AV Cable for iPhone / Touch

[littlelarry33]

Is there any advantage to paying a hefty chunk of cash for the Apple branded AV cable over the other brands that sell for a fraction of the price?

 

[mooblie]

Yup. It'll probably work.

If you're on firmware 3.1.2, the cheap unbranded AV cables no longer work - Apple fixed that - the unbranded cables don't (yet) have the responder chip in them that the latest firmware requires to work to send AV out.

 

[littlelarry33]

Ok thanks, also will either of these work because they seem to be the cheapest I can find. Specifically for a iPhone 3Gs and iPod Touch 3g

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250435934307&_trksid=p2759.l1259#ht_2542wt_941

or

http://www.amazon.com/Apple-Connect...5?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1261238487&sr=1-5

 

[mooblie]

Well, I guess if they ARE genuine Apple cables, they should work. However, there are reports now of counterfeit cables claiming to be "genuine Apple" on the market.

Might be worth buying direct from Apple, unless a few $$ really matters to you, and you want to take the risk of the hassle of returning it, if it doesn't work. Your choice.

 

[littlelarry33]

I went ahead and bought the official component apple cables from Amazon because I had a gift card there. I guess going genuine will cause less troubles and I decided to go with the "HD" cables just in case some new touch comes out with true hd output, which in that case I would be set.

 

[okiiii]

genuine cable? it look like you use sony headphones listen music with moto cellphone its not big important for me ,choose great price and great quality

http://www.buyiphone-3gs.com/tv-video-cable/