I've had this happen. You see what are called "sparkles" when you get a lot of failures (and it truly looks like sparkling glitter on your TV). It turned out to

I've had this happen. You see what are called "sparkles" when you get a lot of failures (and it truly looks like sparkling glitter on your TV). It turned out to be the TV's connector more than the cable itself. The same $4 cable worked fine on a replacement set.