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Apple DVI to Video Adapter

It works, but quality is poor

Written by SM from Pasadena

Jan 6, 2006

I bought the DVI to Video Adapter to watch videos (episodes of Lost) I downloaded from iTunes on my TV. I had to return the first adapter I bought because it didn't work. The second adapter worked but the quality is worst than I expected. Of course I am not trying to use my TV as a second monitor since everyone knows that NTSC resolution is low and TVs aren't designed to create sharp pixels. I bought it to watch videos from iTunes and DVDs.

Here are the reasons I gave it a low rating. Keep in mind that I used the video output and not the S-video. When watching videos on TV the picture doesn't fill the entire screen. There is a black bar of about 20 pixels on the top of my TV screen that is never used. The other disappointment was the poor color quality. A cheap DVD player has a much better color quality. So if you want to watch DVD on your TV, you're better off using a DVD player rather than your Mac and this adapter. Of course the picture quality of the iTunes movies aren't great to begin with (they are highly compressed and I was very disappointed by the picture quality) and the poorly designed adapter doesn't help much either.

I am still using it, since I have no other way of watching the second season of Lost, and I prefer to watch Lost on my big screen TV rather than my small monitor. However, I doubt I'll use it for anything else.

You're much better off watching on you Mac, especially if you have one those gorgeous 30" LCD screen rather than a TV.

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