Apple DVI to ADC Adapter
Buy the Apple DVI to ADC adapter to connect your DVI-equipped MacBook, MacBook Pro, iMac (Intel Core Duo), PowerBook G4, Mac mini, or Power Mac to an ADC-based Apple flat panel display* including: Apple Studio Display (15" or 17"), Apple Cinema Display (20"), Apple Cinema Display (22") or Apple Cinema HD Display (23").
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Overview
The combination of the MacBook Pro or PowerBook G4 with a DVI (Digital Visual Interface) port and the Apple DVI to ADC adapter delivers the pure-digital viewing experience of Apple's professional-quality displays.
The Apple DVI to ADC Adapter is also a superb solution for Power Mac users who need extra workspace of the highest visual quality (requires Power Mac equipped with DVI port). Use it to connect an additional ADC-equipped Apple flat-panel display to a Power Mac computer with a DVI port, and you'll have the ultimate digital desktop.
If you have a MacBook or iMac (Intel Core Duo) with a Mini-DVI port, you can combine this DVI to ADC adapter with a Mini-DVI to DVI adapter (sold separately) and enjoy all the benefits of your ADC monitor.
The Apple DVI to ADC Adapter offers much more than just a physical connection between a DVI port and a digital ADC monitor. It has been carefully designed to maintain the digital integrity of the video signal for the best possible viewing experience. The adapter provides an all-digital signal path between the computer and the display. It features active components that regenerate both the digital graphics and USB signals coming from the computer. This ensures delivery of the highest-quality images even at the extremely fast signal rates used by the Apple Cinema HD Display.
This single unit includes a power supply, power cord, and DVI/USB cable.
Most Recent Reviews
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Apple DVI to ADC Adapter
Do your research, this is a good product.
Written by JS from Salem
Jun 27, 2009
I don't know why people are complaining so much about this. It works! Thanks to ebay I now have a beautiful 20" apple display comi…Read moreng out of my tiny 13" Macbook and the image is as good as any display I have seen on any tower. It is a bigger box because it is not just an adapter, it is converting the signal and amplifying and adjusting to fit these great old displays. It is also powering the monitor. PSUs take up some space. Just know what you are getting into before you get an old display with an ADC cable coming out of it. If you didn't do your research, you cannot complain.
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Apple DVI to ADC Adapter
It works like Apple says it should
Written by AB from San Diego
Jun 24, 2009
I bought this product to connect my new 2009 MBP to a 23" Cinema Display. It is working flawlessly and helping me extend a 2003 p…Read moreurchase (of the ADC adapter) into a long term investment.
The only draw back seems that you can not hot-swap the connectors... you need to start the display when you start up the laptop. For whatever reason, hot swaps do not seem to work (for me).Was this useful?
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Apple DVI to ADC Adapter
I've never been more disappointed with an Apple product
Written by WF from San Francisco
Jun 2, 2009
I upgraded from the previous generation macbook pro to the unibody macbook pro, and needed this adapter to drive my 30" display. …Read moreThis device alone makes me regret the upgrade. The display will randomly go completely fuzzy and become unusable until I disconnect/reconnect the adapter. This happens roughly 6 times per work day. About another 20 times a day it will flicker and become fuzzy for less than a second.
There's also something else about the display now that I can't quite put my finger on. My eyes become much more tired since this 'upgrade', even though my display and resolution have not changed.(9 of 21 people found this review useful)
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Most Useful Reviews
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Apple DVI to ADC Adapter
Massive box adds extra expense and clutter...
Written by WL from Los Angeles
Nov 30, 2005
If you order a new G5 and expect it to work with your Apple Display Connection equipped Cinema Display, think again. Imagine openi…Read moreng your Apple Computer to find that it isn't compatible with your Apple Monitor, and there is no easy fix except to order this big, clunky expensive adapter. I can understand if this is a fix to make a PC product work on a Mac, but this is Mac to Mac. There is nothing wrong with my 20" Cinema, why would I want to replace it with the current model? I am really upset by this.
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Apple DVI to ADC Adapter
HUGE
Written by IO from San Francisco
Sep 22, 2005
This adapter is huge, contrary to Apple's pictures on this page the device takes up a massive amount of space. It is as big as the…Read more Mac Mini so kinda defeats the purpose of buying a nice little mac mini to save space and look good. All this results from Apple's dumb decision to go with ADC in the first place.
(587 of 896 people found this review useful)
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Apple DVI to ADC Adapter
Beware, Mac Sleep Function Does Not Work
Written by KR from Kodak
Apr 7, 2007
I was also annoyed when I bought the top of the line studio display monitor and the top of the line G5 and then found I had to spe…Read morend $100 to connect the two! After connecting I found the computer would no longer wake from sleep, then after a few minutes the fan in the G5 speeds up so loud I think it is going to explode. It does this every time I put the computer to sleep using this adaptor. Plug a different monitor up to it without this brick and the G5 works fine. After a year and a half of having to shut the computer down every day instead of sleep the power supply in my G5 just burned out. Thanks Apple.
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