Actually, I'm surprised the THX standard isn't goofier... it pretty much says "must offer less electrical resistance than a piece of wet string, must be colour coded, must be printed with polarity - good idea, must indicate grounding location (Planet Earth?!!?), and usage length limits (no 8 mile runs, dude!), must have good strain relief, and for the video cables - enough bandwidth to carry a full signal"

At least there's no silliness about electron marching order or anything.

Bren R.