Dingsun SVideo to HDMI Converter 3RCA AV S-Video R/L Audio Vdieo Converter Adapter Support 1080P/ 720P Compatible with WII U PS2/ PS3 STB Xbox VHS VCR Blue-Ray DVD Players

I have an old (2001-ish) Sony 52" TV that still works but I only use it when I rarely have company over so I stopped paying the monthly fee to have a cable box for that TV. I wanted to stream from my laptop to the TV but the TV didn't have an HDMI cable. Plugged this in and it immediately worked - picture and sound were perfect!

Works great, allowed me to hook my laserdisc to my projector.

Pros: it was easy to connect Unfortunately for me, it didn't work. I was using it to hook my old Bose system to my HDMI connections. It just wasn't happening. Ended up buying a BluRay player.

The converter works perfectly to connect a vintage S-VHS VCR with S-Video output to a modern Audio-Visual Receiver that prefers HDMI inputs. Everything simply plugged into the appropriate cables and ports and the converter provides a suitable digital signal via the HDMI. The picture quality is very good (far better with the S-Video connection than is possible with just the RCA-jack analog video line, which was the only other choice. The stereo sound is likewise passed along digitally and sounds great. A Denon receiver accepts all signals simply as "HDMI" in the setup for the port used and the signals are all passed to a good 4K TV via the HDMI link between the two. The only extra precaution I took was to add some tape to secure the connection of the small power lead to the converter that does not latch in place and seems vulnerable to being dislodged in the mass of interconnecting wires that collect behind a receiver. I also chose to feed the AC power to the converter and the VCR via a power strip that can be switched off to save power when not using them as my input. It came promptly and in very high quality packaging, even including a good 6 foot HDMI cable. Very pleased. Be sure to order a converter for the signal direction you need, since they offer separate converters for either HDMI input or output.

A good solution for just transferring Svideo to HDMI. There is no picture improvement, this is just a straight converter. It works as advertised.

I originally got this for my SNES due to the generic converter that I had producing an ugly green line in middle of the screen. Along with an N64 -> HDMI (it's literally the same exact converter box), and checked them both side-by-side. The S-Video is Male, which means that anything that comes with a Male S-Video cable is unusable... And guess what! The S-video cable I have for my SNES is male, which means the sole purpose of getting this converter is worthless! RCA still works, but the quality is sub-par and doesn't give any crisp pixels. (No, the other one is the same converter box, so it has the same issue) The Converter box does not come with a 4:3 switch, which means everything is stretched... Oh, and the 1080P Option doesn't work with my screen. It produces tearing on the right side of the screen, while 720P has no issues. So that's yet another option that's out the window. So of the 4 features it touts (1080P, S-Video, RCA, and converter) only 2 work.

Bought this to play Video8 and Hi8 tapes over s-video to HDMI connection on HD TV set. Disaster, unwatchable picture. The same tape played on the same TV using basic a-video single cable connection looks much better, really good actually. PRO Cheap, and you get what you pay for. CONS The picture is dark like viewed via a dark brown filter, most of the color spectrum is gone. The few bottom raster lines are just annoying noise, no picture. The a-video and R/L sound connectors are female and all three should be male connector just like the s-video connector. You can use the matching cable but why ... the s-video connector is right so all other connectors should follow the same logic.

I needed this since the TVs I have didn't have a way for me to connect an old camcorder to anything. It worked perfectly. It took me a minute to realize it needed to be plugged in to work but that was operator error on my part. Still giddy seeing baby videos and other memories. Now to convert them all and bring them into the current millennia!

I configured the unit to convert s-video to HDMI and the result was a poor image and frequent loss of sync. I will recycle it.