Customer Review

  • Reviewed in the United States on September 7, 2013
    I got this to support a QNIX QX2710 LED Evolution ll 27" 27 inch 2560x1440 Samsung PLS (LG IPS) Glossy Screen Panel PC Monitor from my Mac Mini. It works OK, but sometimes after the Mac has put the display to sleep, I get snow upon wake. The solution is to pull the USB (which powers the adapter) and reconnect. I've purchased a USB hub with switches to make this operation less annoying ( Sabrent 4-Port USB 2.0 Hub with Individual Power Switches and LEDs (HB-UMLS) ).

    To be fair, I am using to feed into a powered StarTech KVM (
    StarTech.com 2 Port High Resolution USB DVI Dual Link KVM Switch with Audio ). However, I haven't seen any issues with the PC side (the other side of the KVM). I haven't needed to reset the KVM - only this adapter from my Mac Mini (mid-2011).

    I've seen the snow issues after switching the KVM to the Mac side and also after the Mac puts the display to sleep (with no KVM switching).

    Also, while I get that this is a digital only converter - there would be no analog output to the 4 pins that surround the spade - by using a DVI-D only connector, it simply prevents the use of a DVI-I cable. So if you have a DVI-I cable, you won't be able to use it, even though it's a functional superset of the DVI-D cable.

    Update: After a couple weeks of use, I have to comment on another annoying "feature". When the Mac puts the display to sleep, this converter starts running a test pattern - flashing the screen red, green, gray, etc. Very annoying - and probably not great for the monitor either. I've changed the Mac to never put the monitor to sleep, use a black screen saver, and I manually turn the monitor off (to kill the backlight). Lowering to 1 star.
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3.9 out of 5 stars
268 global ratings