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Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter

Works Perpectly!!

Written by DA from Lodi

Nov 5, 2009

I bought the 27" iMac last week, and I wanted to use my 30" Cinema Display in dual-setup mode. After reading the reviews here, I was hesitant about buying this adapter, but this was my only option. So, I went ahead and bought it.

I plugged in the 30" DVI and USB cable to the adapter, and boom, it worked immediately. I did not experience any issues whatsoever.

The only negative thing I can say, is the price. $100? Seriously Apple? At least provide a discount for all people who bought your Cinema Displays.

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Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter

Super flaky

Written by AH from Beverly Hills

Nov 5, 2009

Like many others I get "snow" on the screen and 4-8 times a day (every hour or two, basically) I have to unplug it and plug it in again (sometimes several times) to reset it to get the screen readable at all.

I use a Dell 30" monitor - it works great on a regular DVI output; but I can barely use it at all with my MacBook Pro (late 2008 version).

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Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter

Does. Not. Work.

Written by MT from Joensuu

Nov 4, 2009

My Samsung Syncmaster 305T+ 30" monitor worked wonderfully with my old MacBook Pro (2008 model), but after I bought a new MacBook Pro (late 2009), it no longer works. I get extremely poor picture quality, and the picture disappears in about 15 seconds. One star is too much for a product that does not work.

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Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter

ah.....

Written by BB from Bradford

Oct 30, 2009

I was just about to curse my apple store having read these reviews and bought one to use with my HP LP3065 screen...and of course it came up as a jibberish screen.

Fortunately I also have my PC hooked into the same monitor and decided to check the cable I was using for it to hook up and get its 2560x1600 res, it was different ....oops I had totally forgotten that I needed a duallink cable as well as the adapter.....a quick swap over and it works fine now. I don't think everyone here will have made the same mistake but its possible some will so I hope this helps.

Anyway..as far as a review goes, it does its job well enough now that I have the correct cable, but I'm not mad keen on the hanging out the back concept here, would surely have been easier to have a duallink dvi on the unit itself?

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Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter

Product needs work

Written by LM from Peoria

Oct 29, 2009

Interesting product. Using my 30"Cinema HD with the adapter I was getting "snow" in the dark areas of the screen.

I moved the Dual link adapter to my Wacom Cintiq 21" and it worked without a hitch. The adapter was harder to insert initially for the Cintiq but after attachment there were no problems.

I am using another adapter to connect to my Apple monitor but it only drives to the 1280x800 resolution. There is not another product that will allow me to get the high resolution on the 30" Cinema Display. I now have to decide if I should buy another $99 Dual-Link DVI and try it out or wait for a product to come out that will drive my monitor.

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Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter

This product is defective?

Written by CP from Vancouver

Oct 21, 2009

I'm seem to have all the problems that others reported here with the Adapter creating "snow" signals and "interference" after using it for random intervals. The only way to resolve it is to unplug and plug in the DVI cable connected to my 30" Dell screen, so I often find myself unplugging and plugging in the DVI cables about a dozen times a day, which is seriously annoying me. This seems like a defective product, and I'm surprised that Apple is allowed to keep selling it.

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Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter

UNSTABLE BIS!!!!!

Written by MG from Goettingen

Oct 20, 2009

I am using a 30'' screen SAMSUNG SyncMaster 305T plus plugged with this Famous cable to a iMac 24'' and I am having all the problems described in this post:
-Snow sometimes
-Some kind of blurriness
And I need to unplug/replug the cable several times a day!!!!
This is extremely annoying and also my first deception from apple!!!

I really wonder if they take those problems in consideration and try to solve it!!!????

If any one get news about that (like a firmware update coming or in preparation), please let me know...

Now if you want to know if I recommend it... I am obliged to say that I do since we are obliged (as far as I know... If I wrong let me know!) to use this cable to plug a 30'' screen...

Good luck with it!
Best regards

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Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter

Unstable!!!

Written by TS from Jelling

Oct 18, 2009

I use it with my 17'' 3,06 Ghz MAc Book Pro with my Apple CD 30'' display...
It flickers now and then, and if I connect anything (be it a ketboard fx...) to the hubs on the back of my 30 '' dsiplay - the display goes crazy in couples of minutes or after waking up from sleep. The display and the hubs work just fine on my other Mac Book Pro 2,6 Ghz without the crazy dual adapter... I'ts not OK Apple! You dropped the traditional DVI port, now I pay the price... I want this fixed.

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