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People don't realize that the 30 pin connector didn't do any conversion of formats because they don't care. They want a connector, and what Apple delivered is a power-sipping SOC that actively throws information away, given the artifacts seen, and then upscales to 1080p because they didn't even have enough throughput to get lossy compressed 1080p through the bus.

So yes you get your 30$ worth of components but it's horribly inferior to a 5$ adapter you can get for every other connector on the planet. It's a rip off alright.

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A rip off in the sense that its a crappy output, not in that they are overcharging. I see mention that its likely making no money or actually losing money selling this cable.