Addressing the OP.
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Originally Posted by Lamplighter
... yards of spaghetti-wiring ...
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A TV, DVD player, Audio Reciever, and 1 set of stereo speakers, all placed in the same cabinet, will have at least three power cables, a couple of RCAs, S-Videos, HDMIs or whatever, and the speaker wire. All cables--with the exception of the speaker wire--cannot be cut to length. The components are probably very close to each other, and close to a power outlet, power strip, or UPS. Spaghetti wiring is inevitable.
Unless...you make bundles wrapped with velcro strips--this is acceptable, but unnecessary if you use the self-bundling technique. Also, you can use zip strips, with the added inconvenience of having to cut the zip strip (at some point in the future)--unless you have the reversible zip strips. The ultimate, really is to use the zip strips with an eye you can run a screw through, bundle up all of your wire bundles into one big bundle, and screw it to the bottom of something where you can't see it, and it will never be jostled.
All of that being said, the simplest solution, requiring no additional tools or materials, is to make self-bundled wire bundles, allowing exactly as much wire as you need. You can connect the components directly, with no slack cable in between. You can even connect them purposefully so that no wires cross over each other, leaving a flow chart which will diagram like this:
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If you catch my drift. This is like spaghetti that is still in the box.
You can actually take a bunch of slimy noodles and put them back into Pandora's box.
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Originally Posted by Clodfobble
Throw it across the floor with no stray twists, you get an A.
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If you have reason to suspect that your TV may suddenly be moved 100 ft away from everything else, then you have other issues going on.