Best-rated DisplayPort 1.2 cable on Alza is half price. For 100 CZK and with a three-year warranty

Cables are the most boring item in any shopping cart and also the one where saving money often goes wrong. You can now buy AlzaPower Core DisplayPort 1.2 with code ALZADNY50 for 100 CZK instead of 199 CZK. More interesting than the discount, however, is the rating: 4.9 out of 5 from 834 customers and 153 written reviews. So many people simply don’t agree on a cable just like that.

👍 Take it if you’re connecting a monitor to a computer and want a cable that just works and you don’t have to replace it in a year.
🤔 Hesitate if you have a gaming monitor with high resolution and refresh rate – DisplayPort 1.2 standard only supports 4K up to 60 Hz.
💰 Price: 100 CZK for a shielded cable with a three-year warranty; the cheapest unbranded ones cost similarly, but without warranty and with worse shielding.

Triple shielding is not marketing

With video cables, it’s not the conductors that are skimped on, but the shielding – and that’s why cheap ones flicker, lose signal, or the monitor randomly disconnects. This cable has triple shielding, which protects it from interference from the power source, Wi-Fi router, or power cables coiled behind the desk, and gold-plated connectors, which resist oxidation and maintain contact even after years of re-plugging.

Technically, it’s DisplayPort 1.2 with a throughput of 21.6 Gbps, which means 4K resolution at 60 Hz or Full HD/QHD at 144 Hz. For a typical office, document work, and most Full HD gaming, this is perfectly sufficient. The length of 1.5 meters covers the distance from the PC tower under the desk to the monitor, and the connectors are reversible, so it doesn’t matter which end you plug in where.

Who this cable won’t be enough for

The DisplayPort 1.2 standard is an older generation and has its limits. If you have a 4K monitor with 144 Hz and want to utilize its maximum, you need a newer DisplayPort 1.4 or 2.1. However, for 4K at 60 Hz or Full HD with a higher refresh rate, this cable works without issues – and that’s the configuration most people have.

For a hundred CZK with a three-year warranty, this is exactly the kind of purchase you won’t even remember in two years – because the cable will still be working.

Do you buy branded cables, or do you just grab the cheapest one available?