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R**T
Great quality at the price though with two unfortunate glitches
I was using this to attach a Chromecast to my mothers non-HD TV. Of course simply getting a new TV would be the most expedient solution but I don't do expedient.Overall, the quality is quite good. Colour reproduction is better than I would have expected and image quality is good enough for PAL. I didn't have any issues with sound.The first issue I have is with the "signal" dropping out intermittently. On composite video this took the form of a burst of static and on S-Video the screen would blank out momentarily. This happens I would say about every three minutes-ish and is about 1-2 seconds duration. Though non-optimal it doesn't ruin the viewing experience and for anybody used to ye olde terrestrial signal it shouldn't put you out too much. This happened on my own HD TV at home (via composite) and my mothers old Panasonic 28" CRT on both Composite and S-Video. Funnily enough it did not happen on another TV I tested on, a cheapo 15 y/o Silvercrest LCD telly (using S-Video) which leads me to suspect some macrovision-type copy-protection scheme is in effect, that only the more expensive TVs support.The other glitch I noted was that the device tends to lose sync with the Chromecast from time to time which causes a black screen (can still here sound), which is resolved by turning it off then on again ... this seems to only happen at start-up and doesn't interrupt the viewing experience.Overall I'm happy with the device and would recommend it, but would be contemplating picking up a more expensive equivalent at some stage to see if these issues can be resolved.
J**Y
surprised at how good and smooth it looks
at first the box didnt work, but that was my own error in connecting the sockets on the old but gold crt tv i have.i acquired this for input lag free gaming, from a hdmi out on my pc to the box and then to the crt tv.there is now virtually no input lag, and due to the screen res being lower over a large distance, everythiing looks crisp as F***. i can now gain an advantage (obviously net speed an issue as well) over people who abuse cheap tactics in my games, and watching movies on it and other stuff is gonna be different but still amazing.viva CRT!
I**E
It worked a treat
I have a sd card camcorder with only composite and hdmi outputs.....Composite gives low quality video playback but HDMI has a higher resolution but how to get HDMI into a YC equipped recorder was my unsolvable problem - I bought the Vcando converter and the transfer of good quality picture and sound via HDMI output was made into the YC (Only) input of my (Very Old) Macro Casablanca DVD Video Editing suite and I must say the results are far better than I expected .....Not exactly HD but very usable.....I would consider this unit to be well worth the asking price and it's so easy to use. Delivery was fast so 10/10 for this product.
S**D
one that works at last!!
This is the SEVENTH similar box I have ordered - the rest all failed to work out the box or gave up very shortly after! Thanks goodness I found this one as I was on the point of giving up.All I wanted was Sky & my Fire TV stick to connect to my older tv with one HDMI port, so not very technical, and who would of thought it would be that hard.Amazon declined to print the failures so all I can do is praise the one that worked. Next step was a new TV :O
D**Y
This has future proofed my vintage TV collection!
The converter works perfectly! I collect vintage television sets and with this converter connected in conjunction with my RF converter I can use it with 70s and 80s colour tvs!Or with this connected in conjunction with my aurora 405 line standards converter I can use HDMI Devices on my 1940s 50s and 60s Black and white televisions!This has future proofed my vintage televisions and has allowed me to continue using the well into the future! Some of my sets are over 70 years old and can continue to be used :)
B**Y
Awsome, really worth the money!
I bought a PS4, and I have only hdmi output. I have tried cheap solutions but no luck, my projector (EPSON) could not recognise the signal. The reason was that the other devices simply dont have any chipset to downscale the signal for my 800 X 600 projector resolution. This VCANDO device takes the signal and if it's necessary it downscales it to the proper resolution and HZ, with the chipset inside (thats why you must connect the power supply provided with the package) and the picture is perfect!
A**N
Not robust enough.
Works fine providing you don't leave it on accidently for a day or two. It will stop working. This is the third one I've purchased.
S**L
Does the job perfectly!
I wanted a converter so I could play my NES / SNES / Playstation mini consoles on a Sony CRT television. As I couldn't find a confirmed RGB Scart convertor (most were nasty composite) I went for the next best thing - SVideo. The picture quality is superb, the consoles look much better using this with a CRT rather than the blurry mess on an LCD screen. There's no noticeable lag either so I'm very happy with it.
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