDMI instead of DisplayPort so that everyone is forced to stuff HDMI into their devices for royalty fees.

    • @RideRedRacer
      @RideRedRacer 5 лет назад +5

      @@KillFrenzy96 i already know Display port is better...all im saying is 99% of the electronics i own dont use display port, they use hdmi

    • @Katzelle3
      @Katzelle3 5 лет назад +3

      DisplayPort: 32.4 Gbps
      HDMI: 48.0 Gbps

  • @specialopsdave
    @specialopsdave 5 лет назад +11

    Oh... my.. god... this video was nessecary? I used composite regularly until 2011, still use component, and have always used S-PDIF. And I'm 16.

  • @IcicleFurry
    @IcicleFurry 5 лет назад +2

    what about SCART?

  • @bobderbraumeister6919
    @bobderbraumeister6919 5 лет назад +12

    Everyone asks about SCART, I ask about golden SCART!

  • @ikkuranus
    @ikkuranus 5 лет назад +22

    I'm guessing SCART wasn't used in Canada either hence no love for it. Though in retrospect I wish North America had proper RGB on TVs of the past.

    • @erroneum
      @erroneum 5 лет назад

      Unless I'm remembering incorrectly, the reason why televisions in North America didn't use separate RGB, but rather Y/Pr/Pb is in order to avoid breaking backwards compatibility with older monochromatic displays. When adding color to the transmission standard they simply added separate chrominance information to an otherwise empty part of the signal because the monochrome televisions would simply ignore it.

  • @dstrbd223
    @dstrbd223 5 лет назад +40

    Went to Best Buy recently trying to find a nice set of RCA cables to go from my phono preamp to my amp. The guy had no idea what I was asking for. Kept trying to sell me an HDMI.

    • @reinbeers5322
      @reinbeers5322 5 лет назад +6

      That's why I stopped asking when searching for more specific stuff like that. Saves me the headache.

    • @gfjfjufidi2880
      @gfjfjufidi2880 5 лет назад +2

      Robert Hathaway Bestbuy? 😂😂

    • @Dataanti
      @Dataanti 5 лет назад +6

      ive had that experience with RCA cables, as well as a cross over cable. i had to explain to the guy what a cross over cable was, he just showed me too the Ethernet cables (which i didn't know where they where so that part was helpful) after inspecting them all, i told him that they didnt have any, and he tried to tell me the Ethernet cable should be able to do what i need it to do because it has 6 pins, and that none of them needed to be changed around XD he got the 6 pin thing because the cable standard was cat 6. i ended up just buying a patch cable, buying a crimper, and a some connectors and made my own. I know cross over cables are not used in most consumer goods these days but i still use plenty of them at work and for other projects, so i was surprised that they didnt have any at any store i checked. and i was also surprised at how clueless these people where, especially because i was 19 at the time, and they where all pretty much older then me by at least 5 years

    • @GlobalGaming101
      @GlobalGaming101 5 лет назад +4

      Are they hiring 16 year olds now at Best Buy?

    • @ScottWright
      @ScottWright 5 лет назад

      Yikes.. Lol

  • @DogsBAwesome
    @DogsBAwesome 5 лет назад +97

    no love for the Scart socket?

    • @harbl99
      @harbl99 5 лет назад +3

      Scart's not old school enough to be retrocool nostalgiabait yet, and gives the Displayport fanbois nothing to be sneery about. It's the tech version of the old 'middle child problem'.

    • @bspringer
      @bspringer 5 лет назад +1

      I also missed it. We used it until a year ago on our DVD player (yup the TV was 576p)
      Since our new TV is 4k and doesn't support scart we now use component

    • @MauriceGS
      @MauriceGS 5 лет назад +6

      Well thats probably because SCART was only used in Europe

    • @wingracer1614
      @wingracer1614 5 лет назад +2

      @Marco Stazi It's not indifference, it's the fact that North Americans have no idea it ever existed.

    • @aretard7995
      @aretard7995 5 лет назад

      @@MauriceGS EUSSR

  • @HBlatz87
    @HBlatz87 5 лет назад +15

    Thanks, this video made me feel old as shit.
    "Demystify the ports in the back"
    Jesus EVERYONE should know what RCA is

  • @wevebeen8055
    @wevebeen8055 4 года назад +1

    3:40 Not really, in some rare cases there are 3.5mm jacks (3pin) that act as A/V input/output.

    • @archivushka
      @archivushka 4 года назад

      For example raspberry pi. Or some cheap digital -> analog tv boxes

  • @tamaskovacs3034
    @tamaskovacs3034 5 лет назад +44

    SCAAART!! WHERE ARE YOUUU?! :D

  • @BenCos2018
    @BenCos2018 5 лет назад +20

    There is s 3.5 mm connector for both audio and video

    • @mtunayucer
      @mtunayucer 5 лет назад

      Ben C but it can only have composite video. Many cameras used this feature of 3.5mm.

    • @Dataanti
      @Dataanti 5 лет назад +2

      @@mtunayucer nah, ive seen component ones for portable DVD machines, and my younger brother had this old tiny tiny flat screen TV that had a dongle that used 3 of them, side by side for RCA, competent and Svideo, i cant remember if they where 3.5 or 2.5 though, it may have been 2.5

    • @MisterMooo
      @MisterMooo 5 лет назад +1

      Yeah, it's a 4-pole 3.5mm connector. 2 poles are for audio, one for video and the other one is common ground.

    • @mtunayucer
      @mtunayucer 5 лет назад

      Dataanti component ones only transfer video. Composite ones can transfer stereo audio too! But yeah you are right. Newer tvs have 3.5mm component inputs with breakout cables :)

  • @lzh4950
    @lzh4950 5 лет назад +14

    I remember my father being slightly confused when HDMI was launched, as he thought that since we've progressed from RCA/composite to component video cables, more cables equals higher video quality

    • @HrHaakon
      @HrHaakon Год назад

      The HDMI comes with multiple cables inside, so... it's not completely wrong?

    • @jamescheddar4896
      @jamescheddar4896 Год назад

      @@HrHaakon yeah it looks like they basically just started running power lines and a bunch of twisted data connectors to the ducks mouth and each generation gets more and more dense with wires. USB-C and HDMI are essentially the same thing

  • @natknutson1482
    @natknutson1482 5 лет назад +4

    yeah, it's 2019, smart phones still use jacks

  • @5urg3x
    @5urg3x 4 года назад +2

    4:25 - This is NOT true. TOSLink and coaxial RCA can carry lossless PCM waveform audio data! In fact this is a very common use case in the pro audio / recording / music production world.

    • @kalijasin
      @kalijasin 4 года назад

      @Nick K, TechQuickie always putting out False information. 🤦🏻‍♂️

  • @KatzeRegi
    @KatzeRegi 5 лет назад +15

    What about SCART? They were even in the picture you had for USB.

    • @fartmerchant762
      @fartmerchant762 5 лет назад

      Scart isn't actually a thing

    • @marijntuinstra5310
      @marijntuinstra5310 5 лет назад

      scart is more a european thing
      so i dont blame them dont mentioning it
      but still a bummer

  • @AG-Consulting
    @AG-Consulting 4 года назад +3

    Ethernet was first introduced for third party control the same as RS-232 / RS-485 ports, only in recent years it became popular for streaming services. And while IR is indeed unreliable, the reason for those are for integration into home automation systems such as crestron, control4, AMX or even your cheap logitech harmony, so that multiple devices can be controlled from a single interface.

  • @Crazt
    @Crazt 5 лет назад +3

    "connect aging laptops" ha! The USMC just bought new computers that still demand RGB or VGA!

  • @captainrobots1
    @captainrobots1 5 лет назад +1

    The gamecube used component and composite but only the original also the wii also uses the same thing.

  • @HelenFire420
    @HelenFire420 5 лет назад +2

    Y NO THUNDERBOLT 3!?!?!?!?!?

  • @moulogic4479
    @moulogic4479 5 лет назад +11

    Answer is 42

  • @user-vn7ce5ig1z
    @user-vn7ce5ig1z 5 лет назад +3

    Insert for BNC.

  • @rbshop932
    @rbshop932 3 года назад +2

    Who the F*** Is this guy I been watching Linus for some time no idea who this guy is ?

    • @ritzz4789
      @ritzz4789 3 года назад

      His slur is annoying me

  • @vincenttjia
    @vincenttjia 5 лет назад +1

    The answer why HDMI is not always the answer. Imagine you have a projector 50 meter away I could find inexpensive vga cable. Good luck finding 50m hdmi cable for cheap lol

  • @element1192
    @element1192 4 года назад +1

    I hate Apple for first dropping the headphone jack. There’s ABSOLUTELY NO FUNCTIONAL REASON to remove it. Apple just dropped it to get people to buy their massively overpriced AirPods.

  • @parkeerwacht
    @parkeerwacht 5 лет назад +1

    What about SCART? I remember every media device we had used SCART. Our old TV had 3 SCART inputs and 1 composite.

  • @shopt6933
    @shopt6933 5 лет назад +1

    So HDMI isn't always the answer because... Sometimes there isn't an HDMI connector. Mind blown. Seriously though, this would be a good video if the title weren't misleading. As it is, have a thumbs down for wasting my time with that title.

  • @thedinobros1218
    @thedinobros1218 5 месяцев назад +1

    It is never the answer, HDMI is both ugly and costly to make a jack for. That is why a lot of smaller businesses use RCA instead.

  • @noampitlik2332
    @noampitlik2332 2 года назад +1

    I just wish HDMI connectors and recepticles weren't so wobbly and funky. Even the RCA jacks actually hold the connector firmly.

  • @ItsJustMeMusic
    @ItsJustMeMusic 5 лет назад +2

    3:32 once i thought that my tv is on fire because of that glowing toslink connector

  • @rafee9442
    @rafee9442 5 лет назад +2

    I think I used up almost all the ports on my TV.
    My PSone is plugged in through Composite
    My PS2 is plugged in through Component
    My PS3 is plugged in through HDMI
    My PC is plugged in through HDMI (DVI to HDMI)
    My speakers are plugged in through HDMI ARC
    There's an ethernet connection and a USB HDD for recording.
    only ports left are one headphone jack, one optical out and two USB ports

  • @AhmadSattout97
    @AhmadSattout97 3 года назад +1

    I'm guessing DVI didn't make it because it's a EU standard. Just like SCART mentioned in the part 2 of this video

  • @PatalJunior
    @PatalJunior 5 лет назад +2

    Its Missing the DVI
    And They are a LOT
    DVI-A(Analog)
    DVI-D Single Link(Digital)
    DVI-D Dual Link(Digital)
    DVI-I Single Link (Analog+Digital)
    DVI-I Dual Link (Analog+Digital)

  • @stal2496
    @stal2496 4 года назад +1

    Heres the actual answer.
    Look at your gpu. Now get the fucking cable that plugs into that gpu and get a monitor with that port.

  • @9852323
    @9852323 3 года назад +1

    Its sad tv's don't have as many rca/component jacks and don't even have VGA anymore.. I still need those.

  • @ExploringFate
    @ExploringFate 5 лет назад +1

    +UC0vBXGSyV14uvJ4hECDOl0Q Techquickie
    Forgot the various DVI connection.

  • @Oystein87
    @Oystein87 5 лет назад +2

    Note that some cheap 3,5mm to RCA audio cables (and 3,5mm to RCA adaptors etc) can have the left and right signal in the wrong plug. I always double check this with a left/right test song or something regardles if it is a cheap or more expencive cable. Just a tip👍

    • @flagger2020
      @flagger2020 Год назад

      Strangely I've always used red for left and white for white.. now for phono to phone it doesn't matter but now you got my curious.. red is port side after all..

  • @Charlie-jh3ux
    @Charlie-jh3ux 5 лет назад +2

    Hdmi is not always the answer because it is limited to 120hz so if you have a 144hz moniter you have to use display port or dvi d

  • @Candy-uo8sv
    @Candy-uo8sv 5 лет назад +1

    Internet does not have a chosen connector type, however we usually use rj45 but companies are free to use whatever they want

  • @itsSujeetMahto
    @itsSujeetMahto 4 года назад +1

    Lol In Haryana,India most of the people don't even know what HDMI is. We still use Analog.

  • @element1192
    @element1192 4 года назад +1

    Pro tip: play your GameCube games on your Wii instead so you can use component instead of composite.

  • @AugmentedKing
    @AugmentedKing 5 лет назад +2

    Thumbs down for no solution of title. Why HDMI ISN’T always the answer??
    The word ISN’T literally is caps locked....

  • @aurathedraak7909
    @aurathedraak7909 4 года назад +1

    Still using anceint technology in 2020s. And you know that coaxial cable is much other then all of these?

  • @sergarlantyrell7847
    @sergarlantyrell7847 4 года назад +1

    You can also use the Ethernet to connect to a home server if that's how you've catalogued your old DVD and Bluray collection.

  • @JohanBloom1986
    @JohanBloom1986 5 лет назад +1

    It don't make a sense this video only cable discribtion not the fact what you should use or is this a complete reactions joke

  • @jsmc84
    @jsmc84 5 лет назад +1

    back it the day i used this for my xbox 360 because the cable came with the console, i even used it for a short time on a crt tv

  • @BioGenx2b
    @BioGenx2b Год назад +2

    I have to admit, Jon has gotten tremendously better since the last time I saw him and seems to be very comfortable with speaking and reading his scripts. I'm impressed!

  • @SilverScarletSpider
    @SilverScarletSpider 4 года назад +1

    HDMI should always be the answer until we get standardized thunderbolt 4

  • @radiax1096
    @radiax1096 5 лет назад +2

    JOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHN

  • @PompomYourkey
    @PompomYourkey 4 года назад +1

    I don’t use hdmi I use display port because it’s better for gaming!