Comment by traceroute66
3 days ago
> verify what's actually in the cable (not blindly trusting the marker) the latter is sufficient
But as was repeated 101 times on that thread ....
All that those cheap $40 boxes are doing IS reading the marker.
Sadly you are kidding yourself if you think a $40 box off Amazon is doing any sort of "verification". Let alone in any sort of calibrated, reproducible sense free of random unknown variables.
Then I am kidding myself, because I'm convinced it does a lot more.
> Then I am kidding myself, because I'm convinced it does a lot more.
Good luck spotting those counterfeit / phony markers with your $40 toy.
Just one of many examples of basic things your $40 toy won't tell you.