I was using HDMI 1.3 on my new Apple TV and found in Settings that I'm not turning on the video settings because of the HDMI cable may fail the Apple HDMI test for any setting. With this HDMI 2.1 cable I was able to activate HDMI 4:4:4 and RGB HIGH 4k @60Hz on my Sony XBR-49X830C Smart TV (this is stupid now because the MediaTek chip is no longer supported by Sony's WTG! and I had problems with 4K video freezing while audio continued and/or audio stuck in Netflix on built-in Android TV (which is not HDMI cable related) ARC works the same as HDMI 1.3 cable,