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.
| Package Dimensions L x W x H | 16.9 x 12.5 x 2.5 centimetres |
|---|---|
| Package Weight | 0.12 Kilograms |
| Product Dimensions L x W x H | 7.5 x 4 x 1.5 centimetres |
| Item Weight | 60 Grams |
| Brand | Kaico |
| Colour | Silver |
| Guaranteed software updates until | unknown |
