Updated Review: This cable d*mn near burned my house down. It worked fine for the first couple of weeks that I had it. I used it to connect my desktop PC to a portable monitor. The monitor has it's own separate power cable, so it's not like I was trying to power the entire thing with just this cable. A couple of days ago, I was using my PC when the monitor just lost connection. I thought maybe the cable had come loose or I was having some other PC issue. I couldn't get the monitor to reconnect, though, so I tried another monitor (with a different cable) and it worked immediately. On the desktop, though, was an error message I had never seen before about one of my USB ports having a power surge. This immediately made me think of this cable. When I went to unplug the cable from my PC, I actually burned the tips of my fingers. The plug itself was RIDICULOUSLY and DANGEROUSLY hot. I could smell the odor of fried electronics coming from it. I immediately ripped it out of my GPU socket and began to pray that it hadn't destroyed my GPU. Thankfully, it had not.
This is the second HDMI to USB C cable I have tried. Both cables had an additional USB plug for powering the signal. Both of them have died due to overheating issues. The other cable I tried at least had several comments about it getting hot—I should have believed them. This cable had none of those warnings, so I thought I would give it a try. Apparently, the electronics inside are just as bad. If you try this plug, do yourself a favor and check it DAILY for overheating. I will not trust another HDMI to USB C cable after this one.
I wish I could still return it.
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