What Happens If You Cut Wires in HDMI Cable?

In the HDMI cable you have 8 cables (4 twisted pairs) that send image/sound data. The others are basically detecting that you turned on a device and perform a handshake to check that the HDCP encryption is established before sending image, so if you don't interrupt the connection you still have data but you cannot reestablish the connection without them. On the plug you also have 4 pins I think that are ground for the shielding. Although not explained in the video, it answered my question for what I was trying to do, nice video.

HDMI is packed full of many options of data and control. It’s more than just a video cable or a way to hook up a monitor. There’s sometimes power, control for other equipment. You have enough to make the monitor work with all those wires cut, but HDMI does a lot more than the things you are testing for.

Although this wasn't quite what I was expecting when searching for an answer to a technical issue I'm having it actually answered my question just fine and to boot was a joy to watch. Especially liked the "red looks important" bit. Cheers.

I Just loved this video...thank you for making this...so innocently you have shot this video....i guess you yourself do not realise what a great thing u have done!! thanks

I liked the way you explain the video, I will apply it with our students. thanks from mexico

Very nice experiment. It also tells how HDMI works.

Hi sorry is it possible to identify the audio wires between the 20 wires that make up the cable? Which colour has It?

Gd experiment... now we know wat happens and we can try other experiments based on these

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Hi. Do you know if the AUDIO can disappear by cutting one of the Wires?

nice video. what if using rg45 wire (lan) to extend it. ab 5 - 10 meter'or more. cut the original hdmi, and join with lan wire in between ? thanks

Some of the wires are probably there to identify the display and It's specs. So after connecting and knowing what type of display it is, it doesn’t need them anymore until reconnected.

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Is there a way to stick any of the wires into an old school tv and save money by not getting an rf modulator?

Fantastic video .. thanks !!!!!

Those "useless" wires are for the connection protocol and tell the tv and computer what device was connected, the resolution etc

Bro, Thanks for preparing this video :-)

Thank you, your video is very helpful, but did you maybe try tu cut 3 HDMI cables and put them together, so that 1 HDMI can go into PC, or laptop, the second in a HDMI Monitor and the 3th in HDMI LCD, if you know what i try to say? So when I play games, I don't have to constantly remove the HDMI cable from my PC to plug the HDMI cable from my LCD, so it means I can watch both the LCD and the Monitor via my PC.

Very nice thanks. Very dedicated.

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