Review on 1Ft Ethernet Cable With Break-Proof Construction - Ideal For High-Speed Internet, Gaming, Networks, LANs, Routers, Modems And Switches - Blue RJ45 Plug By CableDirect by Dave Phobia

The price was right but the signal quality and integrity suffered greatly.This review reflects my experience with this product for A/V use only.I use Cat5e, Cat 6 and Cat 7 for passing audio signal as well as video. I frequently use the exact cable specs (Cat 6, TIA 568-C) for passing audio in live sound applications as well as in my studio.I also use this cable type for passing video content (HDMI to Cat6 (send) and Cat 6 to HDMI) for video presentations as well as sending video to a program monitor for editing.For the practical video test, I was trying to pass a PowerPoint and video presentations to a 65" TV screen (pre-show test) from my MacBook Pro via 1 foot HDMI cable to a high quality HDMI to Cat6 converter, through this KabelDirekt - 25' Cat6 cable to be received by the sister Cat6 to HDMI converter, through another 1 foot HDMI and terminate at the TV.The 1st cable I tried had absolutely NO signal, so I grabbed another one (comes 5 in a box). The 2nd cable I tried, had an intermittent signal an cut out about every 3 to 8 seconds . I didn't even waste my time with the rest of them.Just to be fair and certain that the issue was not originating from another component in this set-up, I swapped out the cable for one of my own that I was using previously, with the same specs (Cat6 568-C). My cable worked perfectly!Just for curiosity (and maybe to help others reading this review), I tried this KabelDirekt - 25' Cat6 cable with my audio production (live sound) equipment. In this set-up, I used an SM58 mic into a Midas DL16 using a Mogami XLR cable. I then patched the DL16 to the Midas M32 using this KabelDirekt - 25' Cat6 cable.It was definitely sending a signal, however many channels were experiencing intermittent drops of up to 12db at times. Once again I cross referenced/compares using the same working cable I own (same one I used in the video test) and everything once again worked as expected.Full disclosure: I normally use a professional, shielded ethercon cable when doing live sound but I KNOW that these regular Cat6 568-C cables work flawlessly in audio productions. I use them all of the time in the studio for the P16 personal monitoring systems.I did not try this cable for regular internet/network applications however, I suspect I would experience similar issues . signal integrity is signal integrity. You just can't candy coat it, it just IS WHAT IT IS!Hope this review helps some people.