Ok..got it..but what about these cables with no pins in the middle?..im not talking about around the blade..these have no pins around the blade..then 6 pins.then no pins..then 6 more..the one that came with the OPPO dvd player has all the pins..except around the blade..the one that came with the D-VHS player is a HDMI to DVI..6 pins missing in the middle..God..I almost miss the days of just plain old RED and BLACK RCA cords..lol...