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49 of 51 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Better than Apple's adapter, November 25, 2009
This review is from: Mini DisplayPort to DVI-I Female Adapter for Mac (Electronics)
Apple's current version of this adapter is for DVI-D cables only (no pin holes around the bar), and therefore won't work with DVI-I cables (4 pin holes around the bar), which other than Apple displays, are the vast majority of cables out there. This 3rd party solution works perfectly for me to be able to connect to presentation systems that use the DVI-I interface, and also works with the other DVI formatted cables I have tried, including DVI-D. It therefore does everything the apple products does, allows more cable compatibility, and is significantly less expensive.
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31 of 35 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
interferes with wireless Internet with Dell 2407WFP, May 3, 2010
This review is from: Mini DisplayPort to DVI-I Female Adapter for Mac (Electronics)
I have a Dell 2407WFP 24" monitor. This adapter worked fine for using the monitor as a display, but I had a severe problem with interference with my wireless Internet while using the adapter (I'm connecting a MacBook Pro). Just pinging my router, packets started being dropped when I connected the monitor using the adapter, and all problems were fixed as soon as I disconnected the monitor. I just bought the Apple Mini DisplayPort to DVI Adapter MB570Z/A, and now wireless Internet works fine with the monitor connected. I've had good luck with non-Apple connectors / cables before (e.g., the 6ft Toslink to Mini Toslink Cable), but in this case, I'd stick with the Apple adapter, or at the least some other adapter that doesn't have this interference problem.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
No Brainer purchase, January 26, 2010
This review is from: Mini DisplayPort to DVI-I Female Adapter for Mac (Electronics)
I was a little apprehensive as this adapter was for the new 27" imac ... Thought there might have been a compatibility issue... My original mini-dvi to dvi adapter from my previous imac was not compatible ... I almost purchased one from apple again ... but this time i decided to give another adapter a try seeing it's only a 3rd of the price of Apple's version I'm so glad i did ... IM sitting right now looking at my 27" dwarfing my 20 in cinema display ... The adapter just plugged in and on the monitor went ... i didn't have to do anything ... it's the same quality as apple's version ... but has more of a flat textured finish and is very light grey (really didn't care as no one's going to see it) ... the packaging was similar to apples and had a higher retail than what it sells for here on amazon. The best part is .. i thought because my 27" imac is running such a high resolution "2460 x1440" vs Cinema 20" @ "1680 x 1050" there was going to be a scaling effect ( one image or browser larger on the smaller screen ) which to my surprise was a nonissue they are seamlessly running together ... took about a min to adjust the height in display settings so the images lined up between screens. simple purchase and you can buy three different Minidisplay port adapters (dvi-hdmi-vga) for your Mac vs one from apple. G/L
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