Customer Reviews
Finally, the right adapter! 
2007-06-11
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. :-)
A great way to watch your videos on your TV 2007-05-16
It works great with my macbook, Just make sure you use good cables with it
Works Great :) 2007-01-09
I use this on my MacBook. Works flawlessly to hookup a TV via svideo. OSX handles this supremely well by remembering any video settings that I use when i have it hooked up. Plug it in and video switches to tv settings, unplug it and its back to normal. I use this with dual view mode so that my desktop stays the same always on the macbook, and i just get extra desktop space when I plug the tv in.
The quality is quite suprising for s-video, very good.
100% must have for anyone that has a nice tv :)
A handy cord to watch movies on a TV 2007-01-06
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 .
Wish I'd gone for mini-dvi to DVI 
2006-11-03
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.
DOESNT NOT WORK WITH THE MACBOOK PRO 
2008-06-07
I am still bummed....I cant believe this doesnt fir the macbook pro...if the micro dvi to video is for macbook air ..what works with the macbook pro?
Great Price for all it does 2008-05-08
If you have this and a video cable it makes watching movies from you macbook easy and BIGGER. its a simple adapter for a good price. BUY IT!
Works. 2008-04-05
The image clarity isn't perfect but if you have a widescreen tv this adapter is probably right up your ally. I just bought it to watch movies i make on my mac, fun fun.
Wonderful "It just works." 2008-04-03
Like most Apple products, this adapter just works, plain and simple. Plug it into your Mini DVI port and grab your S-Video or RCA Video cable and plug one end into the adapter and the other into your TV or VCR and you will have your computer screen on the TV. We have used this adapter to watch movies and TV from the built in Front Row on our Macbook as well as from Hulu and Fox On Demand in full screen. Definitely worth the few dollars the adapter costs. There is no configuration settings with the adapter that you need to tune up. I've used other non Apple laptops as well as converters on a PC and it was terrible trying to get it setup and get the resolution correct so it would look good on the TV. With the Apple adapter you just plug it into the port on your Mac and the resolution instantly adjusts. Perfection.
Works perfectly 2007-06-26
I use it all the time, and it works exactly as expected. Completely user friends. Just plug it in and it auto-adjusts your resolution, or you can switch display modes to use multiple monitors. It's perfect for displaying images, or watching movies on a standard TV.
