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Originally Posted by PolloLoco
You're aptly named. I suspect you're calling ME a dumbass- and it's great to be called names because you're too incompetent to break a freaking wire. I bought an EBAY adapter for about $3, broke a pin and mated it with a $1 video cable and created a video cable. Morons like you argued that I was lying about the prices so I linked the EBAY auction, cited the exact make and model of cable - and even the store in Manchester, CT where I purchased it.
Since you failed at using this method, AS WELL as cutting the wire of your initial adapter - I'm sure you'll question my success. So when I get home, I'll take pictures of the TWO adapters I made - as well as screen shots of the results.
Seriously, there must be something badly wrong with you to have repeatedly failed such a simple task - and then go off ranting on a forum like this.
Back on topic - I have no problem with purchasing the newer cables this gentleman has offered, due to the functionality he's added. Almost no one has been able to add a switch to the modded HTC adapter, much less multiple outputs. I had a problem with people using the info here, and selling it directly for bloated prices - with nothing added in the process.
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Actually you can do a perfect job on that ebay adaptor and have it not work. I don't know why. But honestly it's not worth my time (and many others') to order yet another one of them just to find out if it might work. Could be my cable, I did not have an iPod cable, but people swear you can use normal camcorder cables, which I tried about four different ones. Ultimately it was taking too long to figure out, so ordering the Brando cable for $16 made sense rather than ordering or paying exorbitant local prices for an iPod cable which was not sure to work. And I'm very happy I did.
BTW the "added functionality" of the DIY eBay adaptor is BS. The "multiple outputs" is nothing, just the idea that you could plug in an extusb video cable and a 3.5mm video cable into the adaptor, the same way you can plug in an extUSB headphone and a 3.5mm headphone (and even a 2.5mm headphone) and have multiple simultaneous headphones.
Ultimately, not everyone wants to modify their stock adaptor or use an adaptor-based solution, that's the long and short of it. I'm perfectly capable of modifying it and putting in an appropriately-sized switch (the knob is ridiculous). But I just don't want to. I want that adaptor in its stock form and I like the option to just have the cable and the TP with no adaptor. What's so hard to understand and accept about that?