Ordinary Superhero » apple http://ordinarysuperhero.com because we all need a break from saving the world Tue, 08 Feb 2011 13:02:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Rant: Apple Broke My AV Cable http://ordinarysuperhero.com/2009/07/rant-apple-broke-my-av-cable/ http://ordinarysuperhero.com/2009/07/rant-apple-broke-my-av-cable/#comments Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:24:06 +0000 Brian Sargent http://ordinarysuperhero.com/?p=75 My AV Cable

A few weeks ago I bought an unofficial AV cable for my iPod Touch (2g) on Ebay.  I used the cable several times and it worked out just fine.

Now I find that – since the update to os3.0 (WHICH I PAID FOR – don’t get me started) – the cable [...]]]> My AV Cable

My AV Cable

A few weeks ago I bought an unofficial AV cable for my iPod Touch (2g) on Ebay.  I used the cable several times and it worked out just fine.

Now I find that – since the update to os3.0 (WHICH I PAID FOR – don’t get me started) – the cable doesn’t work any more.  The video cuts out after a few seconds (the audio continues) but a warning pops up on my iPod saying that it’s not supported.

Very annoying.  I’ve found several mentions of this online but nobody seems to be making a fuss.

I suppose there are 2 options

  1. This was broken accidentally, in which case there might be a fix in the upcoming 3.1 release
  2. This was broken accidentally, in which case it’s another step on Apple’s campaign to shut out third party accessory manufacturers, as seen with the recent iPod Nano headphone debacle

As a reluctant iPod convert I’m trying to love the big Apple, but incidents like this make it much harder.  I’ve considered buying an “official cable” but at over 4 times the price I feel that i’m being forced to buy something I don’t need.

And I’ll be clear that I blame Apple for this, not the guys who sold it to me on ebay.

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