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Does exactly as advertised. I use it with my MacBook to connect to a Samsung monitor and haven't had any problems. The only thing that caused some confusion is that the DVI that is created is a female version, so with my monitor I needed a male to male DVI cable (to lengthen the connection) rather than the male to female that I expected.

42 of 47 people found this useful

I'm amazed that people find this cable expensive. It's €19.00!! Does exactly what it's supposed to do.

19 of 34 people found this useful

Nice little product, worked a treat for linking my 20" Intel iMac up to a 20" Samsung display. Very simple and no setup required. It would be nice if it was available as a wire (maybe 0.5m) so there was no need for a DVI cable.

66 of 73 people found this useful

I bought one of these with an XTREMEHD HTMI>DVI adapter cable to hook up to my Sony Bravia.

I have a 2.4Ghz 20" iMac and a Sony Bravia KDL26S201OU 26" LCD TV and as soon as I plugged it in the screen flashed a couple of times on my iMac and I was up and running!

The Displays section recognised the TV and the colour profile and automatically set it up for 1080i. The only observation is that the 'overscan' setting makes the picture go off screen at the top and the bottom so I disabled that.

Great bit of kit for previewing my video when I'm editing with Final Cut ^^

93 of 132 people found this useful

This came as an add-on cost for my Macbook but was just what I needed to connect it to the HDMI socket on my TV (with a DVI-HMDI crossover cable that cost twice as much!). DVI-D - in case you are wondering.

127 of 229 people found this useful

I bought a Dell monitor with DVI-D cable bundled because I couldn't afford a cinema display for my MacBook :-( Then bought the mini-DVI to DVI adaptor, plugged it into the Dell cable and voila - it all works perfectly. No drivers, no mess, just instant gratification. An adaptor that does exactly what it says on the tin.

Shame it's not bundled with the MacBook, but I suppose Apple can't be expected to supply cabling and adaptors for every conceivable configuration. I have a drawer full of unused cables from previous Macs and other computers and I can't think of a use for them except landfill :-(

Even better if the MacBook had been supplied with a standard DVI-D port.

Overall though - it works perfectly. Just check that it's right for your set-up before you rush to buy.
RB

127 of 225 people found this useful

This is very useful because all apple products are just so incompatible when you buy this you can connect a macbook or any other product with a mini-dvi port to a, vga equipped TV, projector, and anything else

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I bought this after reading all the comments about it not having the extra slots for a VGA adapter, since I was planning on using it on a DVI monitor anyway, but found out that my DVI cable needs those slots too. Before you buy I'd recommend looking at your DVI cable ends. If it has pins above and below the horizontal bar, this won't fit it.

Fortunately for me I also have a VGA monitor and I bought the mini DVI to VGA adapter at the same time, which has worked perfectly.

71 of 111 people found this useful

Well this item does the job it is intended to do nicely. Macbook is now hooked up to my monitor and working perfectly. It would be nice if the cable was slightly longer though as the length it is really only allows it to turn at 90 degrees. In all honestly though like most people I would really prefer to see this shipped with the Macbook but I cant really fault the product on what it does.

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Ok, I'm sure this adapter will do what it needs to do for many years to come, but it should come in the box with new MacBook. Apple seem to have really cut down on the stuff they include in the box nowadays - my good old G4 PowerMac came with all sorts of cables included, five years ago.

I've never seen a monitor with a Mini DVI input, so if you want to add a 2nd display to your MacBook (which is pretty likely with its 13" display) you're going to need this adapter (assuming most people are using DVI now). Ok, MacBooks are at the budget end of Apple's computers, but they aren't exactly cheap, so please Apple - stop trying to rip us off even more. I like your computers, but get a bit sick of paying ridiculous prices for your extras!!

To top it off, I was charged a fiver for postage and the thing arrived via second-class royal mail post after FIVE DAYS! Sort it out Apple - we're getting a bit sick of this.

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