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Cheap iPhone4 video cable that actually works!

  • 10-11-2010 12:08am
    #1
    digitaldr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,522 ✭✭✭


    Just got one of these today. Unlike a lot of other copycat TV cables it actually works with my iPhone4 with latest firmware. There is always the risk it mightn't work with future updates though!

    They also have a website here

    And no I don't have any connection with spider foot just pleased to have got a working cable after lots of dealextreme crap!


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  • #2
    hshortt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,587 ✭✭✭hshortt


    Ok, but that's a composite cable which is bottom of the chain in terms of video quality. Granted you are not looking for 1080p HD, but the iPhone 4 supports 720p, so going for a Component cable has the advantage of supporting that higher quality too. Not to take away from your happiness though, well done on getting one that works! :)


  • #3
    digitaldr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,522 ✭✭✭digitaldr


    I bought the cable for travelling - most hotel TVs have a composite in. Posher ones sometimes might have a flatscreen with HDMI and maybe composite. Anyway even though quality would undoubtedly be better over component unfortunately full resolution is not supported - below is from MacWorld:

    [HTML]When using the iPad Dock Connector To VGA Adapter, video output from the iPhone 4
    is 1024 by 768 pixels with a 720p scan rate. However, because VGA doesn’t support
    High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP), you can’t watch iTunes-purchased HD videos
    using the VGA Adapter. The alternative is to either sync the non-HD
    versions of movies (using the option in iTunes to do so) to your iPhone, or use Apple’s Composite
    or Component AV Cable. However, even the latter option is crippled, as HD videos are reduced
    to 480i (for the Composite cable) or 480p (for the Component cable) when output to a TV.
    As Jason Snell noted in our iPhone 4 review, it’s a shame that a device that can handle
    HD video can’t display that video on a TV.[/HTML]

    For watching HD stuff at home I've got a Acer Revo 36100 running XBMC - really, really pleased with it!


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