Club3D CAC-1510-A USB Type C to Dual Link DVI-D Cable Adapter Support 3840x2160@30hz, 2560x1600@60Hz HDCP Off for Apple Cinema Displays M/F

Bought two adapters based on recommendations from others. I have an Apple Legacy 30" Cinema display. I also have an Apple Legacy 23" Cinema display. Both monitors work great with good color and no dead pixels. I retired my old Mac Pro (circa 2009) but I wanted to keep using my two monitors. These monitors require Dual-Link-DVI. My Mac Mini is an M2 model from 2023 with 8GB of RAM and 256GB SSD. My Macbook Air M3 is from 2024 with the same amount of RAM and SSD. The Macbook Air required that I use the adapter and plug it in directly into USB-C port. The Cinema display screen would then extend the desktop. I plugged in the mag safe adapter to AC power and used a bluetooth keyboard/mouse then plugged the second monitor into the second USB-C port. Close the laptop lid and VOILA! Two monitors worked perfectly. I simply arranged the displays in the settings and I was off and running. The down side here is that you will use up both of the USB-C ports so no other USB ports are available on the Macbook Air for other peripherals. I tried several USB-C hubs for Macbook Air and they don't seem to work with this USB-C to Dual Link DVI adapter and won't transmit video signals. Lesson here is that many hubs will not work with this adapter. Some of the more pricey hubs will support video signals but I was not willing to spend another $100. Mac Mini was super easy to set up. It has two USB-A ports so I can use a wired keyboard and other peripherals via USB-A hub. Simply your plug two Club3D adapters into the USB-C ports and you can have two Cinema displays up and running in no time. Others have complained about lines and speckles on their screens but I did not have any problems at all. I think the color and resolution is top notch. It actually looks better than my old Mac Pro (with two dedicated Nvidia graphic cards)! My computers are running Ventura. Your mileage may vary but I am happy to save my two Cinema displays. Thank you Club3D.

Works perfectly to pair my 30” Apple Cinema Display to my Mac Mini M4 over the thunderbolt port.

So far so good! Got this to power my (very old) WFP 2007 Dell monitor (30") using my macbook air (2020). I attached the adapter to the monitor first and turned the monitor on before connecting it, and it worked! You have to play around with the resolution but works perfectly and i'm thrilled i don't have to buy a new monitor or computer. Just tried it today so it's only day 1. I have read reports that this type of adapter sometimes may not work but nothing about this specific brand.

I have for many years been running a 30" Apple Cinema Display off my laptop(s) when I am at my home office. I had graduated from the original connector to a weird one that had a Mini-DVI and USB that plugged into my Mac (using 2 ports not one!) and a Dual Link DVI-D and a USB port that my display plugged into. I finally felt the need to upgrade to an M1 MacBook Pro. I tried the old connector with USB3 to USB (hub and not) as well as USB3 to Mini DVI and USB3 to Thunderbolt1, no luck. This Club3D replaces the old 2 input/2 output adapter cable, and works fine! (after an initial power cycle of my monitor.) Very happy. I might have moved to a new M1 MacBook sooner if I knew it would be this easy to still use my favorite monitor. And I feel like making a donation as a gratuity to the manufacturer (and, no affiliation here.) I'm leaving a good review instead.

There is a lot of heavy lifting a device like this has to do because the dual-link DVI standard and thunderbolt/USB-C video are not directly compatible. I did not experience the flickering that often comes with such adapters. In fact, I used a long, but high-quality DVI cable and it worked as hoped. This pretty much saved my old 30" dell monitor from the scrap heap.

I bought this on January 5 2025 to connect my new MacBook pro M4 to my old 30" Cinema display. I was pleased that it worked for several months. However, in mid October it started to malfunction. It went from a nice connection to my Cinema display to a flickering of the display. Obviously the display is Ok since it flickers on, but this Cable adapter is not working like it used to and only connects for brief seconds. I am dissappointed as I paid $99 for it a few months ago and expected it to last more than 10 months. I see the price has now dropped to $49. However, even that seems expensive if it will die in a short time. I contacted customer service at the company but I have gotten no answer. I am hoping to find a similar product I can order from a more responsive company!

I was really worried that I wouldn't be able to find a cable that would actually let me use a very old Apple Cinema Display with a Mac Mini 2, especially after talking at length to someone at the Apple Store (who tried hard to be helpful but wasn't sure what, if anything, would work). After much research, I decided to try this cable, figuring that if it didn't work, I'd probably just have to buy a new monitor. Luckily, though, it did—I've had it almost a week, and so far it's worked flawlessly. Very, very happy! Update: I've had this almost a month now, and about 2/3 of the time there's no problem on startup, but the other 1/3 of the time, the screen remains black. Restarting using the keyboard doesn't seem to work, but pressing the power button on the Mac Mini M2 does, though there's a delay, and occasionally I'll have to press the power button a second time. I doubt the problem is with the Mac Mini or the monitor, since the latter is new and the monitor has never had any problems. I'm hoping the turning-on problem doesn't get worse; everything else about the connector seems fine (great picture, sound is fine, etc.). I lowered the rating from 5 stars to 4 because of the turning-on erratic performance; overall, though, I'm still glad it works at all and that I can keep using my Apple Cinema Display.

It just works like a charm with an older Apple Cinema Display HD (30in) tested with with MacBook Air M1, Macbook Pro M3 and iPad Pro

Works perfectly as described.

Un poco caro, pero vale totalmente la pena. Mi Cinema display volvió a la vida sin mayor problema. Valió la pena cada centavo de lo que pagué.

On first plugging in the adapter and my Cinema HD 30" I had some low resolution. Found the little paper in the box that sort of explains how to get the proper resolution for the Cinema display. Basically the monitor starts up as "separate spaces" with Mission control so you need to work on the Cinema display to bring up the System Preferences --> Display and then hold the option key down and select "Scaled". When you do that you'll see all the hidden resolutions. At that point you'll have a menu bar on both the main and the extra display. If you don't want that, System Preferences --> Mission Control and disable "Displays have separate spaces"... Once done, the whole thing works flawlessly and it's super nice to be able to use the Cinema display again!

I have written this review twice. I don't really know why I have been asked again.... but here I go. I bought this to connect my Apple MacBook Air M3 to an old Apple Cinema Display... and it works perfectly. For the third time, I am very happy...ecstatic.....even! Very happy!!!