Reviews for Apple 30-pin to VGA Adapter

Only a few apps send output to an external display. (e.g. Keynote, but not Pages; not even Netflicks.) You will not see your iPod screen on the monitor. The connector does what it's intended to do, its the iPad that limited.

Wasn't Steve Jobs using a mirror screen in his iPad presentation? Sure, great that I can use this for Keynote and videos. But just mirror the screen. Apple fans deserve better.

me: so, can i stream netflix movies to my iPad and have them display on my monitor?
apple genius #1: yep
me: how about safari?
apple genius #1: yep, it just mirrors your iPad on the screen
me: cool, here is my credit card

an hour later

me: huh? this thing doesn't do anything of the sort.

another hour later

me: this thing is terrible, i need to return it
apple genius #2: yeah, pretty lame huh?

Pretty disappointed that I can't watch streaming video content from my Netflix and ABC apps...probably should have read the reviews instead of assuming this hardware would "just work" (in the Apple fashion to which we've all become accustomed) "like you'd expect it."

It's a good thing Apple has an accommodating return policy.

Works perfectly with my iPad 2, does not work with iPad 1- RTFM, people! Agree with other posters, the iPad connector often "slips" out while presenting. Why can't I connect to power AND VGA like the HDMI connector? Item needs to be redesigned.

This adapter does not allow you to view the iPad screen. It just allows you to view whatever Apple allows you to. Yes you can view Keynote presentations in playback mode - but not in editing mode. No you can't view Pages or Numbers documents and no you can't view websites with Safari. Absolutely pointless for a teacher who wants to use the iPad in the classroom with a data projector.

So VERY disappointed! Not only did I pay $29 bucks for the adapter, I also had to shell out another $25 for the duel male end cable to hook between the adapter and TV only to find it doesn't stream anything worthwhile. Oh sure, if I want to bore myself and others sensless with a slideshow it will work but I wantedt to be able to watch my Netflix movies with my husband through it onto the TV rather than just by myself on the iPad. Apple, I can't beleive you have such a HUGE limitation. I hope this gets fixed with the next upgrade SOON!

Cannot display Safari web pages, cannot display video, cannot mirror iPad screen. What use is it? Not only that, the product description is deceiving and leads you to believe that whatever is on the iPad screen will display out the VGA port, but NO so!

I'm using this with an iPad 2, fully updated to iOS 5.1.1 and ALL apps (including DirecTV, videos purchased on iTunes, YouTube, Safari, Angry Birds, etc...) work just fine when connected to a monitor, widescreen TV, or projector. Keep in mind that it may not adjust the resolution to fit the TV so you might have black bars on the sides and such. DirecTV and videos seem capable of scaling to 16:9 aspect ratio of the TV.

The plug does come out pretty easily so it's best if you can just leave the iPad sitting flat on a stationary surface. VGA does not transmit sound so if you want to watch videos, you'll have to plan ahead or listen through the iPad.

I've also used this with an iPod Touch 4th Gen and the results are the same as with the iPad2.

This VGA connector mirrors everything when it is connected to a iPhone 4S or an iPad 2 running iOS 5. I knocked a star off becouse it does not charge while you are using it like the HDMI adapter does. I hope Apple will redesign this down the road