Features:

  • 【HD Ready】Compatible with all modern televisions
  • 【720p output】Upscales the 480i native resolution of the PS2 (240p for PS1) to 720p for maximum compatibility with HDMI standard (image displays 16:9).
  • 【EASY TO USE】Comes with all necessary cables included. Optionally, you can use your own high end or extended HDMI cables if you prefer!
  • 【Excellent RGB video quality】We use the Playstation 2's high fidelity RGB signal to output a clear image which removes haze, has higher dynamic range, and sharper text
  • 【LOW LATENCY】Doesn't introduce any input lag!
Works great on PS1

I bought one of these exclusively for my PS1 which was using a composite cable. The difference in visual quality is immediately noticeable, and a welcome improvement for the most part. I did notice, using the default settings on my tv, that the blacks seemed darker than before. Whether this is because the cable is sending a darker image, or my tv is just darker by default, i can't say. But adjusting my color settings on my set seems to have fixed it. As stated by pound, this cable send a 720p image, which fills the screen by default. My tv has a 4:3 option, and games look as expected when re-scaled from 16:9 to 4:3. Setting up the hardware is straightforward, just plug the cable into youtr PS1, and attach the USB cable to a powered usb source. The cable that plugs into the back of the PS1 itself, has an *extremely* tight fit, to the point that i had to move the console to get more leverage when pushing the cable in. For the usb cable, it is worth noting that my tv has a usb port which outputs current at 500mah, and this seems to be enough for the pound cable to work. Minor issues aside, I'm very happy with this product for the price.

An good alternative to using component or rgb cables

After owning pound cables for the xbox and dreamcast I was happy that they were coming out with one for the ps1/ps2. Prior to me purchasing the pound ps2 cable, I was using component video cables on my framemeister which provided a great upscaled picture. These hdmi cables convert the rgb signal to hdmi and do a good job on my 4k tv. The only thing is that it stretches the picture to 16:9 but it's an easy fix as long as you go into your TVs settings and set the picture to 4:3. Another thing to consider is that you must go into the ps2 systems settings and change the picture to Rgb or you're going to get a green screen. I'm so far satisfied with the performance of the cables. It works on both ps2 and ps1 games unlike some of the cheaper made ps2 hdmi adapters. I've tested the pound ps2/ps1 hdmi cable on a Japanese and American ps2 system and they work great. The picture is clear and sharp with vibrant colors. If you're the retro gamer who wants to play ps2 and ps1 games on original hardware on HDTVs then the pound ps2/ps1 hdmi cable is for you. For this price point, you cant go wrong.

Must have.

This HD cable is a must if you don't have a backwards compatible PS3 and want to play your ps2 collection. It produces a crisp 720p video that makes playing ps2 games on the original hardware graphically enjoyable. Just don't expect amazing next gen video graphics. It's still a ps2 game. What made playing the ps2 difficult for me on HD displays is that games never seemed to be in focus. The words would be blurry/out of focus or washed out as well as the picture. This cleans every thing up to a more crisp and in focus video signal. For the price this absolutely cannot be beat.

Brings old PS1 games into sharp focus. Did not try on a PS2.

As a older gamer i have a box full of PS1 era Role Playing and Strategy games sitting around. I've tried upscalers, and other means to try and make them playable on modern TV sets. Nothing really worked. So after watching some You Tube videos on this device i thought i would give it a try. Surprise! No more horrible, eye bleeding graphics! It brought to life my old copies of Final Fantasy Tactics, Tactics Ogre, and others. It does work better with old 2D games than 3D games, still the picture is remarkably better. Some reviewers have complained that the picture is stretched to fill the screen, but i thought that was an improvement over the old letterbox format, not a bad feature at all. I did change some settings on my old Samsung TV to enhance things a bit, but nothing much. It depends on your personal taste. All in all, this is a easy to plug and play little device. Plug it into your PS1, or PS2, connect up the USB power cord with a adapter to change voltage output, then connect the included HDMI cord, or your own. Turn things on and bingo! Your ready to relive that old copy of Front Mission 3 that's been laying around for years. A good purchase!

Awesome HDMI Link Cable for PS1

I used the cable for PS1 not PS2. First all, the picture is really awesome to me. Compare with AV output, it fit the widescreen perfectly. It looks clear and sharper than av output. For PS1, 1. The plug into PS1 is too tight. 2. USB power requirement cause I need to unplug USB from converter every time I turn off console to turn it off, since PS1 doesn't have USB port.

Great!

This product is amazing, I dont know why they sell this for $30, when quality like this is usually double the price for most consoles. I previously used top quality component cables from HD retrovision ($30) into the retrotink (480p output, $100) and the quality was ok. Not great, motion was good but text was a bit blurry and images were very soft. The jump in quality to 720p with these cables is MASSIVE. Text is crisp, images are clear, and lag is not perceivable. It requires external power, but since its through USB you can just put it into one of the front USB ports and itll be on only when you want it to be. There are 2 drawbacks to an otherwise excellent product: 1) The screen is stretched by default, and the ps2 settings dont help this. For me this is a non issue, since my TV can change the picture size to 4:3 and it looks perfect, but if your TV doesnt have this functionality it might be a dealbreaker. It is REALLY stretched. 2) It only takes 240p/480i and outputs 720p. That's it. So the (few) games that natively play in 720p or 1080i via button commands will not look as good as they otherwise could have. I dont care cuz the upscaled 720p looks beautiful and I dont know what games this would even apply to, but if anyone is used to component at 1080i for certain games the downgrade may be a drawback for them. All in all, these are minor issues, and the upside here is amazing. I LOVE HD retrovision products, but I think pound wins the ps2 battle, and that's saying something.

Works very well with my PS1 - Better than other av to hdmi converters!

I tested this little fella against another converter to HDMI I had purchased, the KanexPro - which costs close to $100 if you bought an AV cable like I did. This product by pound, at only $30, produced a FAR SUPERIOR image that the KanexPro. I tested an Original PS1 with Silent Hill 1 - even just the menus and the game intro sequence are good enough to give you an idea of what the game will look like. Though, really any PS1 game should work. My first impression of this PS1 to HDMI (as that's how I used it) was fantastic: very simple to setup, very few things to deal with when installing this product. Although it did not come with a power adapter, I had a 5v 2amp one lying around. Hook that to the micro-usb cable to the unit, and the unit to the back of your PS1's video out, and using the HDMI cable included I got a nice 720p image to my Vizio flat screen. No issues whatsoever. The upscaling is done surprisingly well for such a small device, no lines or weird artifacts from the conversion to HDMI are present, and the image in-game still looked nice and sharp. I didn't notice much lag at all, just the terrible control scheme of SH1. And, there was little to no cable clutter - the most I had to do is tuck the HDMI cable a bit. To test the KanexPro, I removed this device and replaced this simple setup with the AV component cable, the KanexPro, and the HDMI to the TV. It was worse from the getgo, the Playstation splashscreen when the console boots was already distorted and awful looking - like the KanexPro upscaled using interlacing, but didn't de-interlace the final output before going to the TV. It looked terrible at 720p in comparison to the Pound cable, and even worse at 1080p. I immediately removed that setup, and went back to the Pound HD Link cable (what I dubbed the PS1-2-HDMI). I really enjoy this product. As a new PS1 owner myself, I wanted to get it setup in the simplest way for the modern era of TVs and HDMI signals, and this was the right way to go about it. An easy recommendation from me to any PS1 owner. I cannot speak of it for the PS2 however, keep that in mind.

Great and Cheap for Streaming

So when i had gotten a gaming monitor back in March I learned that the retro adapter for my elgato hd didn't work. Learned that it was because the elgato does not upscale and my monitor can't do anything less than 720p for resolution. Then came this cool upscaler. Unlike the "PS2toHDMI"s out there, this thing does ps2 and EVEN PS1 titled with no issues with resolution at all. It even runs through my elgato like a dream. Only thing I should warn you that it does not retain the 4:3 aspect ratio and it will stretch out. But most tv's and monitors have a 4:3 display setting and obs can resize the screen for the same ratio as well. So there are easy workarounds for this. All in all I would recommend this to any ps2 streamers or anyone that just wanna enjoy their old ps2 games on their new televisions. If I ever get an SNES or Dreamcast in the future i'll definitely look these guys up again.

Works perfectly with my PS1, it's beautiful

This adapter didn't cost much, and it was easy to hook up to my PS1 and my LG set. The picture quality is excellent! I didn't know the old PS1 could produce output like this. This does have a USB cable to provide power for the adapter, which I plugged into the TV set. (This is the best way to hook it up, so it only draws power when the TV is turned on.) My TV also has an option to set the aspect ratio to 4:3 (not widescreen) which is how PS1 games were meant to be viewed. If your TV does not have that option, then the incorrect widescreen aspect ratio might be a problem for you to consider before buying this unit. (Then again, you might not care. Games would still be perfectly playable, just stretched.)

*ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE* - On all fronts. Image quality to Customer Support.

I don't generally write reviews - but had planned on doing so for this item if it lived up to half the hype it did when it was first being initially developed with engineering feedback on Reddit (very cool, down to earth communication and interaction with the retro gaming community from Pound) - to the generally to very positive reviews - there's always going to be a nitpicky outlier - but these cables are no joke. First off - it's a tight, quality fit into the back of the PS2 machine; very snug, and feels like a quality connector. Even the USB cable they include to power the converter ASIC/PCB in there feels Apple like. It's great. Not some cheap China special. The image quality - excellent. Absolutely superb. Very, very clean, and the jaggies almost seem somewhat reduced due to their completely understandable use of RGB and 240P only - to make it compatible with PS1 games, but the silver lining in regards to NOT being able to use 480P (I really don't care, it's 480P, it's a PS2 game, not going to look dramatically better regardless) - is a softer image with still extremely clean detail, but less glaring jaggies and THAT'S what ruins a game for me - a pixelated looking mess. Not the case with this cable. Now, compared to the cheap Chinese junk adapters and converters on here - this cable blows them away. Like someone else mentioned on here in a review; this cable out performs the KanexPro - that's a $100 adapter, and doesn't include the necessary S-Video cables for the PS2, nor an HDMI cable. Crazy. It's not built from the ground up for the PS2 like this Pound cable is. I'm stoked - I've always wanted a genuine PS2 HDMI cable, and this is it. The PS2 is - by far - my favorite piece of tech ever engineered and developed, besides the Macintosh computer. Finally - and this has to be mentioned - Pound's customer service, well, 'pounds' every other company I've ever dealt with. Excuse the pun - but they're incredible. WAY above and beyond what I'd consider even normal; I had a faulty cable initially shipped to me (fast shipping time btw) - and without a SECOND'S consideration, they immediately shipped me a new one with a simple message through their own website to them mentioning my issue. No need to send my bad cable back, either. I'm still in awe. That's the reason you choose companies like these, like Apple, like BOSE - customer service, and an awesome product. Well done Pound - you're my go-to for a quality retro-pro cable for an older system.

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