I ordered this cable together with an Xbox 360 Slim. Unfortunately, the TV showed after joining the XBOX with my Samsung HD TV, which works without problems for several years now with DVD recorders, PS3 and Dreambox using HDMI cable (s), only "No Signal" on. I feared already that the XBOX has suffered transport damage. In desperation, I put the "old HDMI cable between my PS3 XBOX and TV and to my relief work this problem.
Either the cable supplied was defective, or not compatible with my Samsung HD TV. (XBOX fit it was supposed to be according to the manufacturer, that's why I ordered it so). But in my opinion all HDMI cables should really be backwards compatible .........?!?!