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it takes a lot to get me excited about a cable in the entire history of limas tech tips we're talking over 2,500 videos here I have only made a dedicated video about a cable nine times so when I say this is the coolest cable that I've ever seen I hope that makes you want to stick around and learn more about it Corsair Gaming RGB keyboards feature precision cherry on X RGB key switches for sixteen point eight million color perky backlighting for virtually unlimited customization click now to learn more so the first time I was introduced to Corning's USB 3.0 optical cables note that the Box does not say USB 3.0 they can't call it USB 3.0 since there's no actual standard for a fiber optic USB 3 cable very clever Corning anyway the first time I saw them was at CES this year and for some reason I was the only one freaking out about it maybe it's because they're ludicrously expensive I paid $300 for this one so I could do this video because I don't know anyone at Corning but in spite of that I just can't help but geeked out about them building this thing without repeaters and without signal boosters this cable can carry a signal 10 times the recommended length for USB 3.0 and thanks to their clear curve VSD an optical fiber it does so while being slimmer and much more durable than a standard copper cable in fact it's so durable that at that booth I was talking about they basically had a try to break the cable challenge where you could put there's zero Bend radius to the test so let's show it off then shall we see this computer right here got a monitor running keyboard mouse here's a USB drive that I can plug into this USB 3 hub next to it and transfer some data off of it hold on now just wait a second where is the actual computer at well let's go find it shall we so following this optical cable we actually discover that the computer is a full hundred feet or three metres away in the back alley behind the house now I decided to cheap out and I went for a USB three one versus a thunderbolt one and we're using a USB three hub versus a more expensive Thunderbolt hub but if you were willing to and had enough money to afford the Thunderbolt 60 meter cable and that dock I showed you before you could feasibly have your display and peripherals an entire house away from the actual computer if you wanted to for some reason ah now some of you are undoubtedly watching this going why the devil would I want a 30-meter USB cable there are probably a dozen more practical ways to do anything that you've talked about here and on top of that my case has front USB 3 so like a meter has lots for me to which I would respond yeah this kind of thing isn't going to be practical for most people this is more of a think of the possibilities type of episode no PC can be more silent than one that's not in the same room right higher speed longer distance data transfer is good for everyone and seeing optical cables get one step closer to mainstream allowing us to do crazy stuff like this ah I just I geeked out over this stuff I mean they're not perfect yet the manual says to only use self powered devices so that's anything that's powered from the wall and if you plug in a bus powered device like a USB drive or a Wi-Fi adapter directly it results in either intermittent connectivity or power errors but given that there isn't even a standard for converting USB 3 to optical like this it still makes my jaw drop to see this black magic disk speed test saturating the USB 3 bus on an SSD that's literally a hundred feet away in the back alley so thanks for watching guys like this video if you liked it dislike it if you just liked it leave a comment and let me know can you think of anything that we didn't come up with for what you with a super long USB 3 cable or Thunderbolt cable guys check out the link in the video description to support us you can buy a cool t-shirt like this one give us a monthly contribution or change your amazon bookmark to one with our affiliate code so whenever you buy really really long cables we get a small kickback and I think that's pretty much it thanks for watching Owen if anyone from Corning is watching you know we'd love to show off the 60 60 meter Thunderbolt cable you know if you wanted to send one of those to us shameless request for a cable anyway I think that's pretty much it guys thanks for watching and as always don't forget to subscribe