CNET editors' review
- CNET editors' rating: stars OK
Detailed editors' rating
- Reviewed on: 02/17/2009
- Released on: 12/01/2008
Apple's iTunes store makes it easy to download digital movies or television shows to your computer, iPod, or iPhone, however, things get complicated (and expensive) if you want to play those copy-protected videos on your television. One of the cheapest solutions we've found is the Scosche showTIME ($39), a simple well-made cable with an iPod dock connector on one end and analog audio and video connections on the other. The resulting video quality isn't pretty, but if your needs are modest, the showTIME may do the trick.
Running video out of your iPod has never been easy, but when Apple started requiring authentication chips for iPod video accessories in 2007 (around the time it released Apple TV, coincidentally), the market for video accessories dried up. Before the Scosche showTIME hit the scene, the only video cables that advertised their compatibility with the iPhone and recent iPods were Apple's $50 component AV cable and composite AV cable.
Continue readingWhere to buy
Scosche showTIME: $26.96 - $39.99 | store | price | in stock? | rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sonic Electronix Inc. | $34.99 | Yes | |
| Amazon.com Marketplace | $26.96 | Yes | |
| $39.99 | Yes | |
| $29.73 | Yes | |


