( 2 reviews )
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( 0 of 1 found this review helpful ) Posted: Jan 18 2008
Maybe I'm just stupid and should have realized this from the acronyms in the product description, but there is a pin that is not wired in this cable. This pin happens to be the signal that tells my laptop hardware info on the monitor I attach to... so when I hook this cable to my Samsung DLP HDTV that has a VGA port, my laptop can only assume its a generic VGA monitor and displays in resolutions that don't fit on my HDTV (like 1024x768.) I tried another VGA cable I had that has all the pins wired, and my laptop immediately recognizes the display as a Samsung HDTV and defaults to a 720p resolution. Since the purpose of purchasing this cable was to hook up to my HDTV, this cable is useless to me.
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Posted: Mar 3 2007
The stock photo shown for this item is incorrect (M/F). It is actually male-to-male (M/M) as described in the item's title. I use it to connect my MacBook Pro to a Vizio LCD via DVI to RGB adapter. I created a new 1368x768 resolution using DisplayConfigX (SwitchResX also works) because it's not a standard resolution in OS X. The picture quality is phenomenal. I also tried a DVI to HDMI cable at 720p and 1080i for comparison. Video over the RGB connection actually looks better than DVI/HDMI for my TV, but your mileage may vary. Overall, I have no complaints with this cable. It does what it's supposed to do.
