I regularly connect my laptop to my TV to watch streams without the Roku app. I bought this iVanky cable to replace my existing high quality cable. While the existing cable had very weak connections, resulting in frequent signal dropouts, the iVanky cable not only had excellent connections, but was much more flexible than my existing cable, making installation easier. The iVanky cable is not only very high quality, but also very cheap. I will be working to replace all of my current cables with iVanky cables over the next few months.