Re:oh-so-special? (Score 1)

I have an Apple dock that came with my iPod Photo 30G ($500 retail package at the time included USB charger and dock).
The dock outputs S-Video with the iPod Photo. It does not when using my iPod Touch (1st gen - $400 at the time).

The iPhoto also came with a cable with a 3.5mm 4-conductor jack on one end and RCA video/2 channel audio on the other end.
The iTouch won't output video on it either.

Most of the initial reviews of the iPhone/iPod touch pointed out that Apple had added vid out restriction circuitry on these models.

So if you are successfully using old video cables on an iPod touch please share the secret with the rest of the world.

Both the iPods were gifts, by the way. I wouldn't give Apple $10 for one out of my own pocket because I find their contempt for customers insufferable.