PS2 to HDMI Adapter - Unboxing & First Impressions 

Just as a heads up: Component (YPbPr) is the 5 connector cable that can output HD. Composite is the 3 connector cable. This is a good thing that the dongle uses Component, not Composite.

Well if I ever have a want to go back to PS2 games, this Adapter would be useful for me. So thanks MrMario.

Should have tested the glorious 1080i from GranTurismo 4

Interesting review. I'm currently waiting to receive my order, I'm looking forward to test it out. Thank you for this review video.

I bought one of these very recently. It was like 1/3 of the original price so I thought “no harm in trying it”. And it actually looks suprisingly good! Better than when I connect via Scart or the other RGB to HDMI-converter that I have. Only two gripes: one was that the supplied usb-cable didn’t work, but no biggie as I had a few spares. I ended up using a PS3 controller charging cable, and it seems to work alright. The other is that it seems that the device takes a few moments to power up, so the PS2 startup screen is a bit abrubt. Other than that, really happy with this thing!

The 3.5mm jack is actually super useful for splitting the audio to a speaker system for less delay in rhythm games.

random question, is it possible to connect your PS2 to a direct Laptop for playing and recording gamesplays?

Your video helped me I couldn't figure out the cord it came with so thanks. Playing fatal frame now and it looks sharper. Yeah!

Just found this, and I’m glad I did. I can use the PS3 for PS1 games, so the last bit of your analysis isn’t an issue for me. Thanks a lot for this video!

What should be noted is that not all HDMI compatible displays will work with this adapter. I got this same exact adapter today and when I hook it up to my fairly old Samsung 1080p computer monitor, it displays an error message stating that the mode is not optimal. After some googling I figured that my display doesn't support 480i/576i input which renders this adapter useless in my case. My recommendation for you all is to get a basic PS2 AV cable and hook it up to an AV to HDMI converter with 1080p upscaling to be sure it's gonna work. Or prepare to potentially spend extra money for an HDMI upscaler.

I'm using this without the USB on the PS2 slim, I just plug it directly from the TV into the PS2 and it works great!

Question. So, does this HDMI adapter really make the PS2 quality less blurry? I just use the regular old yellow, white and red cables to hook up the console to the TV. And the picture looks so blurry that I can barely make out what in-game screen text says. So in other words, will this adapter fix this problem if I buy one? I need to know whether or not this thing is a waste of money. Get back with me.

seems cool! though as a music game fan I'm wondering if lag is at all an issue... I know I've tried to play those games before when I got my first HDTV and didn't really know about all that so, would be interesting to see how the converter handles a game like that!

I have a few observations about the PS2 to HDMI adapter. 1. On my slim PS2 (Silver version with integrated power supply) it works without the USB cable. On my fat PS2, it does need it or else it will cut the video signal occasionally. 2. It does work with PS1 games. In fact, I am using it for Xenogears right now. However, it will be 240p which is not supported over HDMI on many devices. Plugged straight into a monitor, it usually works since PC monitors often do support 240p 3. Sometimes it doesn't handle resolution changes correctly. You can test it for yourself if you lose video signal, just unplug it (and the USB power) and plug it back in and it will probably work again. Still, component is much more reliable if you have the support for it, but this device does work in a pinch.

Liked and subbed. Great videos. Got the nostalgia feels when you grabbed Xenogears

this is a really good channel and the podcast was great

I’m gonna have to get back on my PlayStation.2 after watching this video lol. I love my PlayStation!

Excuse my rambling, but I'm guessing the PS1 incompatibility might be because the device has no idea how to handle 240p. My capture device, an AVerMedia LGP, does the same thing as this adaptor if I hook my PS2 up to it and play PS1 games. Also explains why the PS1 logo displays, as that's 480i. That would mean 240p PS2 games (Ico, Mega Man X Collection, Gunbird Special Edition) wouldn't work with this either, while 480i PS1 games (they do exist) would. Buuuuuut that's a minor nitpick. And even if it does support 240p content, work 240p over HDMI doesn't work on a lot of HDTVs and monitors anyway, so you'd need to do some sort of line doubling. Or at least do what most upscalers do (including those built into your TV) and just improperly handle it as 480i.

Thanks for the post! I was unsure of purchasing this! Now I am ok to play silent hill and Lutheran

Is there any input lag? Thanks for the video!

I have a gaming monitor. After watching this video I'm looking forward to getting my ps2 adapter to play my ps2 on my monitor.

Aww man I wanted him to step out of that window on Black to see the guy in the tower light him but he paused just in front of it....my morbid sense of humor was not satisfied lol

Enjoyed thanks for a peek. Have a great Holiday season

Contrast has not changed you ?. I used the component converter to hdmi, the contrast changed very badly.

The packaging is sketchy af. I want one.

I've had three of these. The first one actually used Composite and turned that into HDMI. Sucky for PS2, but I used it on my PS1 with varying success. The other two used component with two different chips inside. The first one deinterlanced 480i signals to 480p and allowed me to play 240p games like ICO on my HD TV. But it hated running PS2 games in higher resolutions than 480p. The screen would tear and drop frames. The third one is like yours.

So I'm trying to figure out some of the configurations, but for some reason the audio won't work

Thanks for the video. great work as usual

You should have shown capture footage comparing both the normal cables vs that hdmi to ps2 thing.

It gets the job done, works fine 2 ps2 usb, it will look like it did ball in the days

I bought one of these a while back. I could never get it to work; even after I discovered the undocumented need for a usb power source. I'm surprised you got it to work out of the box. I'll try again (assuming I can find what pile of spare parts I dumped it in when I got put off by it's lack of performance), doing it the way you did. With any luck I'll get some use from this e-paperweight. I'll post here when I see if it'll work now. I notice you have the 3 McBoot installed. Is this required for the converter to work?

Thanks this makes me want to order one on EBay this week as I’m getting ready for my move in this summer so I can hook it up on my 4K tv

The most annoying thing about this adaptor is that the USB power is on the wrong side of the dongle so that you can't stand the PS2 up.

Thank you. Works perfectly. 💋

What is your experience with latency? Does the thing add annoyance to the games?

How did you get it to work in obs?? I'm using a game capture lite 30.

I use this exact adapter, and I’m very pleased with it.

component cable a lot easier and looks decent on a HDTV. I might get one of these to see if it's any different. With the PS1 games it's a resolution issue with your tv in HDMI. Most PS1 games output @240p. HDMI lowest output is usually 480p. So it's a no go.

Great video again, thanks! By the way, knowing that the video output connector of the PS2 has a 5V pin, I wonder maybe would it work without the miniUSB cable? Have you tried that?

I want to use my laptop screen as a receiver. Do you think if I get this and plug it in the hdmi slot it will work? I know that the HDMI ports on laptops are for output so I'm just wondering.

That opening scene from GTA III...man, i was so drunk when i watched someone play this for the first time. I was hooked. Good times!

I had the opposite issue. PSOne games wouldn't work through component on my TV, however it did work using a PS2 to HDMI adapter. It may all depend on the brand and brand of TV.

Hi there, does the sound signals pass through the HDMI itself or you need to connect AUX cable for getting sound? And the 5V USB cable is connected under the PS2 console so you can’t put console vertically?

Question regarding to this device, will this work for small ps2 silver console? I heard on Amazon that these won't work, trying to see if there's another option to improve picture and sound quality for oled tv

I started cracking up when he used the converter on the ps1 18:47

Thought about getting this but I guess I’ll just stick with component and gsm since it doesn’t really do anything different besides let you hook up to hdmi.

Have you tried one of the 1080 resolution games would like to see if that come through as 1080

I bought an actual RCA to HDMI converter/upscaler and honestly, this looks cleaner.

Well, thankfully most HDTVs here still have SCART even if they dropped component. A bit of a bummer though.

Reason why ps1 games are not working is your monitor can't do 240p via hdmi.

can you tell me the monitors model name that you are using? i think mine doesn’t support 480i, it says hdmi is out of range when i plug in.

Should I buy one of these adapters for travel? Since a lot of TVs in hotels are fixed to the wall and the only easily reachable ports are the HDMI ones

Anyone here because of the quarantine? Had to find a way to have more gamas at my disposal. And thank god it works. Some of the best $10 I've ever spent! Also, do the analog sticks on PS2 controllers not work with this converter for some odd reason? Does anyone know?

We still playing socom 2 lan on xlink kai the best game alive .

I actually bought this thing today, and for what it is, it´s actually pretty decent for what it is, for those saying that this device doesn´t support GSM, it actually supports 720 and 1080i, also the screen crop is pretty consistent when i use this on my monitor unlike my HDTV which it was pretty inconsistent with component so pretty decent device

Hello MrMario have you looked at the Wii 2 HDMI yet? If not maybe it would make a good vid. Thanks for the info in this video I will probably get one now!

Also that grainy thing on PS2 depends on the PS2 model you have. I think some of the VERY FIRST runs have it less. Then of course there is the 60GB ps3 which is backwards compat for the cleanist image

looks amazing actually! I don't know why, but I freakin' adore that ol' school raggedy, low res, blurry visuals. nice!

i saw a my life in gaming episode about the ps2 & it did show a difference between component cables & this device. This did look worse next to the other footage.

What i wonder is if this is a better solution to image quality over AV cables, its the main thing i want to get an adapter for the ps2

I own one of these myself. The problem with this adapter is not the adapter itself so much but the monitor you're almost certainly going to be plugging it into: The PS2 by nature simply doesn't look good on flatscreens generally, especially LCD monitors. PS2s were really designed to be used on curved CRTs, the curvature of the screen was factored in when making the games as a way of providing anti-aliasing without having to do it directly on the PS2 hardware itself. The PS2 wasn't really powerful enough to do any AA, that's why it relied on curved CRTs to provide a light blending/blurring/softening of the picture. Flatscreen LCDs highlight every last artifact and imperfection in the game, most of which wasn't really intended to be seen by the devs. The saddest part of the PS2 and getting a great picture out of it, however, is the fact that you can tell how much the vision of game devs was limited by the hardware of the time. If you load up Black in PCSX2 and scale it up to 8x resolution it's actually a fantastic looking game, not just because of the res but also because of the amount of detail that went into all kinds of small objects in the environment and the background of the game that is physically impossible to see just running it straight off the original hardware. There are tonnes of games like this on the PS2 where the backdrops and environments are actually amazing and are literally impossible to make out when run on the PS2. Resident Evil 4 is another example that comes to mind.

My TV just keeps saying no signal when I plug it in

thank you for this. was confused what I was supposed to plug the the usb into. got it work with my avermedia 2 device

First off Love this video. Second i had my PS2 hooked up to a converter that utilized the component cables. This one looks much simpler. I bought a newer 4k tv and i am getting bo signal or sound using the same older converter. Are there settings in My Sony Tv that i can change to make the PS2 work? Any help would be awesome!

You should have tried using GSM with it.

Oh, of course... I need an HDMI cable now.

I just got this, and I had the noise as well but after a while it just got better by itself idk

Bought one after watching this video! It works great but sadly I’m having horrible audio glitches when trying to record footage on either OBS or Elgato game capture. Sounds perfectly fine when not connected to my capture card but I’m still trying wrap my head around it. Any suggestions?

I would use a Sony Wega CRT for PS2.

Wonder how it looks with the gsm graphics modes, 720p etc.

Thanks for sharing. New sub to the channel; really like your stuff.

I do use this adapter on my 55 Inc TV and it's been nice but I noticed that if you want the best way to play ps2 games you should be like far from your TV to get the old school CRT TV feel

You dont need USB power on the Slim models of the PS2

It's working on PS3

I'm not sure why, but launching PS1 games via FreeMCBoot or with a modchip works fine with this adapter, but if I launch them directly, the TV does not recognize the signal. It looks like they force interlaced output, for some reason, but it's better than swapping cables.

Are all these types of PS2 to HDMI’s the exact same? Or is there one better than the other???

Really great review. I wonder if it also depends on the display? I have a 28" RCA TV, and I tried both component and the HDMI Convertor, and noticed almost no real difference. If anything, component almost looks a bit better. But since it's so close, I'm going to save myself an HDMI port and outlet. ;)

And that is why i still keep my old CRT around.

I have receive mine but i have an issue now. I was using a av2hdmi adapter (also cheap and made in China) and 0 problems but I want to get an smaller adapter and skiping using the Av cable. So I put it today on My ps2 and tested it. It worker but a message saying "HDMI signal out of range 15.7kHz/ 50Hz" appears and I cado do nothing to make it go away. Any solution? I have an LG Flatron W2361V monitor.

I’ve just bought a ps2 and this adapter. Tested at lunch and it didn’t get a signal. Could the usb slots be broken, or do you really have to push the adaptor into the ps2?

That "noise" is inherent to the component output. It actually feels like a sort of dithering pattern, and I think that may sincerely be because component gives the absolute crisper output out of all of them, to the console's detriment. I live in a region with SCART so I can use RGB on modern TV sets, and while the noise is totally gone, I feel like the output does have the tiniest bit of smeariness applied, this is probably caused by the sync on composite for the luma/white values, which gets superimposed in the overall pic. The image is still crisp and without artifacts, but you aren't getting as a direct feedback from the console as with using component, which just does sync on its own cable (or maybe, that might actually be what it's causing the noise! doubt it though). Now, saying this converter doesn't work with PS1 games is a little bit of an arbitrary statement. You read the back of the box, it said it supported 480i. Most PS1 games are 240p. So then why don't you go and try Tekken 3 (a legit PS1 game) to see how well it goes? And on the other hand you could try ICO for the PlayStation 2 (to which you said the converter would run anything from) to see if it actually displays something because *that* game runs at 240p. Cheers.

they lowered the price on it! Now it's around 4 bucks

Please do tell if i can connect this to my laptop and use my laptop as a screen??? Appreciate it!!! Your videos are the best

Have you already tested the new orange one, ps1&ps2 to hdmi?

You should try the 1080i mode in gran turismo 4

re4 and soul calibur 3 has 480p option just press triangle and circle after play station 2 logo

Did you test this on Laptop? Does it work with laptop too? ^^

I just got this I understand that the ps2 is limited but I'm loving it on my 4k tv

shame it doesn't do ps1. it does everything else just fine though. not a bad price either.

FYI to anyone, it does work on ps3!

Does it feel like it's going into the back of the ps1 all the way ? Maybe the plastic of the body is not allowing it to go In all the way ?

Does this hdmi adapter work on a ps1 console? Considering all playstation consoles has the same AV port.

the great ps2 - the best console ever made

The noise on the screen is caused by the USB power from the PS2, you must use a better power supply for the PS2toHDMI, the same problem is on raspberry pi, if you use a normal o bad power supply you get that noise in the screen because is not getting enough power 😉

Tried this with my monitor but it comes up saying ‘’Not Optimum Mode, recommended 1920x1080 60hz” what’s the best thing for me to do? I’d appreciate any help! Thank you

I just bought one for 12.35 definitely worth it just for the fact I can play it on a HD tv and 90 % of the TVs don’t have those coloured plugs in the back 🥺

Finaly i can start playing ratchet and clank on my 4k tv

Use your PS3 to play PS1 games. No adapter needed, lol.

Hi I have a question I have a ps2 running through a ps2 to hdmi converter it works fine with my hdtv but when I connect it to my monitor I get a flickering effect any idea why this is happening ?

What input do i use to show the picture