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For those of us who use A/V equipment with HDMI jacks, we all have experienced issues with the cable being forced to bend at stressful angles to go to the next piece of equipment in the signal path. NextGen has solved this difficulty with the Twister, which is an HDMI jack and plug, connected together using a 3600 ball joint.

For my own situation, my 47″ LCD HDTV has its HDMI jacks arranged vertically on the back panel, so the HDMI cable, which is very stiff, was bending so sharply, it was causing the plug to lose contact with some of the pins, resulting in the TV program to suddenly go to blue screen. I thought at first it was the satellite box, so I reset it, but to no avail. Then I realized that it might be the HDMI plug, and when I pushed it in more tightly, the signal returned.

Then, I saw the press release for the NextGen Twister, and I knew I had my solution. I obtained one, plugged it into the TV’s HDMI jack, and the HDMI cable into the Twister’s jack, turned the Twister until it felt like there was no strain on the interface, and have gone back to watching my programs without annoying interruptions from such a simple problem that now has a simple solution.

Here are some photos of the Twister in several different positions, and a photo of the Twister connected to my HDTV.

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You can order the Twister on-line at NextGen at $19.95/each.

 

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Editor-in-Chief Emeritus. John E. Johnson, Jr. founded Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity in 1994, shortly after publishing a hardcopy book of the same title. He served as Editor-in-Chief of Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity until 2022. John has been involved in audio and video for more than 50 years, having built radio transmitters, amplifiers, turntables, and speakers from scratch. He was also one of the founders of the Northern California Audio Video Association, now The Bay Area Audio Society. John holds four university degrees, including a Ph.D. in Neuroscience, and has published numerous scientific books, along with dozens of scientific articles on biomedical research topics as well as imaging technology. He was the founder and Editor-in-Chief of two medical/scientific journals for 20 years. John holds several patents, including one on high resolution image analysis and one on a surgical instrument. He has been affiliated with NASA, The National Institutes of Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Stanford Research Institute, and The University of California at Berkeley. He is President of the consulting firm Scientific Design and Information, Inc., which is based in Redwood City, California. John resides in the San Francisco Bay area with his wife and multiple kitties! His daughter, Cynthia, who was an integral part of SECRETS for many years, resides in San Francisco.

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