Good Cable, But Amazon Basics has Joined the Mega Thick Jacket Wars

This is a fine cable along the lines of all the other mega thick cables out there. The trouble is, thicker jackets do not equate to higher quality. Thinner jackets work just as well and are much less aggravating to work with. The thick jacket and heavy duty plug prevent this cable from fitting into the pocket in the back of my Vizio M Series TV or next to any other HDMI cable in an adjacent socket on my Sony ES receiver. Here is the naked truth about HDMI cables: they either work or they don't, and there is no such thing as a premium passive cable. There are only 3 possible outcomes with any given HDMI cable: 1. Does not work 2. Works with artifacts (random white dots) 3. Works If your outcome is 1 or 2, your equipment does not like the cable, or you need an active cable for a long run. If your outcome is 3, you are good to go. There is no higher quality level than "works," considering the error-corrected digital nature of how HDMI signals are transmitted. That is a long-winded explanation of why this cable is unnecessarily thick. Thicker absolutely does not mean more "premium" -- just more difficult to use. Or, in my case, impossible to use. The last 2 Amazon Basics HDMI cables I purchased were a normal thickness with a normal sized connector, and they worked great. C'mon, Amazon! Withdraw from the thick cable wars!

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