My favorite blogger is at it again on HD Beat. Fresh after his brilliant "review" recommendation of the junky Helios DVD player, he seems to have misunderstood concept of stress relief cables.
Stress relief on a cable is designed to prevent bending or breaking of the cable at the connector point, or prevent electrical stress on the connection of the wire to the connector. Really thick cables can weigh down on a connection and either break the host connector or even cause equipment to tip over. At the very least, they won't bend easily, causing them to take up a lot of space behind the equipment. A short, flexible stress relief cable can solve many of those issues.
The blogger on HD Beat has decided that some new HDMI ![[WikiPedia]](http://www.mikeyp.com/css/external.gif)
stress relief cables are designed to "take the 'stress' out of installing different types of cables in tight spots." Cute!
