Kaico PS1 HDMI Adapter/PS2 HDMI Adapter compatible with all Sony Playstation 2 Models- Built in switch to swap between RGB or Component- PS1 & PS2 to HDMI converter for any HDTV

This is the 3rd of these Kaico HDMI adapters I've bought. I also have the Dreamcast and OG Xbox versions. They all work really well and are of good sound construction for the price and are a convenient way to output your old consoles on modern TVs. Each of the Kaico adapters works slightly differently and offers different output signal options. I find this reassuring as it's obvious thatthey have spent the time to find the best possible way of outputting/converting the video signal from each console they make a cable for (rather than just repackaging the same low quality HDMI converter for each console as other brands do) One thing to note is that this cable does not upscale the image of your PS2. It mearly lets you choose from the already available output options and converts that to a clean HDMI output. So with the PS2 you are limited to RGB/Component (480p / 576i). I leave mine on component setting and it seems to work fine. The picture is in no way 'HD' by today's standards, but it's much cleaner and crisper than my previous method which was a RGB SCART cable and a billion times better than the standard 'red white yellow' composite AV cables that came supplied with most PS2s. You'll probably notice some fuzziness to text etc and cut scenes will generally be of low video quality anyway, but importantly actual game graphics are pretty damn good. Not quite to standard of my now sadly dead backwards compatible fat PS3, but good enough. (It should be noted that I keep a 720p screen to play my older consoles on, so it's possible it may not look as pretty on a 1080p or 4k screen.) *Edit* A downfall I have found is that, you can't play PS1 games on your PS2 through this cable. I guess without upscaling the output is just too 'none standard' for HDMI? Who knows. Luckily I have a PS3 Slim which does play PS1 games, bit worth noting if you have original Playstation games you wanted to dust off and play on your PS2.

Got this HDMI converter to specifically use to play my PS2 Slim with and straight away, it worked an absolute treat and was super easy to set up. The image quality is okay considering it is a 25 year old console and is a little pixelly in some places, but apart from that, it does do it’s job of bringing the PS2 back to life on my 4KHD TV! Couldn’t recommend this product enough if you are looking to get yourself a PS2 and build up a retro gaming collection like I am doing. Look no further 😊

I'm big on Retro gaming and have been searching for a good product to allow me to use my Sony Playstation 2 over HDMI connection. This product comes with EVERYTHING you need, right down to a 4K HDMI cable. The instruction manual is one fo the best I have seen and is excellently illustrated and has multiple languages. By the time I brought the KAICO HDMI ADAPTER for PLAYSTATION 2 I had already purchased 2 previous products for the same purpose. Both of the prior products I purchased suffered 2 major issues, image and audio noise, and the need for the user to have an old CRT TV or a TV with a SCART connection to pre-configure the PS2 before you could use their version of the product (most people don't have a CRT TV or a SCART connection these days). Note this device does need USB power (cable supplied). I simply used one of the 2 USB ports on my PS2. You can of course use another source to power the device over USB. KAICO's product is a very high quality solution that can instantly be attached to current TV over HDMI and used, without the complications of other products claiming to do the same thing. There is a toggle switch on the adapter for RGB or COMPONENT, 98% of you will have been using RGB so this is how you will need to set the switch in order to get started using the device at a resolution of 240p. Once you have connected your PS2 you can then simply go to the SYSTEM CONFIGURATION of your PS2 and change the setting to YPrPb (component), power off, and then move the toggle switch to the YPrPb setting on the KAICO adapter. After doing this you can enjoy your PS2 in 576i. I have included extensive my product unbox and review, as available on my YouTube channel, for your viewing pleasure. For me this product is the best I have seen on the market in it's price point and the best I have used and tested yet. For me it's top marks, great product and well worth the money I spent.

For £35 you're not getting Open Source Scan Convertor level image quality, but it does the job. It looks a hell of a lot better than those cheap AV/SCART/Component to HDMI boxes do, but I still take issue with the image quality. For starters, it tends to leave behind this scar of what was previously on the screen in any black spot. If the screen fades to black, you'll see the vague shape of what was on screen before it faded, in a dark grey colour. It's nothing that ruins your experience when playing games, but it's something I noticed a lot during loading screens or cutscenes. Secondly, I really wish it had options to keep the aspect ratio. This convertor goes along with whatever options your display allows, but that's sadly restrictive. My TV lets me squish a stretched out image back to the aspect ratio God intended, but the monitor at my desk doesn't have that option. So instead, I had to run it through a capture card, and use OBS to squish the image back down to 4:3. Would be nice to have a hardware aspect ratio switch or something like that. Those complaints are kind of minor but still enough that I felt 4 stars was justified. Still a great piece of kit and worth the money if you don't fancy investing in something like an OSSC or the like, but be aware of the downsides that come with spending less money.

Very good product, plays playstation ps2 games on my HDTV without any problems.

games like the suffering ,hitman contracts,splinter cell chaos theory,jak 2 and 3.cold winter,they are clean clear defined and bright.they look so much better and seem like hd. even though the source picture is still standard ps2 to 1080. no change to the background graphics.The way i look at it is, u wanna play ps2 games because of the difference the kaico hdmi adapter makes for ps2 games.IT puts a smile on your face by reliving your younger years.i have 3 tvs at home none of them were as clean defined as ps2 was on my monitor. so it shone on my dell led 2560x1440 monitor.the difference was there than my older tvs.are 4k lg led 2016 tv picture dark and not cleaned up no good.the sony bravia 1080 p led tv there was know obvious change improvement in picture no way cleaned up.same with samsung 2021 neo qled tv 4k .picture wasnt good enough.so on my newer dell monitor ps2 games were like new they shone through.it probably needs to be on newer tvs for it do its magic.anyway i am happy with my purchase .i give it 5 stars.

This product got me scratching my head a bit. Plug and play...ok...nope, not working. let's read the instructions...plug and play..uh huh. well, as long as you know the "small" cable that comes with the unit that plugs into a usb is to power the product then you should be fine. For the length of the cable though I have no idea how they expect people to power it when a ps1 has no usb (and yes I know it also works on a Ps2). I have a battery bank thankfully and it works fine to power this product (it lights up green so you know it's on). Edit: one more thing i noticed was some games which have darker scenes e.g shadows etc make the game unplayable. I ended up buying a different solution as this was a no no for me. The pro: it does what it says and it allows you to play ps1/ps2 on HDMI so thumbs up. The cons: 1) it needs a longer "power" cable and clearer instructions in the box 2) it gets VERY warm very fast so make sure it's on a non burn yourself surface. It is a 3/5 product because of the heat it generates when in use, hard to see darker parts of games and the extra power requirement needed to run it. Unfortunately, this isn't the best solution but for the price point i gave it a shot but it let me down :/

great item works fine,compaired with other options i have tried