[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] MT4GS:
Obviously ;)

I tested it because when I read the post to which I originally replied I remembered I have it and once I found out it doesn't work I thought I should clarify it (since the OP didn't follow whether he bought it or not, and his post - as it is - actually is misleading). And then I remembered I have more of these cables, so why not...

Yup, I thought exactly the same, a de facto standard it seems, at least major manufacturers appear to follow it (unless my bunch of cables was some odd bunch, it's possible too).

Of course the "color coding" of the cables doesn't matter, I've learned that probably as a kid with just red and white RCA cables for my first stereos when L/R channels were always inconsistent ;)

I did start to write about it too, but I deleted this part in the end. My post was already too long for the average short-attention-span reader.

No, you misunderstood.

There is no difference in picture quality.

The difference is in how well the plug fits in the phone, hence when you move it (or rotate the plug in the socket - my test) you will or will not see the distortion appear on tv *at that moment*.

Oxidation is always possibility, of course. Visually I can tell you there are no signs of rust on any connectors.

The "best" tested cable (the JVC one) isn't actually newest, it was from my last DV camera, bought ca.2005-2006.

The oldest is probably Sony cable, 10+ years old. Newest would be the partially-working Canon PowerShot cable, ca. 2009 (maybe 2010)

Well, in theory I think they all are 3.5mm plugs.

But no, none of them fits really snugly as it should, each one have more or less of some tiny wobbliness which you can feel with your fingers when inserted. Although all fit "well" (meaning: they are not loose to fall out, nor they are not too thick to be pried out of or into the socket)

Pics coming. Camera battery died. Pics below.

On my Tv when phone is plugged to tv in portrait mode first it also fills the center from top to bottom, but when I rotate to landscape - and TV is on "auto" - I get screen in a "tiny 16x9" in the center of the screen (like a Widescreen film in a 4x3 format, if you know what I mean) because TV doesn't change to full 16x9 screen but stays at 4x3. Only if I turn off automatic aspect ratio detection it fills my TV screen.

But if I plug in phone in landscape mode it appears in full 16x9 screen right away.

edit: I wanted to test this on my big TV - I forgot there are no RCA connectors! :( (stupid newer model)

The once-ubiquitus RCAs are starting do disappear :( (not surprising actually, I always knew it will happen since the day US Govt. announced damned DMCA crap, there is no way to really "secure" any analog connections)

No, no stretch, just in small "window" in the center. I'll take a picture how it looks and show you.

I.LIKE.READING. :D

Only low-IQ folks don't like or hate reading, to put it nicely, but most likely you already knew it too..

That's exactly why I wrote which brand/model cables are OK or not.

I'd say ALL RCA inputs are female. At least I have never seen male RCA inputs on any device.

edit:

Here are pictures of the Canon connector you've asked (in comparison to 4-pronged JVC cable):

This is how it looks when I rotate from portrait to landscape and my TV is set to "auto aspect ratio", what I meant by "widescreen at 4x3 picture in the center of the tv screen" (and in portrait it is even smaller in the center, with larger black bars on top and bottom; the grey areas on the sides are wide bars with which this TV fills the screen when in 4x3 mode):

(notice it still "detects" it as 4:3 480 interlaced)

and this is after I change aspect ratio manually to force 16x9:

(it is not a photo on my phone but begining of the film in a "stock built-in player", I just didn't click play)