Cables Item ID: #261Mini DisplayPort to DVI Female Adapter Cable for Apple Macbook, Macbook Pro, iMac, Macbook Air, Mac Mini LaptopProduct Information:
VarebeskrivelseThe Mini DisplayPort is a miniaturized version of the DisplayPort used by Apple. It is used in revisions of the MacBook, MacBook Air, and MacBook Pro notebooks, iMac, Mac Mini, and Mac Pro desktops and also the 24-inch Apple Cinema Display. This mini Displayport adapter offers solutions for digital entertainment center, HDTV retail and show site, HDTV, STB, DVD and Projector factory, noise space and security concerns, data center control, information distribution, conference room presentation, school and corporate training environments. Omtaler5 Responses to “Mini DisplayPort to DVI Female Adapter Cable for Apple Macbook, Macbook Pro, iMac, Macbook Air, Mac Mini Laptop”Leave a Reply |
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Short summary: It’s very cheap. But the reliability is suspect; one out of two that I purchased did not work. Technically you could buy a handful, with a good statistical chance of getting one that would work, and still pay less than for Apple’s premium adapter. But that’s a lot of annoyance. In the end I had to use Apple’s.
I purchased this item because of the positive reviews and because it is so much cheaper than Apple’s comparable product. I had previously purchased one for a coworker, and his adapter worked perfectly, allowing him to use a second widescreen display with his iMac. I had the same setup, and purchased the same adapter for myself. However, it did not work. I did not at first suspect the adapter, since how could something so simple as an adapter be bad??? That was my mistaken assumption. I called the display maker, and they insisted it must be the computer. I called Apple support, and they walked me through numerous processes before basically giving up. I finally took the whole setup … the display, the DVI-D cable, the adapter … to my workplace, where I tested it with my coworker’s system, and realized that the defective part was the adapter itself. (I had previously taken my adapter to work to test separately, simply swapping it out with my coworker’s identical adapter, and oddly it had worked then. But something kept it from working with my DVI-D cable and display, whereas my coworker’s identical adapter DID work with my cable and display. Very weird.)
Unfortunately by this time many weeks had passed. There was the time trying to figure it out on my own. There was the time lost to trying one vendor, then another, looking for answers. Then I was away from home. Then I finally figured it out on my own, and ordered an Apple adapter. But by the time I received that, and had a working setup, I had passed my 30-day return period. I doubt I could return the item for a refund, given shipping costs, etc., and recover anything. So I just considering it an unfortunate loss.
It was great while it lasted. Last night I noticed a short in the connector. I would move it and no picture on my 24 inch monitor, move it a bit and picture returned. I do wedding photography, and brought my monitor and MacBook Pro to a reception. Monitor worked for 5 min as I was setting up. Moved the laptop and the picture went away. Moved it all over and this adapter was dead. No amount of movement was fixing it. Checked my warranty, I’m out. Went to my local retailer, and they had 4 generic adapters that had all been returned, so I bought the Apple one for $29. Works perfectly, and Apple has a full one year warranty. Saving $20 and having the unit fail in front of a client when it really needs to work isn’t worth it. Fortunately I only lost $8, and I got free shipping, although I notice now it is less than 1/2 with shipping that brings it up almost to $8. That means if it breaks you’re going to pay to ship it back and they don’t reimburse for shipping, so you’ll never return it if it breaks.
In others words, they probably have boxes of these crummy adapters and they will never get a return because who will pay $5 to get back $3.50? and they collect $7 to $8 for every one!
You get what you pay for!
This connector cable works just fine for its stated purpose: convert a video signal from Mini DisplayPort to DVI.
For the first two days I had no issues, and then *wham* I lost wifi. Whenever I unplugged the converter, wifi came back. Whenever I wrapped my hand around the converter, wifi came back. When I used an Apple branded cable, wifi came back.
I don’t know enough to know what’s going on under the hood here, but I’m guessing the manufacturer cut corners on the shielding on the cable, and that when I had this plugged it, it was generating enough interference to kill my wifi.
So I view this as a $7.00 experiment that failed… I bought the Apple branded converter and have been very happy with it.
My cable didn’t work. Seemed like a good deal compared to Apple’s prices but I guess you get what you pay for.
I read all the reviews and thought it was worth taking a gamble on this product. It has worked fine for me for the past year, but all of a sudden it has started to interfere with wireless internet when in use. I can no longer use wireless while plugged into the display. While this is a pretty huge problem, otherwise it has worked fine for me the entire time I’ve owned it. If you need to use wireless while using your external display, take caution, otherwise it works fine.