First, the cable pictured is not what I received. My cable was a ribbon-type w/ the wires side by side, not bundled. Seemed to work fine at first, then got a "no signal" message on the TV. Wiggled the cable and signal came back. Few minutes later the Wii menu screen was in black & white. Again, wiggled the cable and color came back. Clearly there are shorts in this brand new cable. Was less than $6, so not going to bother returning. I've already ordered another cable from a different company thru Amazon...not blaming Amazon on this one. The reseller clearly got hold of a bad batch of cables.