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> Wires are just so reliable. Not in my experience. Ethernet cables have bern reliable, but most have connector latches that self destruct. HDMI cables are a

by 112233 4y ago

> Wires are just so reliable. Not in my experience. Ethernet cables have bern reliable, but most have connector latches that self destruct. HDMI cables are a lottery, and the prize is in no way related to the ticket price. mini/micro USB connectors go out in about year, depending on use. All 3.5 mm audio cables seem to have half-life of around 4 months, regardless of price. The only survivour cable came as an extension with old Sennheiser earbuds. In comparison, I have yet to experience those bad bluetooth earbuds just stopping to work. [edit] not to mention all the equipment with soldered-in cables that are either too long or too short and cannot be replaced. Hi, homepod mini!

kuschku 4y ago
I've got ethernet cables that I've been using since 2011 without them breaking. My headphones are in fact from 2008, all I've got to do is replace the leather pads every 5 years. I'm still using the USB-C cables from my Nexus 5X today, no problem with them. With HDMI cables I just buy them, connect them to my GPU and wait for the AMD driver to tell me the maximum bandwidth they support. Super easy way to measure what they'll support and what not. So now I've got a dozen that work at 4K 60Hz HDR just fine. On the other hand, I've never been able to get a single bluetooth device to sync reliably for more than 5 minutes.
- maccard 4y ago
  > On the other hand, I've never been able to get a single bluetooth device to sync reliably for more than 5 minutes. That sounds pretty unbelievable to me - even the cheapest crappiest Bluetooth devices can pair with the cheapest crappiest USB Bluetooth adapter reliably for more than 5 minute's. Headphones snag, the jacks get wobbly, theyre fixed lengths (standing desks mean they need to be long enough to move now so they're messy unless you do a bunch of extra work). Ive got problems with interference with my wired mouse that seems to cause stuttering if I use a specific usb port, but maybe once every 2-3 weeks or so the port I do use just doesn't recognize the device so I have to un plug it and plug it back in. Bluetooth may not be perfect but it's tidy, easy to use, well supported, reasonably reliable, and good enough quality for 98% of my use cases.
  - kuschku 4y ago
    I’m not sure what’s causing it, but I just can’t get a DualShock 4 to sync reliably. Or the WH1000MX3 from my partner. And with the Jabra headphones I had for work, I always had to use their dongle because it would never sync reliably. I’m intentionally already using https://ark.intel.com/content/www/de/de/ark/products/189347/intel-wifi-6-ax200-gig.html https://ark.intel.com/content/www/de/de/ark/products/189347/... as WiFi/Bluetooth card on all my computers, but I still can’t get anything to sync reliably. In the end I just gave up and now I use the dualshock 4 with cables. And for headphones, I’ll continue using my wired sennheisers from 2008 (I checked and updated the year in the previous post as well). The Dualshock 4 gets about a minute at best before I get suddenly random input from it and it stops working. That’s with a genuine Sony DS4, second version. I actually still use wireless mice, but only the ones with custom dongles.
- 112233 4y ago
  > I've got ethernet cables that I've been using since 2011 without them breaking. Me too. My problem is going to store and finding such cables, that will last 10 years. > My headphones are in fact from 2008 That reminds me. When I was complaining about 3.5 mm cables in one music store, how my only good cable is from earphones I bought ~20 years ago, the store person went, like, "of course it won't break if it was made back then! why do you expect to buy something like that now, they ain't now making any"
gmueckl 4y ago
This post makes me wonder what I do differently. I've some cables wired up here that are easily 5+ years old and I've had micro USB charging ports survive daily plug/unplug cycles for 4 years. My number one cause for cable-related malfunction is when I don't plug something in correctly. I think the mouse that feasted on cable insulation in my backpack may actually have made it to second place. That's an entirely different story...

by 112233 4y ago

kuschku 4y ago

I've got ethernet cables that I've been using since 2011 without them breaking. My headphones are in fact from 2008, all I've got to do is replace the leather pads every 5 years. I'm still using the USB-C cables from my Nexus 5X today, no problem with them. With HDMI cables I just buy them, connect them to my GPU and wait for the AMD driver to tell me the maximum bandwidth they support. Super easy way to measure what they'll support and what not. So now I've got a dozen that work at 4K 60Hz HDR just fine. On the other hand, I've never been able to get a single bluetooth device to sync reliably for more than 5 minutes.

maccard 4y ago
> On the other hand, I've never been able to get a single bluetooth device to sync reliably for more than 5 minutes. That sounds pretty unbelievable to me - even the cheapest crappiest Bluetooth devices can pair with the cheapest crappiest USB Bluetooth adapter reliably for more than 5 minute's. Headphones snag, the jacks get wobbly, theyre fixed lengths (standing desks mean they need to be long enough to move now so they're messy unless you do a bunch of extra work). Ive got problems with interference with my wired mouse that seems to cause stuttering if I use a specific usb port, but maybe once every 2-3 weeks or so the port I do use just doesn't recognize the device so I have to un plug it and plug it back in. Bluetooth may not be perfect but it's tidy, easy to use, well supported, reasonably reliable, and good enough quality for 98% of my use cases.
- kuschku 4y ago
  I’m not sure what’s causing it, but I just can’t get a DualShock 4 to sync reliably. Or the WH1000MX3 from my partner. And with the Jabra headphones I had for work, I always had to use their dongle because it would never sync reliably. I’m intentionally already using https://ark.intel.com/content/www/de/de/ark/products/189347/intel-wifi-6-ax200-gig.html https://ark.intel.com/content/www/de/de/ark/products/189347/... as WiFi/Bluetooth card on all my computers, but I still can’t get anything to sync reliably. In the end I just gave up and now I use the dualshock 4 with cables. And for headphones, I’ll continue using my wired sennheisers from 2008 (I checked and updated the year in the previous post as well). The Dualshock 4 gets about a minute at best before I get suddenly random input from it and it stops working. That’s with a genuine Sony DS4, second version. I actually still use wireless mice, but only the ones with custom dongles.
112233 4y ago
> I've got ethernet cables that I've been using since 2011 without them breaking. Me too. My problem is going to store and finding such cables, that will last 10 years. > My headphones are in fact from 2008 That reminds me. When I was complaining about 3.5 mm cables in one music store, how my only good cable is from earphones I bought ~20 years ago, the store person went, like, "of course it won't break if it was made back then! why do you expect to buy something like that now, they ain't now making any"

gmueckl 4y ago

This post makes me wonder what I do differently. I've some cables wired up here that are easily 5+ years old and I've had micro USB charging ports survive daily plug/unplug cycles for 4 years. My number one cause for cable-related malfunction is when I don't plug something in correctly. I think the mouse that feasted on cable insulation in my backpack may actually have made it to second place. That's an entirely different story...