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Hi folks, I see a good mix of 1 and 5 star ratings on here and thought I would share my experience..
First off, the cables are pretty short (3 feet maybe) so you'll want to order longer cables if your CPU and TV/DVR aren't next to each other,
Second, you'll have to play with the buttons to align the picture and dig this one switch with your fingernail to toggle it from PAL to NTSC. (That switch is in a recessed square whole on the side, and the end is near flush with the edge of that hole in PAL mode, but toggles out to the space in the middle of the hole for NTSC,)
Third, you'll want to set your computer resolution settings to something like 1024 x 860 (the second lowest resolution available on my computer.) This will clear the double/triple ghost image effect and make it one image.
Note: If you unplug your monitor or power off in a waythat causes your monitor/display settings to reset, you'll fall back to the blurry ghost double vision effect on the tv as well and need to reset your display settings. (Folks who have to reset display settings every time they turn on their computer might look at power options like hibernate or something if their monitor doesn't store the settings.)
Lastly, at that low resolution I couldn't get the image on the computer monitor itself to stretch/fit to screen size until I toggled another display setting from 60 Hz to 75 Hz. When I did that, the monitor display snapped back to the way it belongs.
I have this setup between a 5-year old windows vista hp computer a 7 year old magnavox dvr with coax (and no hdmi/vga) inputs, and a 5 year old 32 inch magnavox lcd hd tv. I also have a VGA connection to both my computer monitor and tv, but got this to hook computer to dvr for recording capabilities. I discovered that if I unplug the VGA connection between monitor and TV, the image brightens back on the monitor and on the TV as it is fed via the RCA connection to the DVR.
So, ultimately I have a nice picture- the smaller fonts are hazy like folks say, likely because RCA connections weren't meant to handly contemporary fonts with their subtle graphic propertys. If you're looking at those flat white fonts like on the older TV shows or commercials, you can read those fine, just not small fonts off a Word document etcetera, Scrolling credits in small fonts after movies are probably not good either.
Oh yeah, a y-cable for your audio out jack, and another cable that does headphone to RCA audio were handy. I also got RCA extension adapters to plug at the ends of the short cables and connect them to other cables I had laying around so I could reach the DVR. I think I spent 15 on this device and another 10 on audio cable, splitter, and RCA extension adapters.
It's not blueray or HD quality, but if's good enough for folks who just wanted another way to plug one thing to another thing without buying a more expensive thing for HDMI inputs just to plug one thing into another thing. :) Picture quality is nice enough if you're not hooked on blue-ray and/or your content with anything better than the wavy pictures of the 80s!. If you don't like it, you can go spend 20 times as much on equipment needed for slightly clearer picture quality. (Look at HDMI cable prices first!)
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... it up and it has amazingly it has a good quality picture on my Panasonic 60 plasma tv
It was a bit confusing at first but finally I set it up and it has amazingly it has a good quality picture on my Panasonic 60 plasma tv. For the price it sure is a good purchase, I have also attached an actual photo of the tv screen, the movie True Grit. If you play with the zoom button then keep on on pressing it until you get what you want
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Muy mal
Reviewed in Mexico on January 25, 2016
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Reviewed in Mexico on January 25, 2016
El problema de este convertidor es que es para PAL y NTSC, por default viene configurado para PAL en teoría debería traer un interruptor para hacer el cambio de hecho viene mencionado en el manual y en la carcasa del convertidor viene señalado en una de las orillas, pero cual es la sorpresa que cuando buscas ese interruptor en su lugar viene una estampa de holograma (anexo foto) y cuando quitas la estampa esta simplemente un hueco (anexo foto) donde debería estar el interruptor. Cuando abri el convertidor me encuentro con que la tarjeta esta preparada para el interruptor pero simplemente no lo trae (anexo foto) solo trae las perforaciones para soldar algo.
Asi que para que funcione el convertidor es necesario poner un puente (anexo foto), con algún cable para que este se vea correctamente al hacer la conexión con la televisión.
A grandes rasgos el convertidor funcioana pero es increíble que no venga con el interruptor para hacer el cambio por el tipo de región.
Lo bueno: es que trae salida de s-video, RCA y un VGA, se alimenta con un cable usb desde la misma pc, e incluye todos los cables necesarios para hacer funcionar el convertidor
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Just what I was looking for.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 17, 2013
