Watch iPod videos on the TV cheaply

The folks at Apple are really sneaky. If you try to play the videos on your 5G iPod using a standard A/V-to-RCA cable plugging it to your TV, you'll probably be out of luck and think that you'll have to shell out some cash to buy the official Apple-approved cables. Well, you don't have to because the sneaky folks at Apple has simply switch the outputs in the cables. To beat that, you just have to switch the way you plug the standard cables into your TV and set your iPod to the right settings. This tip on Macdevcenter.com gives you the details. So save some pennies and get a normal cable, no need to always fork out hard-earned cash and bow down to the Apple merchandising machine. Just because Apple makes something doesn't mean you have to buy it.

So here's what you have to do:

* Plug the red RCA plug into your TV's yellow RCA jack.
* Plug the yellow RCA plug into your TV's white RCA jack.
* Plug the white RCA plug into your TV's red RCA jack.