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In the time since display port has become a standard, I've replaced more broken display port cables than any other kind of cable ever. I've had multiple display port cables just straight up not work. I've had them die after a year of use. I've purchased 1000 dollar monitors that I thought were defective because the display port cable that they came with did not work. It's terrible. Has this been anyone elses experience?
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May 13, 2016 23:57
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Can confirm. They're poo poo. Never would have hapened if stebe were still alive.
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May 13, 2016 23:59
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This is what happens when Apple doesn't maintain strict control over the things they license to other companies.
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May 14, 2016 00:04
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I don't know why but my original iPhone thunderbolt cable just stopped working out of nowhere, and so did my wife's, and they are both the original ones from the box (they are both iPhone 5s'). So we bought two new ones from 5 Below (like a 99 cent store except times 5) and they looked to be high quality and a lot thicker, and one of those failed already, too. With the Apple ones I guess there could have been wear on them but there's no stress on these new ones at all so maybe some chip in them rots out or something? No idea.
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May 14, 2016 00:15
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yeah for some reason i thought it was a chip thing too (based on nothing at all I was just like hmm maybe it's a chip thing). well I guess i read somewhere that thunderbolt cables have a computer in them or something IDK glad to hear i am not alone
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May 14, 2016 00:18
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pro-tip, if you buy an Apple cable and it breaks, call in and bitch about it and say you bought it 5-6 months ago (they don't ask you for a receipt to prove it) and they should replace it - at worst they'll take your credit card and charge you if you don't return the original.
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May 14, 2016 09:41
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Uncle at Nintendo posted:I don't know why but my original iPhone thunderbolt cable just stopped working out of nowhere, and so did my wife's, and they are both the original ones from the box (they are both iPhone 5s'). So we bought two new ones from 5 Below (like a 99 cent store except times 5) and they looked to be high quality and a lot thicker, and one of those failed already, too. With the Apple ones I guess there could have been wear on them but there's no stress on these new ones at all so maybe some chip in them rots out or something? No idea. iPhones don't have Thunderbolt, they have lightning 
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May 14, 2016 15:11
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tazjin posted:iPhones don't have Thunderbolt, they have lightning for now
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May 14, 2016 15:24
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MALE SHOEGAZE posted:In the time since display port has become a standard, I've replaced more broken display port cables than any other kind of cable ever. I've had multiple display port cables just straight up not work. I've had them die after a year of use. I've purchased 1000 dollar monitors that I thought were defective because the display port cable that they came with did not work. It's terrible. wait, the title says thunderbolt, but your post is saying display port. wtf
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May 14, 2016 15:57
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apple cables Suck ! ! whenever i bump my lab-top, my thunderbirds usually disconnect. also, the charger connected to all that poo poo doesn't charge most of the time. i keep having to fiddle w/ it to get it to make the light turn on, despite always saying its charging from the battery icon on my macbook
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May 14, 2016 17:49
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i have ~6mo old car, work, and home lightning cables that are all bare metal at this point. i even treat the fuckers kinda nice. gently caress u gay apple bossman
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May 14, 2016 18:20
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LOL how many of you pull the cables out by the cord instead of the plug like you're supposed to? "The connectors on my MacBook are loose, but instead of taking it back and having Apple fix or replace it, I'm just going to whine about it on the internet like a Windows user."
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May 14, 2016 18:39
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don't own any thunderbolt/dsiplayport cables but I've used the same lightning cable for like 3 years now. is everyone swinging them around like like a lasso, or weakening the plastic with chip grease or something? big shtick energy fucked around with this message at 18:54 on May 14, 2016 |
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May 14, 2016 18:51
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lol lightning cables
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May 14, 2016 19:00
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i've never had any issues whatsoever with official apple cables of any kind, while oddly enough the $2 knockoffs are hosed after a few months
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May 14, 2016 19:37
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the monoprice lightning cables have been going strong for like 2+ years without issue, would recommend.
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May 14, 2016 20:05
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the cables are loving fail and only the broken brained autistic iAilure white knight FuckTards ITF would defend them
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May 14, 2016 20:07
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Your gimmick is getting old, Smythe.
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May 14, 2016 22:53
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Doc Block posted:Your gimmick is getting old, Smythe. no thats rotors gimmick
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May 14, 2016 22:54
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Doc Block posted:Your gimmick is getting old, Smythe. What gimmick?
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May 14, 2016 22:55
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Raluek posted:no thats rotors gimmick lol
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May 14, 2016 22:55
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Raluek posted:no thats rotors gimmick
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May 14, 2016 23:06
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Raluek posted:no thats rotors gimmick
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May 14, 2016 23:19
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Raluek posted:no thats rotors gimmick
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May 14, 2016 23:48
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Raluek posted:no thats rotors gimmick
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May 15, 2016 04:26
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Raluek posted:no thats rotors gimmick
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May 15, 2016 09:18
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Raluek posted:no thats rotors gimmick
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May 15, 2016 10:50
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has anyone said "ur both poo poo op" yet
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May 15, 2016 13:27
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yeah I said it itt then everyone laughed really hard
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May 15, 2016 14:04
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had half a post written before I realized this wasn't about firewire
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May 15, 2016 14:12
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my cable works fine, maybe your holding it wrong? hope that helps
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May 15, 2016 14:23
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genuine apple ones work fine for 2-3 years if you dont treat them like complete poo poo. cheap ebay cables last a few months, like all cheap ebay cables.
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May 15, 2016 14:28
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I haven't yet broken a single lightning cable that is mfi certified, including ones made by Apple, monoprice, and anker; and I haven't broken my iHome or Belkin docks either lovely cables from meh dot com die rapidly I've only had one MagSafe adapter die ever, and that took five years idk how you people keep breaking this poo poo
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May 15, 2016 15:16
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Al! posted:yeah I said it itt then everyone laughed really hard goongrats
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May 15, 2016 15:17
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these things:
are different
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KOTEX GOD OF BLOOD posted:these things: nah
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I have thought a lot about this OP. I’m a huge fan of Thunderbolt. A single wire carrying both DisplayPort and high-speed PCIe data is an incredibly elegant approach to minimising cable clutter even if you don’t need the blistering speed, especially when you can use an Apple Thunderbolt Display as a hub for your USB devices. I also admire clever tech. The reason you can daisy-chain up to six separate devices is because Thunderbolt automatically multiplexes and de-multiplexes the signals as needed. Thunderbolt 2 takes this approach one step further, combining two 10Gbit/s channels into a single 20Gbit/s connection, with the the Thunderbolt controller again doing all the work. It’s impressive stuff. A fast, clever technology developed by Intel and enthusiastically marketed by Apple ought to stand a fighting chance at mass-market adoption. Sadly, there’s so far not much sign of this happening. It’s all looking rather reminiscent of Firewire … Firewire was far superior to USB. While USB 2 claimed peak speeds of 480Mbps, it rarely delivered them. Firewire 400’s delivery of 400Mbps was consistent, making it significantly faster in real-life use. And Firewire 800 left USB for dead. But we all know that technological superiority is no guarantee of commercial success. The mass-market went with USB. Partly because consumers buy numbers without necessarily knowing what they mean, but mostly because it was cheaper. firewire Firewire didn’t die. It’s still in use in many high-end setups, and you can still buy Firewire drives today. But it definitely became a niche product, with even Apple eventually dropping the port from its MacBooks. Thunderbolt currently looks to be heading the same way. That wasn’t the plan. Intel intended it to be the new USB. Optical thunderbolt was supposed to take over from copper, and there was supposed to be a Thunderbolt port in every PC. Neither has happened. The reason is USB 3. It’s not as good. It’s not as fast. But it’s cheap and it’s familiar. You can virtually count on one hand the number of Windows PCs out there with a Thunderbolt port. I think it’s no exaggeration to say that without Apple, Thunderbolt would already be dead. The new Superspeed USB protocol matching the 10Gbps throughput of standard Thunderbolt adds to the pressure, and Thunderbolt 2 – like Firewire 800 before it – is unlikely to be enough to sway the market.
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Doesn't help that Intel charged a lot more for Thunderbolt controllers than USB controllers, and a lot of peripheral manufacturers decided to charge a shitload more money for the Thunderbolt version of their devices. It's almost as if Intel didn't want Thunderbolt to succeed...
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May 15, 2016 16:50
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I've never even seen a thunderbolt cable
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Silver Alicorn posted:I've never even seen a thunderbolt cable they look a lot like mini displayport
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