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Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter

Design Flaw: Check before buying!

Written by SN from Hawthorne

Sep 19, 2009

The adapter cannot be secured to a VGA cable. You can tell just by looking at the holes; the first few millimeters of the holes are smooth plastic and the threads are recessed. This results in the adapter not having the ability to be secured to the cable, and every time it moves, the video becomes distorted. After discovering the flaw, I went back to the Apple store and looked at the rest of the Mini DisplayPort VGA adapters...they all had the same flaw. Wait until they fix this before you buy one.

41 of 49 people found this useful

Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter

Works, Overpriced

Written by SM from Cambridge

Sep 16, 2009

Does the job. Too expensive (but it's not like I had a choice).

20 of 26 people found this useful

Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter

terribble, does not work

Written by JA from Ypsilanti

Sep 14, 2009

i downloaded the new firware and it still does not wok,
my old mindvi to vga worked great with my powerbook g4,
why does this not work.

6 of 16 people found this useful

Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter

Cable "works" but has issues

Written by AL

Sep 14, 2009

This cable does the job but the connector screws to the VGA don't fit properly and I needed to use electrical tape to keep them together.

Also, I work at a College and we provide these adapters for student loan. It is VERY frustrating to purchase a new $34.00 adapter every 4 months because Apple keeps changing the "standard".

10 of 13 people found this useful

Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter

Works great

Written by GC from Austin

Sep 9, 2009

I bought a 46" Samsung LCD yesterday and today decided it was time to see how my MacBook looked on it. I see a few reviews of people having issues connecting it to Samsung TVs. Not sure if my model just lacks the issues others are having or if they are doing something wrong. The all I had to do to make it work was connect Mini-Disp to VGA adapter, connect VGA cable from that adapter to back of TV, change TV source to "PC", and change the display settings on my MacBook to mirror the display. Looks great to me!

19 of 23 people found this useful

Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter

Works great!

Written by MB from Omaha

Aug 29, 2009

Just got a Macbook Pro 13" and the adapter works seamlessly with my projector. There were non in the Apple Store by my house and I was told that it didn't exist by a genius there, but I found it online and it works well. :)

19 of 24 people found this useful

Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter

Works but is poorly engineered

Written by JG from Hawthorn Woods

Aug 29, 2009

The adapter works, but it adds to the clutter due to apple's putting all the connectors on the left. To make up for the poor placement of the display port, this cable should be at least a foot long to get some of the clutter behind the computer. the display port (usually always connected when on the desktop) is the front most port, getting in the way of the USB ports (which usually get plugged in and out). A 3-6 foot cable would be better to clean the cable mess.

48 of 60 people found this useful

Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter

Outstanding!

Written by NB from Daytona Beach

Aug 28, 2009

I just bought a new 15" Macbook Pro in July 2009 and I wanted to hook up the monitor from my HP Desktop. After reading all of the reviews on this site I was very skeptical about this product, but I decided to buy it anyway. It worked perfectly. All of the connectors fit snug and flush without effort, and the Macbook Pro detected and turned on the HP monitor in seconds. I didn't have to open system preferences or change any settings. It was truly plug and play.

19 of 26 people found this useful

Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter

Overpriced - underperforming

Written by HG from Houston

Aug 23, 2009

I was using the miniDVI to VGA adapter on my Macbook (black) just fine with a Hanspree 21 inch HDMI display. I recently got a Macbook pro and the old adapter didn't fit on the Mini Displayport on the Pro so got this VGA adapter. Now the text is fuzzy as I type this and it just doesn't work as well.

18 of 26 people found this useful

Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter

works great!

Written by AW from Lincoln

Aug 13, 2009

This adapter works great with my 23 inch acer monitor. Oh and to the person who said it only shows your screen saver, try dragging a window to the right! thats how it works.

15 of 20 people found this useful

Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter

Poorly designed connectors

Written by CY from Los Angeles

Aug 13, 2009

I do a lot of video work and these adapters don't securely connect to most VGA cables I've used. The two threaded holes are too deeply recessed so the VGA cable bolts don't connect (sorry for the weird terminology, but Apple appears to have censors that block the word "s see are ee double u). I end up needing to tape the two cables ends together to keep them attached.I never had this problem with Apple's DVI/VGA adapters. My recommendation: don't waste your money.

32 of 36 people found this useful

Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter

Works Just fine!

Written by DI from Inver Grove Heights

Aug 8, 2009

Works perfectly with my VGA monitor and my company's overhead projector. Caution: This is NOT a TV adapter, it is an adapter for a VGA compatible monitor.

17 of 20 people found this useful

Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter

Does not work.

Written by VD from escondido

Aug 4, 2009

I previously had my HP PC connected to my Vizio TV which worked fine. When I connected the MacBook via the adaptor it showed my screen saver but nothing else. I tried to modify the display characteristics e.g. refresh rate in the system preferences but could not get it to work. I can't find anything online to help either.

10 of 22 people found this useful

Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter

Beautiful

Written by DR from Derry

Aug 3, 2009

I use the adapter primarily for connecting to projectors for keynote presentations and, as you might expect, it works perfectly for that. Recently, I tried using it to connect to my Toshiba Regza 42RV535U 42" 1080p tv, and it is fantastic. I'm streaming Netflix movies with ease in beautiful quality and using every inch of screen space.

What can I say, it does what it's supposed to do. Not sure what all the negative reviews are about (unless of course your adapter is DOA, in which case just have it replaced).

13" MacBook Pro, Intel Core2 Duo 2.53 GHz, 4 GB RAM, OSX 10.5

25 of 29 people found this useful

Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter

Does NOT work!!! Very disappointed..

Written by YL from Athens

Jul 16, 2009

I bought this adapter for my new Macbook for an important occasion. It arrived on time but does NOT work when I tried to connect it with projectors. I borrowed one before and it worked perfectly. Just don't know why this one does NOT...very frustrated...

30 of 57 people found this useful

Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter

Just works - what else to say?

Written by SS from Chestnut Hill

Jul 10, 2009

Unibody MacBook to old-style 24inch cinema display -- no issues, just plug it in and just start typing.

28 of 32 people found this useful

Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter

It does what it is supposed to do

Written by TA from Tualatin

Jul 1, 2009

Works with my Samsung TV.

Design is better than old mini-DVI and mini-VGA versions, but I sure would have been happier if I didn't have to buy yet another adapter.

33 of 38 people found this useful

Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter

works with new mac mini

Written by JM from Farmersville

Jun 28, 2009

Okay I got this mainly so I could use it with my old iogear kvm switch (vga only no dvi) and use my new 2009 mac mini and my pc machine at the same time.
First thing I did was connect it directly to my Acer x243w via vga cable to make sure it worked correctly and it did except that at 1900x1200 resolution part of the screen was cut off! So I tried the miniport firmware update on Apple's website but when I ran it it said I already had a newer firmware 1.03 and the one I downloaded was only 1.0.
Anyways, that didn't help so I got the bright idea of manually hitting the autoadjust button on my LCD monitor and that did the trick and got the screen recentered at 1900x1200! The display looks as sharp and clear as using the default DVI that the mini comes with and no strange flickering or any other problems mentioned by others.
So after all that I tried my old KVM switch and it also works great still so I"m happy since I can now use my mac and pc at the same time. Also can now use 2 monitors with my macmini now ;)
Reason I knocked off a star was for high price and plastic where screws are supposed to go in don't work too good.

19 of 20 people found this useful