POUND HDMI HD Link Cable - Compatible with PS1 and PS2 - HDMI Cable with RGB Display, 720p Resolution, Plus Micro USB Cable for Power

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.

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.

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.

Pros: Super easy. Plug and play. No fiddling. Does what it says it does and for the most part pretty well. Cons: Image pushes to the soft/mushy side, a little darker and redder than what is probably baseline on a CRT. I couldn't really fiddle with my TV controls to compensate. Keep in mind that for the price, it's an exceptionally easy solution that does the job and I think most average users will be more than happy for the most part if you are just having a few nostalgic sessions here and there with your PS2 and its games. However, if you are a stickler and nitpicker you are probably going to have to open your wallet wider. There are a small handful of other options out there but (pun intended) pound for pound this is going to be a solid buy for most people.

The last time I was able to play my PS2 was in 2019 before my old 2002-era tube TV set finally bit the dust. I attempted to use my PS2 on my new, flat screen, 4K, HDTV not realizing that was not a possibility. I really missed playing my old games and found this product through a YouTube video and decided to give it a try. All I can say is wow! It really worked! I had the issue of everything being green but that was a quick fix with a post card provided in the box about changing the settings (in fact, that was the only instructions provided). Pretty easy to set up and I got to play GTA Vice City for the first time in 5 years! Really great picture quality and no hiccups as of yet.

It improved the screen quality! No more blurry screen while playing my favorite games. The only thing I would recommend is to watch a YouTube tutorial on how to set it up (watch it before you buy this so you can get an idea of what to do and what you might need).

I use an inexpensive upscaler box, purchased here on Amazon, to get my PS2 Slim signal to my television (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B019T0WFA4/) - About $40 dollars. I use a Sony S-Video cable to the unit, and it allows me to play both PS2 and PSone games. This is ALREADY technically a compromise, but one I'm happy to make to allow PSone games to be played, as well (normal HDMI converter/HDTV combo usually can't play PSone - they can't handle the low, 240p resolution - You get a black screen). This cable offers a lower quality image than my current setup. It falls well above the lower end of standard composite, but just below the higher end of S-Video - Understand, both of those are well below component or digital. My upscaler provides much sharper text and cleaner blacks and brighter picture. However, to be fair, this cable beats the HECK out of just using the standard composite video in (if your TV still supports it). Also to be fair - It's not the job of this company to offer a widescreen switch option - the PS2 itself has no such option: If you put your PS2 into 16:9 mode, it automatically shows compatible games in widescreen, AND STRETCHES GAMES that don't have the option. That's standard operation for the system. Good retro-gamers make sure their TV has a 4:3 option. =) Lastly - this cable will be a matter of taste. Quite frankly, PS2 and PSone games look really bad when you upscale them to 720 or 1080, and show them crisp and clean - their low-resolution jagged-edges look painful all cleaned up. It's not like a cute image of a blocky Mario from the days of the NES - It's low-resolution, really jagged, very few polygon, 3D environments - The softer picture may actually be a plus for you - It's like firing up an emulator on your computer and applying a filter. After all, these two systems were created when most people still had picture-tube televisions - they were pretty fuzzy, themselves. In the end, I'm keeping the cable, even though I'll not be using it - It's good to have in the video game drawer if I want to quickly hook up my original Playstation - or if my upscaler box goes down - It IS very easy to use, comes with all the needed cables, and does, indeed, produce a workable image. It's just not the BEST image. In fact, if you have ONLY the original Playstation, this is actually very good option for that system.

great way to play your ps1-2 on modern tv's with some upscale for some of the ps2 games. i use this brand on all my older consoles.

The pound HD Link is the perfect solution for ps2 if you want to play it on newer TV it's make the games look great even though the games is old

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si tienes un presupuesto bajo y no tienes para un ossc esto es lo mejor q le puedes poner a tu ps1 va muy pero muy bien en ps1 mejora la calidad y para mi eso es asombroso la verdad lo puedo ver en una televion actual y encima mejor

Does exactly what you need to play the PS2 via HDMI

Bonjour, je me permets de réagir aux nombreux commentaires concernant le sifflement : Si vous passez directement par le signal HDMI, un sifflement apparaît inévitablement en fond (sûrement un défaut d'isolation dans le circuit intégré), qui peut s'avérer pénible si vous passez par un ampli. Personnellement, j'ai contourné le problème en utilisant la sortie en fibre optique et en basculant le son dans les paramètres de la PS2 vers la fibre optique : En branchant la sortie HDMI à ma TV et la sortie audio à mon ampli, l'expérience de jeu est bluffante avec une sortie vidéo nickel et universelle (PS1 comme PS2) et une sortie son en dolby! En espérant vous avoir apporté mon retour d'expérience, n'hésitez pas à commander ce petit boîtier magique et hyper compatible.