Out of curiosity, how much force can an HDMI socket take? If one were insane enough to put significant upwards or downwards pressure on an HDMI cable that was plugged in, which would be more likely to break: something within the socket, or something on the cable (the male connector)?
I have a habit of wiggling the HDMI connector a lot on my equipment because of dropouts (which, I found last night, can be blamed on my AVR). Unfortunately, OCD kicked in when I was fiddling around with the HDMI connection on my BDP-83, and I probably put more pressure on the socket than I should have---all seems fine as I still get a signal, but my paranoia simply won't budge...
Are most sockets designed like this:
If so, it seems that if an HDMI socket suffered damage, it'd be the actually socket coming loose from the PCB, right?
I have a habit of wiggling the HDMI connector a lot on my equipment because of dropouts (which, I found last night, can be blamed on my AVR). Unfortunately, OCD kicked in when I was fiddling around with the HDMI connection on my BDP-83, and I probably put more pressure on the socket than I should have---all seems fine as I still get a signal, but my paranoia simply won't budge...
Are most sockets designed like this:

If so, it seems that if an HDMI socket suffered damage, it'd be the actually socket coming loose from the PCB, right?