Nothing simpler, smaller, less expensive than Apple's DVI to ADC adapter?

My 2001 vintage 466 MHz PowerMac G4 with 15" Studio Display has served me well over the years. But, alas, she's running Panther (10.3.9) and lacks the requirements to move on to Leopard, which I'm ready to do. So, I decided to upgrade the machine. Since the other parts of the system (monitor, keyboard, mouse & printer) were just fine, I decided that a new Mac Mini would fit the bill nicely. (I'm also a Scotsman, always looking for ways to save money. Perhaps that's part of the problem. )
I received it yesterday and wasn't expecting the ADC-monitor to DVI-computer dilemma. (Which shows you just how out of touch I am with technology's incessant march forward.) So, I investigate solutions.
Imagine my surprise when I discover that the only solution out there is by Apple, in the form of a brick almost as big as my Mini! And, another $100 to boot! I did find a third party solution through a link on Apple's website, but that's $150! (Thanks for the referral, Apple!) My mind is boggled - there must be other available solutions but, if there are, they are evading me.
Does anyone know of any solution that is simpler, smaller and less expensive than Apple's DVI to ADC adapter?
Thanks for any and all info.

The Apple adapter is the only solution if you really want to keep that display. It might be a good time to look for a larger display, with DVI.
I am using the Apple adapter with my seven year old 22" display, but I wouldn't want to run OS X on anything smaller.

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Has anyone have any experience using the Apple $99 DVI to ADC Adapter
with a New ( or old ) Mac Mini... I have a 22 inch Apple Cinema and
I love it... especially the non-glare screen.
The only complaints I've heard were the ADC Adapter size was large and it gets hot.
Anything else???? Does the sleep feature work?
Thanks in advance, Tom

Tom,
I currently use Apple's $99.00 DVI to ADC adapter with pre 2009 Mac Mini and Apple 17" ADC Studio monitor.
This setup in use for approx. 2 years now and to date no problems observed.
The unit's dimensions are approx. 4" x 4" x 1.5".
In use from 9:00 am this morning, in use as I type, I place my hand on unit now. The unit is warm to the touch. I can leave my hand on unit for 15-20-30 minutes. Certainly not HOT.
I have had sleep/wake problems with both mini and monitor in the past. I cant say that these issues are related to or caused by the dvi/adc adapter. I have no current sleep/wake problems.
UPS/System preference settings can also affect sleep/wake options.
Sleep feature works as the unit is also connected via usb to the machine.
Regards,
TrevorB

Apple DVI to ADC Adapter - DID NOT WORK !!!!

I have a PowerMac G4 Model M5183 and I wanted to connect it to a 20" Apple Cinema Display that I got.
Because the display output on the computer is different than the monitor, I bought the Apple DVI to ADC Adapter that everyone talks about on the support pages.
Problem is, that the start button on the monitor, will not start the computer. And if I start the computer with the ON/OFF button on it, the monitor comes on after a few seconds, the "Apple" appears and the wheel starts spinning....but the monitor goes black after about 25 seconds. I hooked comp. to a Viewsonic via the DVI port and the computer works fine. I hooked the monitor to a G4 with the ADC port and the monitor works fine. AND, I took the first Apple DVI to ADC Adapter back to the store, thinking it was bad...second one didn't change anything.
HELP!!!!!

Computer will not start with button on display.
When you use the power button on the display, the start signal is transmitted via the USB bus to the computer. The DVI interface on the computer does not have the required USB signals to start the computer. If that is a requirement, you need a graphics card with ADC connector, which requires a computer with the 25 Volt power supply.
... the monitor goes black after about 25 seconds.
That is about the time the System uses the stored Display Preference to re-initialize the display. It may mean the stored Display Resolution Preference has the wrong values for this display to sync up. You can start up from another source and attempt to delete the preference file, or start up using another monitor and set the screen resolution to something really simple, like 640 by 480.
Your Mac cannot query the display about its capabilities, because its usual method, across the built-in USB connection, is not available. So it must use the stored value instead.

Apple Mini-DVI to Video Adapter - Can't get it to work!

Bought the Apple Mini-DVI to Video Adapter to hook up my Macbook to my TV. I tried it when it first arrived and it worked within minutes of setting up. Great! I go to set it up and use it again a week later, and it wouldn't work at all. I went through every possible setting I could to try and get it to work, nothing. Do these things have a tendency to go out or short out or something? I'm getting nothing but scrambled screens, grey screens, etc. Nothing seems to work.
http://store.apple.com/us/product/M9319G/A?mco=MTY3ODQ5OTY
Any other solutions for playing my laptop on my TV?

Hey Rob,
Is your profile information accurate? The MacBook 2,1 was introduced in November of 2006 and discontinued in May of 2007, so the mini-DVI to video adapter ought to work.
What, exactly, do you see on your screen? Are all of the connections nice and snug? Do you have another RCA cable you can try? You can use a white or red one if you want; they all will work as long as you're connecting the video adapter to the yellow port on the TV.
~Lyssa

Apple Mini DVI to Video Adapter is not working. Please Help...

I bought an Apple Mini DVI to Video Adapter to connect my Macbook to a TV using normal video cable. When I connect the cable, my Laptop DIsplay gives a flickr once and then it shows nothing. I checked Display in the system preference where I don't get a secondary monitor option. My TV is panasonic and it's an old one. I work on Final Cut Pro and it's very very important to see my videos on a TV. What am I doing wrong with the connection? Anyone Please Please help...

Your probably not doing anything wrong. There are thousands of users with Similar issues and it seems to be with many different adapters.
We have Mini DP to VGA (3 different brands) and they all fail most of the time. This seems more prevalent with LCD Projectors. I've tested some (50+) with VGA Monitor (HP) and they all worked, LCD Projector (Epson, Hitachi, and Sanyo) and they all fail, DLP Projector (Sanyo) and one worked.
My Apple Mini DP to DVi works most of the time. My Mini DP to HDMI (Generic non Apple) works every time.
The general consensus is that Apple broke something in the OS around 10.6.4 or 10.6.5 and its not yet fixed. As we are a school we have logged a case with the EDU Support group so will see what happens.
Dicko

Video Out w/Apple Mini-DVI to Video Adapter

Ok this should be an easy question to answer.
I've tried searching but I can't seem to find a straight answer.
All I want to do is watch stuff from my macbook on my tv. I have purchased the Apple Mini-DVI to Video Adapter.
All I want to know is what cable to I need from the Apple Mini-DVI to Video Adapter to the tv. A name or something or even the place to get it would be very helpful. Thanks!

The answer depends on which video-in connections your TV has. There are several possibilities, but you're going to have to tell us more about your TV.
If you have an analog (not HDTV) then it probably has either or maybe both s-video or composite video-in. If you have a choice, s-video is better than composite video.
If you have an HDTV, it probably has both s-video and composite video but may also have VGA, DVI or HDMI video-in. VGA, DVI and HDMI are all digital and would be better than s-video or composite. But, again, s-video would be better than composite.
Keep in mind, the mini-DVI to video adapter is video only. You're also going to have to find the cables to plug your MacBook into the TV or stereo to get the audio.
-Doug

Will Apple Mini-DVI to Video Adapter device work on HD TV's?

I have a Macbook. Will using just the Apple Mini-DVI to Video Adapter work for me if I have and HD TV so that I can watch movies from the Internet on the HD TV screen? How good will the quality be compared to watching on the Macbook itself? And I've noticed how short the chord is for the Apple Mini-DVI to Video Adapter. Will I have to buy another chord to make it reach the back of the HD TV? Thanks.

As it happens, I just bought the mini-DVI to video connector for my wife's Macbook (C2D) yesterday. I am in Australia (which is a PAL country), but I didn't see anything on the device or the packaging which indicated it as being PAL-specific. In fact, in Display Preferences when it is connected to the Mac and TV and in use, the panel relating to the TV output (which is shown by the Mac on the TV screen) is where you select between PAL-50Hz and NTSC-60Hz, so I'd guess it is a single worldwide device, rather than their being separately-manufactured PAL and NTSC variants of the connector.
Anyway, on the back of the top cardboard part of the packaging is a picture of the connectors (because you cannot really see the pins in the Mini-DVI connector itself when packaged, due to an opaque plastic "keeper" over the end of the plug).
To reconfirm what is said above, the pin configuration on the mini-DVI port on the MacBook and what you need on the Mini-DVI connector is a horseshoe or "U" shape. I don't remember if any specific model of Mac is listed, but I believe as long as it is that U-shaped connector you'll be fine with the same connector kit.
The "mini-VGA to video" connector is not what you want for a MacBook; mini-VGA is not "U"-shaped inside, but rather two rows of pins in "II" configuration (even though the outside dimensions of mini-VGA and mini-DVI look very similar).
ted.h.
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Not detecting tv display when connected with Apple Mini-DVI to Video Adapte

I am connecting my macbook to my older tv using a Apple Mini-DVI to Video Adapter to an RCA (yellow video prong) and then into the tv. The red and white audio prongs hang loose, not hooked into anything on both ends. When I go into Displays there is no option for mirroring displays. I hit 'detect displays' but nothing happens. The Apple Mini-DVI to Video Adapter is brand new, just ordered it from apple. And I use the RCA cord all the time with other machines into my tv and it works fine.
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Which generation MacBook do you have because at some point Apple dropped support for that adapter. Here is a link to a list of Apple adapters and compatible computer models:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3235

Apple's DVI to Video adapter broken in Mavericks

Good Day,
I've been monitoring this community forum as a guest only, because IMHO registering with anything over the Internet is equivalent to giving up a piece of your soul, but I could not find anything that would help my unique situation since upgrading to Mavericks. So here I am, and here is my situation.
I own a late 2007 15" Macbook Pro running 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo. It's a Vintage brand. The last known OS X I had on it was Lion, and it worked beautifully when I could output my video display using the DVI to composite/S-video adapter hooked up to an analog "tube" TV. I could watch DVDs, YouTube vids in expanded mode, I even figured out how to watch iTunes movies on the TV... at the sacrifice of my computer use. Basically, I needed Mavericks' independent display feature.
But I couldn't have it.
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I will not upgrade to a new HDTV or a new Macbook because everything I have still works, and I can't afford a new setup because jobless. At this point, I don't know what to do. Does Mavericks just plain not want to recognize my DVI port? Is there another way to hook this old laptop to an old TV with the equipment I already have?

Well, my proposed workaround, involving two adapters, does work, and indeed works quite well.
1. Apple's DVI to VGA adapter, plugged into the Mac on one side, and on the other side:
2. Male to male VGA gender changer, which plugs into:
3. VideoSecu PC to TV converter with both S-video and composite video outputs, QVGA2TV 1L7, which costs about $20 on Amazon.
I use the S-video output, which in fact goes to an S-video balun, and from there via a Cat5 cable to another balun upstairs where my TV is. (I have a separate balun for digital audio into my DAC upstairs.) After some tweaking of the VideoSecu, I got a picture that is noticeably better than the one I got with the Mac DVI-to-Video adapter which I had been using before upgrading to Mountain Lion.
So, yes, the additional adapter adds to desk clutter, but heck, since Apple has never fixed this problem with Mountain Lion, it might never get around to fixing it with Mavericks, so this solves the problem here and now.

Apple says dvi ro adc adapters are the problem

I posted with the correct title, exucse me missing our thr "to adc adaptor " part.
anycase
They sent this person with there mac mini, 22" plastic cinema display and DVI to ADC adapter to be looked at by 4 different centers in europe, no on-sight or pick up mail support at all, and none culd get the screen panel functions to work.
They told him that they have no solution to the problem and they where aware of it since they manufactured the mac mini, but that its minor for a recall and the only way apple could do anything to help him is if he would purchase a extended plan for $200 more!!!
"this is new to my ears",
has anyone else had this problem or where the posts deleated here before?

A poor help to people sitting on useless Apple products. To me it looks like a lot of people do have display problems. Any normal person should be able to spot when something is more than a minor problem in a forum like this if you understand what I mean.
I'm about to help someone make a switch and buy a mini. But I hesitate, knowing the display problems so many seems to have.
Having problems with a noisy G5 CPU fan I've come to realize that Apple actually do cover up problems. Wonder why? However the most disturbing fact is why Apple can't give their customers some answers. They should have some clues to what is going on. Be sure that they read this forum and that they know when a problem is a real problem.

Apple Mini DVI to Video Adapter - do you need cables as well?????????????

Apple Mini DVI to Video Adapter
i have this already,but do i need a certain cable to go into the TV. as it only has one port instead of the usual 3 av leads have???
help please,confused...............

Look in your question and you'll find the answer...
Apple mini DVI to Video Adapter
...the usual 3 av (audio/video) leads...
DVI is video only so you only need one port... if you were hooking up audio and video you'd need three (1 for video - 2 for the left/right audio channels)

Apple Mini-DVI to Video Adapter for eMac ?

Hi,
I use an Apple Mini DVI to VGA on my eMac to expand my monitor space, connect to an old Pinceton 15" lcd, both are on 1024 x 768 res in millions colors, and work fine.
My question is I have plan to buy an Apple Mini-DVI to Video Adapter since some of my project require a transfer process to an old vcr or Sony TRV-27 mini dv cam.
Would the adapter compatible for my eMac mini DVI port ? because eMac is not mentioned as apple compatible for this adapter at apple store, yet there is a review said it work great on ones eMac.
Anybody else using this adapter that would share with me ?
Thank you.

look like it is indeed an apple mini vga adapter that I use, and now I need an adapter that allow me to connect to a TV, VCR or Mini-DV camcorder.
will that Apple Mini-DVI to Video adapter compatible to my eMac. Or do they have mini-vga to video adapter on aapple store.
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Apple Mini-DVI to Video Adapter

I have just purhased a new Macbook. My first mac ever
My question is regardng the Apple Mini-DVI to Video Adapter.
Do I read that correctly that I can hook my macbook up via rca and s-video but not composite? Does Apple make one cable that will do both?
I would like the ability to hook up to a projector which will likely be composite. As well RCA/S-video via t.v or DVD inputs.
Thanks
Tig

For VGA you will need the Mini-DVI to VGA adapter. For composite video you will need the Mini-DVI to video adapter. If you want sound while using the video adapter you will need a 3.5mm to rca stereo cable. This is a y cable like this Example of 3.5mm to RCA Y cable
FYI the RCA output on the video adapter is composite video.

Apple Mini-DVI to Video Adapter Question

I want to hook up my macbook (late 2008 model) to my tv. Will the Apple Mini-DVI to Video Adapter
work? If it will work on my tv then what else do I need to get? It looks like you need other wires to hook up to your tv? Thanks in advance for your help!

The new MacBooks that use the NVIDIA 9400M video chip do _not_ support output to analog TVs. Thus, with the current MacBooks the only way to get output to an analog TV is with a third-party VGA-to-analog TV converter box -- you can't just use one of Apple's cables (although you'll need the mini display port to VGA adapter cable to connect to a third-party VGA-to-TV converter box).
More specifically, you can _not_ use one of Apple's $19, DVI to Video (composite/S-Video) adapters on the new MacBooks.
See also this discussion:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1927674&tstart=15

Apple Mini-DVI to Video Adapter doesn't fit my aluminum iMac

I previously had a 17" white iMac (pre-Intel) machine, and about 6 months ago I bought the mini-DVI to video adapter so I could connect it to my television. Worked like a charm. But I recently bought a new aluminum iMac, and the adaptor doesn't fit into the mini-DVI port in the back of the machine. It appears the adaptor and port are both male ends.
Has the port changed on the aluminum iMacs? The product description for the adaptor on Apple's website says it works with iMac (Intel Core Duo). Isn't the aluminum iMac an Intel Core Duo? I can't figure out why it doesn't fit and which cable I'm supposed to be using instead.
Any advice would be appreciated!

Hi Paul
Yes the Intel iMac [Spec's|http://support.apple.com/specs/imac/iMacMid2007.html] call for the (M9319G/A) Apple Mini-DVI to Video Adapter!
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=M93 19G/A
The iBook, eMac, or iMac G5 use the Mini-VGA to Video adapter.
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wa/RSLID?mco=722 C6629&nplm=M9109G%2FA
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