Found Footage: Apple TV Composite Hack in Full Color

Worked perfect!

Some confirmation: (thanks Erica! -again :p )

http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/10/18/eb_apple_tv_composite_hack/

">We tried it out, and we can confirm that it does indeed work, and at a
>very low cost.
>
>Register Hardware"

I've yet to try the software hack, kinda happy with the setup the way it is now.

-mp

I did the hack from the Awkward TV forum post and I'd recommend going that route, since it's free and pretty easy to do.

HOWEVER, it didn't work with my old Sony, but it did work with my 47" Westinghouse LCD. (Although there's a certain amount of uselessness from that setup: 1080p-capable and HDMI.) Besides, the 480i picture at 47" is pretty craptastic.

I'd assume that an easy way to tell is that a TV without S-Video (like my old Sony) doesn't have the necessary circuitry and therefore isn't going to work. By the way, if you do have an S-Video jack, S-Video to component adapters exist and they aren't expensive.

It's still worth a shot to do the software hack, though. It only costs your time. :)

mixed results, some people can't get it to work!

anyways, it seems like there's a way to activate composite out through software!

steps here:
http://forum.awkwardtv.org/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=601#p3644

-mp

I didn't get any love from my Apple TV using the cooldrives.com DVIHDMI adapter (only this adapter, not the DVIVGA). I watched the video closely a bunch of times and even tried to sync my actions with the actions on the video.

Where your screen flickers right at the end, mine flickers, pauses, makes the bonk noise, and switches back to B&W. My conclusions are that either the VGA adapter is significant or a projector (or newer TV) syncs better than my 15-year-old Sony.

I don't think it's the VGA adapter (though I could be wrong) and it's more dependent on the circuitry in the TV.

Hola, he probado lña solucion con un adaptador hdvi a dvi y conectado un adaptador de dvi a vga y funciona perfectamente.
Gracias por la solucion.
Jose Quintero

hi,

just a note, i've received a couple of emails from people who "can now use their apple tv". The english is broken on both accounts, but it's the closest i've had to replication, still waiting on any brave souls.

Alternatively, if anyone's in sydney who has a similar setup, i'm willing to "lend" my HDMI-DVI for testing.

-mp

Hi,

Did someone managed to reproduce the hack found by Mauricio ?

Thanks
Ced

If everybody's waiting on me to confirm the the cooldrives.com part, prepare to wait until next week, since I'm a bit of a cheapo when it comes to shipping.

Overnight would've been like 36 bucks. Two- and three-day were like $18, so I opted for the $6.85 UPS ground. I will be watching the shipment like a hawk and plan on posting any results here. To find out sooner than next week, someone else has to spring for the shipping or place their order from near Clearwater, Florida.

Or maybe they're some Apple TV geeks too with composite needs and they'd be willing to try out an adapter for us if we contacted them. :)

Yeah, if this could be confirmed and replicated would be great. As they say "If it happens once it may never happen again, If it happen twice it is sure to repeat itselfe..."