Apple Mini-dvi To Video Adapter by Apple Computer
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Digital camera reviews of Apple Mini-dvi To Video Adapter
Digital camera Review: Finally, the right adapter
Summary: 5 Stars
My son and I had tried several sequences of adapters without success. Now, finally with this adapter for my 13 inch MacBook, all I needed was one video and one audio cable and now I can watch streaming video (e.g. Netflix instant watch) on my TV.Digital camera Review: Finally, the right adapter!
Summary: 5 Stars
Reviews are only good if you can learn something from them, so here's what I did with this adapter. Hopefully it'll help you figure out if it's right for you.
It took awhile to figure out which adapter I needed, and then it took awhile to get the right one, but this is it. I wanted to connect a 1.5 GHz Powerbook 12" (aluminum) to a Sony Wega 27" flat-tube TV and watch videos. At first, I though all I would need was a mini-DVI-to-component, and then I learned the difference between "component" and "composite." Didn't matter though, because what I actually needed was this, the mini-DVI-to-Video adapter. (For an iBook G4, I think you'll need mini-VGA-to-video.)
The "Video" stands for S-Video, and any generic S-Video cable will hook up to it. You don't need an expensive Monster cable for this job.
The video quality ranges from acceptable to great. Even though you can see the lines of pixels on such a big TV when you're looking at the desktop, videos recorded at DVD-quality *look* like DVD-quality. Videos (by which I mean legally-acquired TV episodes) encoded at less than DVD-quality look pixelated if they were originally digital broadcasts, for some reason, so while The Invisible Man (new) looks crisp, new Battlestar Galactica looks... chunky. From this, we conclude that that adapter itself works just fine, and it's up to your original file quality to determine how good it will look on the TV.
That said, the screen resolution is 800x600 while the adapter is plugged in, so I wouldn't recommend routing video from a 12" PB to a larger TV than 27" unless you don't mind a little fuzziness.
The adapter also comes with a composite jack, but I haven't used it, so someone else will have to review that aspect. :-)
Digital camera Review: Good as it gets
Summary: 5 Stars
Bought this item to connect my macbook to my tv so my mom could watch movies on a bigger screen. Item came as was shown in the package, on time and in order. Simple plug and play device, operational without any other input needed. Required a RCA to RCA cable to connect to the tv; which was expected. Great quality product, waiting to see the durability, but don't expect any faults soon. Also facilitates extra display settings so you can mirror, or extend (enables me to do work while mom watches a full screen movie) your laptop display. Great Product.Digital camera Review: Great Price for all it does
Summary: 5 Stars
If you have this and a video cable it makes watching movies from you macbook easy and BIGGER. its a simple adapter for a good price. BUY IT!Digital camera Review: Great for White Macbook 2.0Ghz
Summary: 5 Stars
Great, perfect for my White Macbook I got off of ebay. Great for presentations. Fast two day shipping