The metal end/jacket came off of my primary HDMI cable (to TV). It's a 12' run and I don't have another cable this long (ordered a replacement though). Is there a way to fix this cable, at least temporarily? The rest of the cable is intact, just the male end came off, exposing the metal prongs on the cable.

12/22/2011 10:46:01 PM

I suppose you could cut a chunk off the plastic end and solder the tiny wires onto the correct places

12/22/2011 10:51:07 PM

haha, I haven't those skills.

12/22/2011 10:51:45 PM

you could splice a new end on by cannibalizing a regular length hdmi.

12/23/2011 8:45:56 AM

HDMI is such a flaky hardware implementation to begin with, I can virtually guarantee you that splicing shit together would make it fail hard. Get Amazon Prime if you don't have it and have them overnight you a cable for like $10-12 total if you're in a super hurry.

12/23/2011 7:03:24 PM

^have prime and already ordered a replacement

12/23/2011 11:09:33 PM

by the time you figure out how to repair this, your new cable would have arrived.

12/24/2011 9:05:19 AM

You should cash in the warranty on the cable too, it most likely has a lifetime warranty (and if it's a Best Buy brand cable, they'll swap it in store).

12/24/2011 12:04:01 PM

or go rent one from bestbuy/walmart until yours comes in.

12/24/2011 6:51:48 PM

Five Below (next to Best Buy) has them for $5

12/24/2011 8:37:14 PM