said by ArthurS: The majority of electronic components have connectors soldered directly to the printed circuit board, the problem is that many of these manufacturers "cheap out" and hardly do anything to secure the connector to the chassis. So after a while, your stiff and expensive cable is actually causing stress on the soldered connections on the printed circuit board, eventually causing failure here. DAMHIK!
What is important is to find a cable with adequate strain relief, and at the same time don't do anything crazy to contort the cable into sharp angles that will eventually cause failure in the electronics and/or cable.
My new Sony KDL46HX750 TV has almost all of the key inputs except analogue inputs, parallel to the wall and perpendicular (at 90 degrees) to the screen, obviating the need for 90 degree bends in cables.
