Why I buy this one ?
- Includes - Component AV Cable, USB Power Adapter and User Guide

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What our customer's say!

"Didn't work for me either", I paid $50 for this locally, and have the right component inputs on my HD tv, but this displayed purple and bright green, and scrolled the image right. I even tried swapping the component RGB cords around to make sure that they weren't mislabeled. Didn't work. So much for our Saturday night movie!

"Works Perfectly", This works perfectly. I think the issue people are having is the confusion between Component and Composite. Check your TV and the Apple product that you wish to connect and make sure you get the RIGHT cable. With the right cable you should have no problems.

"Overprice cable ", The cable works. How can it not be? It's the cable that connects iPod classic to TV. So there is not much choice.

Making old genuine Apple video cable is bad. Forcing customer to buy the video cable that bundles with power adapter is ridiculous. I guess charging $50 for proprietary cable looks really bad, so throwing in a charger makes it looks OK. The charger probably costs $1 to mfr in China anyways.

Embedding a chip into the cable to force iPod customers to purchase Apple accessory is not inherently unfair, as long as the price is reasonable. This looks like a good reason to start a consumer class action suit.

"It does not work", I bought (at Amazon) this item to view my pictures that are stored in the ipod classic.
My tv is a Samsung plasma (not HDTV) and it does not work there.
Just to see how it "would work" I tried on another tv (my daughter's small Samsung HDTV) and it didn't work there as well.

Apple should clear this information on the box, otherwise we buy an item that does not fit. There's no clear information saying that the cable can only be used with HDTV and not with the "normal plasma tvs".

I would like to replace this item for the "composite cable" (that hopefully will work with the 42" tv) but I bought this item on 2nd Jan 2008 (at Amazon) so...... more than 30 days... so I can't simply "return" it.

I thought about selling it here (at Amazon) but I don't know if the cable has some kind of a problem as I could not see it "working fine" with my daughter's HDTV.

So........... I have lost USD 55,00 (49,00 + shipping) because now I have a product that does not fit on my tv and that I can't sell because I did not see it "working fine" before.

What should I do now? If Apple had a "clear box" with all information I would have bought the right cable.

"Excellent - do your homework", This product is receiving an unfair rating simply because people aren't checking their TV compatibility before purchasing. Who does that? Would you go and buy a part for your car before checking to see if it's the right one for your vehicle? I ordered this cable through Amazon, it came in record time (3 days, and that was with free shipping), it was several dollars less than I could get it for locally, and it works perfectly. Of course, my TV had the right outputs and I made certain of that before ordering.

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"disappointed", I read an earlier review talking about problems using this cable with older TVs. But since I have a new SONY Bravia HDTV, I thought everything would be OK. Not so. No matter what I tried, with the TV and iPod settings, all I could get was a rolling picture with bizarre colors. I know its not a problem with the iPod or the TV, since I've used both with the Monster iTV link(which is an s-video cable) and get a beautiful picture. So why did I order the component video cable? I don't know, but it's going back.

"The Reviews of this product is dependent on the TVs of the reviewers...", This is a high quality cable. The molding of rubber is high grade. The mold of the connector casings are first rate as well. One of the prime things to consider when buying cables of any sort is to think of the points of stress during a bend, and, these cables are very thoughtfully designed in that regard. All seams are very tight with high tolerances and reinforced points. Also, the tapering of the inner part of the connector creates a limited range of motion for the wires thereby reducing the possibility of breakage. The actual connection pins have redesigned profiles that allow for slightly better surface area connection for better transfer rates. It's typical to see Apple redesign something as mundane as a cable so thoroughly as this. A lot of parts of the design could have easily incorporated industry-standard specs, but, for Apple, their designers love to redesign things from the bottom up, from the wire grade-material-sheath ratio all the way up to the connecting pins.

In any case I think if you know what you are doing then these cables are perfect for you. A lot of the bad reviews has more to do with the labeling on the box then the actual cable. It is not so clear that if it will work as normal RCA cables, which it won't. To be clear: THIS CABLE WILL NOT WORK THUR THE NORMAL VIDEO/RIGHT AUDIO/LEFT AUDIO RCA plugs. There is another Apple cable out that takes care of that. This cable is designed for HDTV split RGB/AUDIO channel plugs. And, even at that, there are some TV manufacturers out there who advertise as such but they aren't HD. They are hybrids and offer sub-class quality, which these cables will not help much for.

"I don't understand what the problem is?", This is a review of the ipod component cable, which I got for christmas. I think that it is fabulous! i just watched the Edward Burns Movie "Purple Violets" (an itunes exclusive) which was stored on my ipod classic. I hooked the cable connection into the front of my dvd player and the movie played at dvd quality or better. Everyone was impressed with how the video looked (and we thought the movie was pretty good, by the way) both the tv and the my combo dvd/vcr player that I used the cables with are at least 7 years old. So i don't know what people mean by it not looking good on an old tv. My tv is not new or HD. Really buying this cable to me makes more sense than buying an apple tv. It is cheaper.

"Works with an ipod Touch", Works with my ipod touch. This will give you the best possible picture connected to a HDTV. Video quality will depend on the video file that you play. Lower bitrate video will not look as good on a big TV than it does on the ipod screen. This cable also comes with an AC adapter, so your ipod will be charge while you have it connected.

On a side note, do not use this cable with the older dock that comes in the MA242LL/C AV Connection Kit. I got no sound or video when the component cable was connected to the dock and the ipod in the cradle.

"Great quality, wish the plugs were not so slippery", I have used this with my HDTV using the component input. The pictures are really great. The one thing I would like them to fix is the finish they put on the input plugs. It looks cool, it is silver and very smooth, but very slippery. The finish makes it difficult to insert and remove the input plugs. Other than that I am very happy with the product.