Apple 30-pin to VGA Adapter

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Not working after ios6 upgrade

    • Written by from Murray Hill

    İt is not working on ipad3rd after ios6 upgrade.

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Not A Complete Solution

    • Written by from Chelsea

    A;lthough this reads as a complete, mirroring solution, it is not. Shame on Apple for misleading on this front once again!

    Get it right folks and be honest!

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Works for some content

    • Written by from Espoo

    Bought it to use my iPad2 with a projector. Should have read the reviews first.. Videos from iTunes will not play. Should be clearly labelled as a limited functionality device!

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Does Not Mirror iPad Screen

    • Written by from Shah Alam

    The adapter does not mirror my iPad screen of a web-based application! It only works as what was said, video and pictures! Don't buy if you plan to mirror iPad screen..!

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Serious presentation limitations

    • Written by from Belmont

    Pros:
    The adapter works.

    Cons:
    The adapter only works with youtube and a few other select apps. If you are hoping to use your ipad as a presentation tool (I teach at a university and this is what I was hoping for) you will be extremely upset to find that it doesn't work with most presentation apps ie Prezi etc.

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Buyer Beware!

    • Written by from Palm Harbor

    One star only because I cannot rate it at zero! Yes I buy movies from I tunes. I bought my Ipad 2 from Apple. I bought this adapter from apple. Now the rub! It will allow an I tunes purchased movie to play on your TV for about 20 seconds before it stops it, and gives you a pop up that it will not play on a non compatible device??!!! Not what I read in the description!
    Totally Disgusted!!! What now, " you must purchase an Apple TV?!!!
    Do Not Buy It!!!

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Accessory Not Supported...

    • Written by from Tempe

    I bought this accessory so that I could use my iPad to teach my lectures through Keynotes. It worked twice perfectly fine. Then, the third time I used it gave me the "This accessory is not supported by the iPad" error. Needless to say, I was glad I had my flash drive as a backup.

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Can't play movies downloaded from iTunes

    • Written by from Porto Alegre

    The only purpose I bought the cable was to watch movies on my TV. My surprise, however, is that we can't play "protected movies" on the TV with this cable.
    Frustrated.

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    False advertising!

    • Written by from FARMINGTON HILLS

    Although the advertising states that the product will "mirror whatever is on your iPhone or iPad," I found that, in actuality, it only works on a limited number of apps made by Apple itself. For example, although my YouTube app that came with my iPhone projects video onto my TV just fine, most everything else does not project to my TV. Further research on the web indicates that support for video out for third-party (i.e. not Apple) apps is entirely up to the developer, which makes sense but was not what was advertised. I cannot get Safari to work, either, and that is a native Apple app!

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Useless

    • Written by from Harts

    "This accessory is not supported" displays even though I have an app specifically for VGA out. It worked the first time I hooked it to a projector, then would never sync up. Epic failure!

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Can't play DRM-protected movies

    • Written by from BRIGHTON

    Wasted 40 minutes going to the Apple store in person to buy this product, because I wanted to watch on a big screen a movie I had rented on the iPad. Discovered only after I got home that the iPad won't play DRM-protected videos through the VGA adapter. It'd be nice if they documented it in the product description, which I _did_ take the time to read carefully before going to the store to buy it!

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Disappointed and confused

    • Written by from Centennial Park

    If I had known that the itunes content you purchase cannot be played on your TV via this adapter I would never have purchased it. What is the point!! We are encouraged to purchase through itunes but the device doesn't support the purchases! Feel disappointed and ripped off.

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    limited

    • Written by from Stamford

    i was very disappointed that i cant play any of the movies/shows i got through iTunes on my mini projector.. #fail

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Really disappointed

    • Written by from Coventry

    I bought one of these cables for my iPad 3 for use in my lessons at school. It just does not work with my iPad! It works fine with my iPhone, and my colleagues ipad2 but not my ipad3.
    Apple have had my iPad back and returned it saying there is nothing wrong yet the lead does not work with my ipad3 and therefore is a real let down and means I cannot use this wonderful piece of kit for teaching with.

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Rubbish VGA cable

    • Written by from Co. Limerick

    As a teacher and lecturer who loves my iPad i am so so disappointed with this rubbish cable which is good for nothing. Can not use it to display anything of use except photos and videos and a few junk apps. If it could mirror my writing and drawing apps my iPad could revolutionise my lessons! Such a shame. Also bad business as a lot of educators, teachers, etc would use otherwise.

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Not for all TVs

    • Written by from Woodbury

    I have 2 types of TVs at home, a flat screen and a traditional one. The adaptor didn't work on either one. I am returning it.

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Awful - used four times & it broke

    • Written by from Uddingston

    Thought this would be great and save me lugging a laptop/charger around for presentations and it worked fine - for four times. Then I had to move a projector and iPad. When I went to reconnect - nothing. Totally died on me. Reconnected to other VGAs and nothing. Unit has totally died. Not the standard I expect from Apple - especially at the price.

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Totally furious

    • Written by from swansea

    Bought this with the intention to watch two movies I rented for valentines day, just thought I'd give it a go and the tv is not supported and iTunes will not play. Btw I have a new Samsung tv. This product will be returned tomorrow.

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Didn't work for me!

    • Written by from McMinnville

    It's a good thing that I make a dry run before a presentation. I hooked up the conference room equipment to my iPad to show a bit of a Penn & Teller episode that I had BOUGHT, and to my delight I received an error message on the iPad that the adapter did not work with "protected movies". All I got on the big screen was a still image of the first frame. Another random TV show I tried worked as it should. So what bloody good is it anyway if the iPad is crippled like that? I can't count on using it in my presentations.

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    does nothing with iPhone 4

    • Written by from Galena

    Despite the claims that this cable is compatible with iPhone 4 it apparently is not. I got this to use in my class to show students various bird-related apps and compare them to online resources and traditional field guides. Nothing, not just no mirroring, but no anything, photos, slideshows, nothing. C'mon Apple, you want schools to adopt etextbooks on iPads, time to make the iPhones truely compatible with LCD projectors. It can't be that difficult.

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