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Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter

It comes off about once a day.

Written by SL from fort lee

Oct 18, 2009

The display adapter is so small and lacking any fasteners it falls off very easily just from the weight of the VGA cable.

I ended up just taping the adapter to the Mac.

Its such a obvious design flaw. Because of this I cannt really recommend using a Mac for mission critical assignments. Once the cable falls out, it often crashes the system.

Just a little shake of the table or someone bumping into the Mac will cause the adapter to slip out, losing all work on the system. Even with the tape the adapter slowly comes lose.

28 of 37 people found this useful

Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter

Junk

Written by AS

Oct 10, 2009

Not only was the actual connection to the vga cable horrible, it caused my display to be messed up. When I attempted to change the display back to the original settings, system preferences would not quit and the computer would not turn off normally.

8 of 12 people found this useful

Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter

Useless

Written by AG from Muskego

Oct 7, 2009

Was very frustrated to find out that despite buying hd movies legally through itunes I am unable to play them on my lcd tv because it is not" hdcp compatible." Will be returning the product tomorrow.

10 of 19 people found this useful

Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter

No image anymore

Written by JW from VÄSTERÅS

Oct 7, 2009

I bought this adapter in February 2009 and used it to connect my unibody macbook to:
1. Panasonic PT AE500 Projector
2. Samsung 42" Plasma
3. My External 19" LG LCD

I worked for the first four days with the projector. Then it stopped working.
I then tried the TV and the Monitor as well, no dice. In system preferences the screen is not detected at all. I have tried different cables and monitors.

When I try to upgrade the firmware (Mini_DisplayPort_to_VGA_Firmware_Update) it says my monitor needs to be connected for the upgrade. It is. But the Mac won't detect the screen.

14 of 20 people found this useful

Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter

Junk!

Written by JS from Burbank

Oct 5, 2009

This adapter is so sensitive that if I breathe wrong it will disconnect from the back of my mac mini. The result is i lose my Samsung Syncmaster 225bw monitor and cant get it back short of holding a voodoo ceremony. What a pain!

13 of 18 people found this useful

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 48 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.

5 of 15 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.

46 of 58 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.

17 of 25 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.

31 of 35 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.

9 of 21 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...

29 of 56 people found this useful

Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter

Bad Product

Written by MW from Bellevue

Jun 27, 2009

So I bought this from the Apple store today so I could use it at home.

When I got home, I booted up my Unibody-Aluminum Macbook, plugged the adapter into my computer, plugged in the VGA cable from my HP Pavilion monitor. Then my Macbook lagged a couple of seconds before the Display settings opened up, nothing is displayed on the external monitor at this point. On the Display settings, I set the resolution for the 2nd monitor to the appropriate numbers. After lagging for another couple of seconds, it adjusted the resolution of my Macbook, instead of the external monitor (which still wasn't displaying anything). I then tried to connect/reconnect the adapter to see if it was a connection problem and then my Macbook just froze, forcing me to shut down the laptop by holding the power button. I tried this thrice more, and nothing seemed to appear on my 2nd monitor.

11 of 25 people found this useful

Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter

This Adaptor is a piece of junk!

Written by CG from Sicklerville

Jun 10, 2009

i bought this adaptor new, and when i connect it to my Westinghouse LCM22w2 monitor, i get a blank screen with an occasional flicker. this ia a piece of junk. i bough a 3rd party one, though and it worked fine

20 of 34 people found this useful

Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter

Junk

Written by SH from Arlington

Jun 6, 2009

Physically, the design of this adapter barely allows you to get a good solid connection to a VGA cable. Apple was too concerned with making it pretty and the flush surface just gets in the way. It does NOT work at all with my Samsung plasma HDTV, and when connected to my smaller Toshiba 720p TV, the picture periodically drops for a second or two every several minutes. This new Mini DisplayPort they stuck us with on the new MBP's is just a FAIL all around from everything I read.

21 of 24 people found this useful

Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter

Piece of junk

Written by JH from Marburg

Jun 1, 2009

Such a junky piece of hardware. Dropping the analog output and only putting DVI-D through. Do they want to have people buy two overpriced adapters, one for VGA and one for DVI?! It seems so :(

26 of 42 people found this useful

Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter

Doesn't work...

Written by MS from Forestville

May 12, 2009

Doesn't work, and can't seem to find the latest (May '09) firmware update. My previous MacBook Pro adapters worked great to VGA, S-video, and composite video. With the new PowerBook Pros with Mini DisplayPort there is no longer an analog output from the video card, and this adapter does NOT do the trick. I give up!

21 of 38 people found this useful

Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter

Flicker and Fuzy Screen

Written by RA from Greenwood Village

May 10, 2009

With my Dell 2405 monitor after the firmware update the screen still flickers and the image is fuzy. This on a new Mac mini with 4 GB ram and 2.26 processor.

18 of 29 people found this useful