Overlap · The picture
The cable that came in the box
The cable is the quietest thing in this catalog and the one most often bought twice. Nothing on any listing here says a cable is included, and nothing says one is not.
This page does not tell anybody what cable they need. Bandwidth and version claims belong to the body that publishes the specification, which is linked at the bottom, and to the maker of the device on each end.
What the cable already behind the tv and a new hdmi cable each claim, job by job
- 1The picture not covered: nothing selected states this job
- 2The apps not covered: nothing selected states this job
- 3The sound not covered: nothing selected states this job
- 4The input not covered: nothing selected states this job
- 5The support not covered: nothing selected states this job
No job in this beam is claimed more than once.
Every segment is dark, and that is the finding. Neither side of this pair claims a job of its own anywhere in this catalog.
Already doing this job
The cable already behind the TV
The listing states: no listing in this catalog states a cable in the box
Somewhere behind every television is a cable that arrived with something, at some point, and has been there ever since.
It is the part of a living room least likely to be missing and most likely to be bought again, because nobody checks until the new box is already open.
What might be added
A new HDMI cable
The listing states: 48 Gbps, 8K at 60Hz, 4K at 120HzAnker Ultra High Speed HDMI Cable, 6 ft
Cable listings state bandwidth figures, mode figures and certification wording. Those are the seller statements, and this site does not measure any of them.
A cable claims none of the five jobs on this site. It carries the picture; it does not produce one. That is why buying a second one does not light anything new.
What ends up doubled
Depends on what you already own
Whether a new cable is a second one depends on the cable already behind the television, which no listing here mentions in either direction.
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listings in this catalog state an HDMI cable in the box.
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of them say nothing about it, in either direction.
Why people end up with both
Because a cable costs less than an evening of frustration and gets added to the order as insurance. That is a reasonable decision made with no information, and it is exactly the decision a listing that says nothing about the box contents encourages. Looking behind the television first costs nothing and takes two minutes.
What the listings never say
Silence is the whole finding here. No listing in this catalog states a cable in the box, and silence in a listing is not evidence that the box is empty. It is evidence that the seller did not write the sentence.
What the boxes are supposed to contain
Sources
- HDMI Licensing Administrator, cables
- HDMI Licensing Administrator, Ultra High Speed cable
- NFPA 70, National Electrical Code
Product facts on this page come from the listing text quoted here, in the seller own words. Statements about published standards come from the bodies linked above and from nowhere else.