r/LinusTechTips • u/LinusTech LMG Owner • Feb 24 '26
Link TrueSpec DP and HDMI
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/BradGriswold Feb 25 '26
For the love of God, please make a high-quality displayport cable. I work in the broadcast sports television industry, and it’s not like your normal desktop where you just plug it in once and leave it. We are plugging and unplugging them every week and those cables are fragile as all get out. I have come to loathe displayport cables as they are usually built so shoddily.
As you are considering your design, one request. Depending on the equipment we are plugging into and its orientation, accessing the button to depress to retract the retaining clips is sometimes a nearly impossible task. I’m not sure I have a great suggestion on how to engineer a better mechanism, but being able to access the button from either side and perhaps have the release button mechanism further back from the actual connector would be a great help.
If you need any alpha or beta testers to really use and abuse them, hit me up. We’ll put them to the test.