@Mosblinker
Now go from RF to composite, and then composite to VGA, and finally VGA to HDMI
@21stCenturyGuy
The quality on that this is ridiculous. It's so ridiculous I might swear. Hecc
@Haqpyfeet
I actually bought one of these as a solution to using an Apple II with a missing screen. This little thing feels cheap, is cheap, and has a lot of nuances, but in that application it worked really well.
@WilliamMcCarthyIII
just some quick notes: the NES and N64 output in 240p. You do NOT want deinterlacing here. They're already progressive scan, and deinterlacing will ruin their image, so it's good that it seems to not be deinterlacing. I'm glad that it outputs an image that isn't smoothing out the vertical pixels, because that would look god awful in any situation except maybe PS2 era games in 480i. Also, I hope the 75hz output and resolution is optional, otherwise it will cause strange scrolling patterns and jittering. I'd love to see S-Video performance eventually. S-Video is a MASSIVE upgrade over composite for basically the same exact price Thanks for the review!
@fcubeboy4959
those people destroying crt’s hurt me physically >:(
@terrybelanger8535
Dude, your voice+video editing ability and over all tone in how you come across is very enjoyable. You give me a sense of nostalgia as you explore all the technologies from my child hood. Especially your understanding of the technology and appreciation of it. Thank you! :)
@Amayii
I had a silver Hauppauge branded composite to vga adapter back in the day (around 2003) that looked exactly like this one. Unfortunately it worked way worse back then as it had major lag and artifacting. Didnt use it but for a couple of times. I might still have it laying around actually.
@Yipper64
Looking into things, aparently they make some that go in the other direction. And since the GBS8200 (a cheap upscaler that also works as a downscaler to 240p) only outputs VGA, I think it might be my best option. They make cheap kind of direct converter solutions, but I think the lack of using power to do it may cause a lot of quality loss, so im going with this.
@mofoblitz7482
I actually have a Dell UltraSharp 2007FP that has DVI, VGA, S-Video, and even composite. I also have a soundbar for it so I guess I could get sound on it if I bought an adapter. It's pretty cool though, and I should hook up some old consoles to it sometime.
@joehdah5395
Matt, you goober! Why didn't you get composite to HDMI? VGA is as dead as composite is, so what the hell are you doing? With your life? And when are you moving out and getting a real job? Kind regards, Dad
@testing2741
I ordered an adapter like this for my Sega Dreamcast when it first came out, except it connected via the proprietary Dreamcast connector and then connected to VGA - like circa 2000 or something; there was no lag then either.
@Virtually_Char
That picture in picture is a surprise. Imagine playing an old game down in the corner with the YouTube walk through on your browser.
@TooFurious4
I'm getting one of these so I can watch VHS on my CRT monitor. 😂
@CodeDisease
2:40 LMAOOO WTF.... 😂😂😂
@russellhartl
7:57 i thought for a second that the monitor had a chunk taken out lmao
@PlGGS
I remember buying one of these as a kid for my Wii. Works super well especially for the price
@PrimedPixelMusic
I have an extremely similar adapter, the design is exactly the same, with all the buttons and stuff, but the VGA out is actually in a good place and it doesn't glow. There must be multiple versions of this thing since I got mine on Amazon
@bananaman5105
Been waiting awhile for someone to review one of these! Thanks for filling the gap (in a comedic way!)
@joemck85
I got the exact same looking box for $20 on ebay in around 2012. Since then I've gotten composite to HDMI boxes that cost twice as much and died inside of a month. This one just keeps chugging away. It's not perfect though. They've coated it in that grippy rubbery finish that feels premium but in about 5 years it turns to sticky gunk that's near impossible to get off. And the buttons get some sort of oxidation inside them and get cranky and super irritating to use, but that's easy enough to fix with a squirt of DeoxIt or contact cleaner. The quality at least on mine is great. The deinterlacing actually works really well on things like PS2 480i though some lines of the N64's 240p confuse it and it creates a strange effect. According to the box it also features a "3D denoising filter", and I have to say that really works too. It cleans up composite enough that the first time I used it, I had to double check that it wasn't on S-Video. Switching back and forth there's a definite difference but I've seen S-Video rendered worse than this thing's composite. The upscaling is dodgy though so it's best to leave it at 640x480 and let the monitor scale it. For CRTs I find it very useful that it has an 85 Hz output. This makes motion judder a little but gets rid of the dreadful headache-inducing 60 Hz flicker, which is one thing I really don't miss about that era.
@Mr_ToR