Tripp Lite 270-Degree Right-Angle HDMI Cable (P568-006-RA) Review

Review: 5/5
Perfect 270 Degree Angle, Low Profile that Fits, Works Well (but check if you need 270 or 90).

This is a perfect 270 degree right angle connector cable. Unlike some other cables, and many angle adapters, this doesn't stick out too far in either direction, not too far past the head and not too tall. This is critical because if it stands too tall, like some others that stick out an inch or more, then it still sticks out the side and is noticeable or speakers still cannot sit flush against the TV edge. Also some TV ports don't have a lot of room beyond the port, and if the head of the cable sticks too far past the port, it doesn't fit, but this one fits well. As shown in the video, this fits with room to spare. If your TV is wall mounted, you will still have to pend the cable that sticks straight back and the amount of room might be tight depending on your TV.

IMPORTANT: Pay close attention to which direction your port is facing, which will tell you which kind of right angle you need, 90 degree or 270 degree. An HDMI port looks like a letter "D", and note which direction the rounded side of the "D" faces. This cable works for ports where the rounded side faces forward where the cable runs in the opposite direction. Some call this cable 270 degree. There seem to be a lot more 90 degree cables out there where the rounded side is in the direction that the cable runs. I needed one where the rounded side faced forward, and after searching I landed on this cable. There are flexible adapters that can bend either way, but they usually stick out farther and tend to have poor reviews that report failure. I really needed this direction that this cable supports, and am very happy that it solves my need.

This is a standard Video+Audio v1.3 HDMI cable. It only supports video+audio, which is standard for most people with cable boxes, DVRs, DVD or Blu-ray players, etc. But if you need this cable to carry a wired internet signal to your TV passing it through from some other device, then you should look for a v1.4 cable or a v1.3 that says "with Ethernet". This, being v1.3, also doesn't have what v1.4 adds -- 3D and audio-return. If you don't need the TV to send audio back to something like a receiver through this same cable, and if you don't have 3D, then you should be vine with normal HD video & audio. You can find more about HDMI specs on Wikipedia if you are unsure about differences.


Product Title: TRIPP LITE HDMI Gold Straight to Right-Angle Digital Video Cable HDMI M/HDMI Right-Angle M - 6 Feet (P568-006-RA)
Model: P568-006-RA