Apple Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter MB571Z/A

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 6.3 x 1.2 inches ; 10.6 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B001IF252C
• Item model number: MB571Z/A
• Average Customer Review: 2.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #5,004 in Electronics (See Bestsellers in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 16, 2008

Product Description

Product Description

The MacBook, MacBook Pro, and MacBook Air each have a Mini DisplayPort that allows you to connect an external display or projector using an adapter. You can use an external display as your main workspace or to extend your desktop, or you can work in mirrored mode with a projector so you can view what your audience sees.Use the Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter to connect your MacBook, MacBook Pro, or MacBook Air to a 30-inch display, such as the 30-inch Apple Cinema Display HD, and enjoy the ultimate widescreen canvas with a resolution of 2560 by 1600 pixels.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Does not work with either Apple Cinema Display or Dell 30 inch monitors, March 16, 2009

By	Nicolas Kassi (Tallahassee, Florida, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

We purchased two of these adapters for our department and both have severe issues mentioned every where else online. Someone the adapter creates static on dark (black) area of the screen. I believe this is due to the conversion creating noise on black which should have nothing displayed. Also, on the dell monitor, a few times the screen would fuzz up probably due to dual-link adapter reverting to single link. The only fix is to remove the cable and reinsert it.

Apple support was of no help when I called. They referred me to the apple store. This issue is widespread. Apple claims the Cinema Display are working properly but I've tried it on two different monitors and both have issues.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Often causes video problems, March 6, 2009

By	James Hand "J Hand" (Austin, TX) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

For a few months I was using the regular mini displayport to dvi adapter with no problems at all (with a 24" monitor). This week I got a new 30" Dell monitor (DELL3007WFPHC) and the mini displayport to dual-link dvi adapter. Our IT guy warned me that several other people in our company have been having problems with the adapter. The adapter and monitor worked fine when I first connected them.

After using it for the first day, I don't believe I had any problems at all. On the second day, I began to have the problems mentioned by our IT guy and by several other people on the Internet. Occasionally, the screen will either contain static (or snow), or alternating horizontal lines will be shifted a few pixels. These problems occur while I am actively using the system (not when coming out of sleep mode, etc.) Regardless of the behavior, the only recourse is to unplug the displayport cable, which causes all of the windows to be repositioned on the laptop, and then plug the displayport cable back in. Then I have to move all of the applications back to their original locations.

This is partly into my third day with the adapter and have had to unplug and replug it about 4 times already. Our IT guy said that our company has returned several of the adapters, but the replacements don't work any better than the ones they have returned. There is obviously something broken in the design of these adapters, but hopefully this will be fixed sometime in the future. I am considering going back to my old 24" monitor so I don't have to put up with these problems. All of my coworkers with older MacBook Pros (with the built-in dual-dvi adapter instead of the mini displayport) do not have any problems with the 30" monitors.

If you have a monitor with a high resolution that requires dual-dvi and an Apple laptop with the mini displayport, then this adapter is your only solution to get it to work. Unfortunately, I think you are almost guaranteed to have problems with this adapter.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Works Much Better with 10.5.7, July 8, 2009

By	J. Romkey "computer guy" (West Lebanon, NH USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I've used this adapter with a unibody MacBook Pro and an Apple 30" Cinema Display.

If I'd reviewed it a few months ago I probably would have given it 2 or 3 stars. It worked but was annoying.

Thankfully, the update to MacOS X 10.5.7 fixed the glitches I encountered (the skipping mouse/displayport interrupt problem) and it's worked perfectly for me since then.

Bad on Apple for taking so long to get it working right, but it does work correctly for me now.