I bought this a while ago for use with my video game consoles, as they came with their respective Composite/AV cables. However, my television, while it can support AV, has a broken port for this cable, so for a while I had no way to actually connect any of these consoles to my monitor. Thus, I sought out a HDMI converter, which is what brought me to this device by enKo. Keep in mind that I am using a switch box connected to the converter, so the image quality might be different than what it should look like unless it doesn't make a difference at all.
The output is exactly as I would've expected an AV signal to look when converted to HDMI. The image quality is somewhat dubious, but that is to be expected when up scaling Composite signals (with a native output of 240p/480p) to HDMI (720p/1080p). The quality itself does depend on the console/media player you're using, as different manufacturers may use different methods to display the image with varying levels of image quality and resolution. All consoles will have some sort of input lag due to the HDMI conversion and some will have this worse than others depending on how much is being rendered on the screen at one time. However other consoles may compensate for that with a downgrade in image clarity resulting in "blurriness" or "fuzziness". Basically, or to put it bluntly, older machines may have worse output than newer machines. (subjectively speaking of course).
The image is also stretched to accommodate modern HD monitors, i.e. the signal is fixed from 4:3 to 16:9 in screen resolution. Also, and this stumped me for a while until I discovered this, the unit doesn't power on right away after being plugged into the TV's USB port. It takes a bit for the converter to actually get itself running despite its HDMI signal being recognized by the TV. To be fair though, this may have just been my device alone, as I don't imagine each of enKo's machines being faulty, but it's something that I thought I should bring up.
My only real concern is that after a little while, the unit starts to become really warm. I admit that I'm not too savvy when it comes to electrical engineering and whatnot, but I do know that any machine without a cooling vent/fan, not to mention hot electronics in enclosed units, is not a good thing. I'm not sure what could be done to alleviate this issue, other than manually installing a fan myself. Hopefully this isn't too serious of an issue but I highly recommend that when the converter is not in use it is to be disconnected from the USB port to preserve power and it will be less costly on your electricity bill.
Overall, I would say that as far as Composite converters go, this one is pretty basic and will do what it was intended to with some effort. I would suggest Component/RGB over Composite/AV, but I understand that for some people the latter will get the job done just fine despite its drawbacks. If you have any devices that can or only use Composite as its native output and you wish to have it up scaled to an HDMI signal, or you have no other choice as was the case with me, then this is a fine purchase for what its worth.
-Pat (4/5)
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