• Go to your local electronics store and see if that is true when you want a cable “today”.

      There’s a difference between theory and practice.

      Different countries and regions may have better markets for DP cables, but I can’t recall having had options other than length.

    • Why would you even want that, the locking mechanism is imo one of the advantages DP has over HDMI, I had one too many instances of the HDMI plug getting lose in the socket causing signal loss (granted, not a big issue for Home Theater but def. an issue for some people for PC usage).

      • YMMV, obviously.

        Locking DP is a pain in the ass for me. HDMI disconnecting was never an issue either.

        I just wish I had a choice, but in practice I don’t as selection of cables is poor.

        I never screwed in VGA or DVI connectors either.

        Personally I prefer the plug falling out instead of the connector and/or cable getting damaged if you pull on it.