Apple Mini-dvi To Video Adapter

by Apple

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.8 x 1.5 inches ; 1.4 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 3.5 ounces
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00011KHTW
• Item model number: M9319G/A
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (46 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: November 17, 2003

Product Description

The Apple Mini-DVI to Video Adapter was designed specifically for use with the latest 12" PowerBook G4 (models introduced in September 2003). The adapter connects to the Mini-DVI port on the new 12" PowerBook G4 and provides both S-video and Composite video connectors. It allows many devices such as TVs, VCRs, or overhead projectors with S-Video or RCA (Composite) connectors to be connected to your new 12" PowerBook G4.

Customer Reviews

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54 of 54 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally, the right adapter!, June 11, 2007

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GrammarGeek (Central Illinois) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Apple Mini-dvi To Video Adapter (Personal Computers)

Reviews are only good if you can learn something from them, so here's what I did with this adapter. Hopefully it'll help you figure out if it's right for you.

It took awhile to figure out which adapter I needed, and then it took awhile to get the right one, but this is it. I wanted to connect a 1.5 GHz Powerbook 12" (aluminum) to a Sony Wega 27" flat-tube TV and watch videos. At first, I though all I would need was a mini-DVI-to-component, and then I learned the difference between "component" and "composite." Didn't matter though, because what I actually needed was this, the mini-DVI-to-Video adapter. (For an iBook G4, I think you'll need mini-VGA-to-video.)

The "Video" stands for S-Video, and any generic S-Video cable will hook up to it. You don't need an expensive Monster cable for this job.

The video quality ranges from acceptable to great. Even though you can see the lines of pixels on such a big TV when you're looking at the desktop, videos recorded at DVD-quality *look* like DVD-quality. Videos (by which I mean legally-acquired TV episodes) encoded at less than DVD-quality look pixelated if they were originally digital broadcasts, for some reason, so while The Invisible Man (new) looks crisp, new Battlestar Galactica looks... chunky. From this, we conclude that that adapter itself works just fine, and it's up to your original file quality to determine how good it will look on the TV.

That said, the screen resolution is 800x600 while the adapter is plugged in, so I wouldn't recommend routing video from a 12" PB to a larger TV than 27" unless you don't mind a little fuzziness.

The adapter also comes with a composite jack, but I haven't used it, so someone else will have to review that aspect. :-)

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A handy cord to watch movies on a TV, January 5, 2007

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bsptc (Austin, TX) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Apple Mini-dvi To Video Adapter (Personal Computers)

If you were looking for a way to watch movies from your macbook on your TV, this adapter is a must buy. If your TV is more modern and has a DVI port, go with the mini-DVI to DVI adapter instead. Also, don't forget to purchase a mini-plug to RCA cord so you can connect the audio from your laptop to the TV .

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Wish I'd gone for mini-dvi to DVI, November 3, 2006

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sahara33 (Virginia, USA) - See all my reviews

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It works fine, but it gets really annoying when you're using it with a widescreen Mac and a widescreen TV. The zoom function most plasmas and LCD TVs have is 16:9 aspect ratio, whereas Macs are at 16:10 aspect ratio, so you can either cut off the top and bottom of what you're trying to display, or have massive letter-boxing. After three months, I still haven't had any glitches that were this adapter's fault.

If you have HDMI or DVI on your TV or projector, don't bother with this. Go straight to DVI with a Mini-dvi to DVI adapter, then get a DVI to DVI cord or a DVI to HDMI cord.