Apple Mini-DVI to DVI Adapter
The Mini-DVI to DVI adapter is designed for the iMac (Intel Core Duo), MacBook, and 12-inch PowerBook G4 -- allowing you to connect to an external DVI monitor. It can also be used in combination with the Apple DVI to ADC adapter to support older Apple flat panel Studio or Cinema Displays.
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Overview
The Apple Mini-DVI to DVI adapter is designed for use with the iMac (Intel Core Duo), MacBook, and 12-inch PowerBook G4. Connect the adapter to the Mini-DVI port of the computer and the DVI end of the adapter to an external DVI monitor or projector. You can also use it in combination with the optional Apple DVI to ADC Adapter (available separately) to connect your computer to an older display with an ADC connector. You can use this cable in both video mirroring and extended desktop modes.
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Apple Mini-DVI to DVI Adapter
Works perfectly!
Written by DA from Monterrey
Jun 20, 2009
It does what it says it will do. It does it perfectly.
The problem for folks saying that it does not fit certain models is becaus…Read moree they bought the wrong product. They bought a mini, when they needed to be buying a micro. Two different word with different meanings.(3 of 4 people found this review useful)
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Apple Mini-DVI to DVI Adapter
Fragile construction
Written by MS
Jun 13, 2009
Did not work more than 6 months. Color shift most of the time. Fragile construction.
(2 of 10 people found this review useful)
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Apple Mini-DVI to DVI Adapter
For all of those people...
Written by AT from ETOBICOKE
Jun 4, 2009
For all of those people who say "i plug it in and all i get is the desktop.... all you have to do is drag a window to the other de…Read moresktop.... like iTunes or a web page. What it allows is for you desktop to extend the normal amount and it gives you more space..
(21 of 25 people found this review useful)
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Apple Mini-DVI to DVI Adapter
The "1 star" people are buying the wrong product...
Written by MK from Sherman Oaks
Apr 23, 2006
For all the complaints you read below, remember these people are buying the wrong product and then getting mad that it doesn't wor…Read morek. While it is confusing, the world of VGA and DVI is complicated.
This product is designed for one thing and one thing only: connect to the current 12" PB and core duo iMacs and provide a standard DIGITAL DVI connector to plug a cable into. It is not designed for the older powerbooks or ibooks with mini-vga output, or any other computer that doesn't have the mini-DVI. It will not work with older macs. It will not work in series with VGA adapters because this adaptor does not pass ANALOG signals from the mini-DVI port. That's why they sell the VGA adaptor instead for VGA monitors.
This adaptor may not work with cables that are analog+digital DVI without an adaptor. This is not apple's fault. This is the way the spec is written. The various flat pins are there to control which connectors fit together, to prevent accidental damage to your equipment.
If you have a DVI-D equipped monitor and want to hook it to the iMac or current PB 12", this adaptor is for you. If you want to hook up some other sort of monitor (analog, DVI-I, ADC), this is not for you, or you may need an additional adaptor.
Plain and simple.
As for rating: it would get a five if it was another 6 inches longer. But otherwise, it does what it does and doesn't cost too much.(1784 of 2343 people found this review useful)
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Apple Mini-DVI to DVI Adapter
Connecting Macbook to HDTV
Written by DY from Brooklyn
Jun 25, 2006
After reading the helpful reviews, i did alot of research before buying any cables to hook up my macbook to an HP HDTV. Hopefully…Read more the following will help others with connection issues:
Investigate the PC input jack of your HDTV for 3 specifications:
1) TYPE OF DVI INPUT JACK. Most newer models have DVI-I or DVI-D input jacks. there is a difference between the two. you can tell which one you have by referring to your manual. if you don't have the manual, look at the jack itself and compare to pictures (link isn't allowed here, but datapro had clear pictures)
2) DUAL or SINGLE LINK. newer model HDTVs likely have the dual link inputs. refer to your manual or look at the jack and compare to pictures.
3) MALE OR FEMALE. ihad assumed that because the apple mini-DVI to DVI cable had a FEMALE DVI connector end, then my TV must have a MALE input jack. not true. my TV has a FEMALE DVI jack. So by default, I needed an adaptor cable for the mini-DVI to DVI cable.
after this, i determined that i had a DUALLINK DVI-I FEMALE input jack. NOTE that the mini-DVI to DVI cable, not pictured online at apple.com, has a FEMALE DUAL LINK DVI-D connector end.
so I bought the apple mini-DVI to DVI cable & a DVI-D to DVI-D male/male connector cable, connected the cables to their respective hardware input jacks, and it all worked.
FYI, i got the DVI-D to DVI-D male/male connector cable instead of a DVI-D to DVI-I male/male connector cable, because i couldn't find the latter. Luckily, because my TV had a FEMALE input jack, it could take a DVI-D male (just the way the input jacks are designed).
Hope this helps.(1338 of 1809 people found this review useful)
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Apple Mini-DVI to DVI Adapter
Why, O Why Not Mini-DVI to DVI-I???
Written by SB from Lafayette
Sep 15, 2006
It all boils down to the title. I post this as a warning and a complaint. The warning is that DVI doesn't simply come in one fla…Read morevor, and that "DVI" in this adapter is a female DVI-D Dual-Link plug. The complaint that it is incompatible with all the DVI-I cables out there in the world, particularly those in the research lab I work in.
I know that these DVI-I cables *could* be replaced with DVI-D cables and everything would be just fine, but that's really not a general solution. Must I purchase some sort of male DVI-D Dual-Link to female DVI-I Dual-Link adapter, too? Surely it'd "just work" for the most people if Apple offered just one adapter--a Mini-DVI to DVI-I adapter...(1246 of 2032 people found this review useful)
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