RadioShack HDMI to Component Converter Adapter

This HDMI to Component Converter does very well what the User's Guide claims it can do with digital video transported to it via HDMI. That is, it can properly handle digital video input of any of these four formats: 480p, 720p, 1080i, and 1080p. It converts the digital video signal into the three analog video components (Y, Pa, Pr) while retaining the format of the input signal. (IMPORTANT: It does NOT support format down conversion. One must realize, here, that the receiving display device [a TV perhaps], acquiring the signal via component video, must be able to process the format transmitted by the sending device [like a game console]).When component video was first developed, the best format it supported was 1080i. I have a 17 year old Panasonic TV with both HDMI and Component Video inputs. The HDMI ports support 1080p input but the Component Video ports do not. So, if I were to have a game console send a 1080p picture, through this HDMI to Component Converter, to my TV, it would fail to display because the TV can't handle it, not because there is a problem with the converter. If the game console doesn't support sending video in 1080i format, then the next best quality picture my TV can support is 720p.Recently, some devices, with component video inputs, now support handling 1080p format received via component video. But nearly all old TVs with component video input do not!A couple of years ago, I purchased a powered HDMI to Component Video Converter. If it receives a 1080p format via HDMI input, it then down converts the signal format to 1080i format and then sends it via the component video output. (I suspect the ability to down convert the format is handled by a circuit which requires power.) The downside of having this convenience is that it cost much more and requires yet another power connection.Here are the overall positives which support my 5 star rating. It is very simple and easy to install. it requires no power to work. It has a small footprint. If its capability matches what your setup can use it for, it'll do the job very well for you. It is inexpensive, less than half the price of all similar devices I found on Amazon. I'm very happy with mine.

Product was exactly what I needed. My HDMI ports went out on my tv a while ago and I was forced to watch tv in Standard view or buy a new tv. I was ready to but a new tv, but I saw this connector on Amazon and thought I’d give it a try. I hooked it up in less than 10 minutes and magically my tv was back HD!! Definitely worth the money.

I have Comcast HD TV service and upgraded my standard SD cable TV adapter box to a HD TV Adapter box with HDMI connector. My old 2009 HD (720P) Toshiba 15" kitchen TV has only composite and component inputs and no HDMI. Using this Radio Shack Converter was easy to install and worked right away. I just had to set the Comcast HD adapter box to 720P in its setup menu and plugged in the HDMI cable to it and then the component cables to the TV. Voila! Best of all, it requires no AC power. Viva Radio Shack!Update: After 6 years of using this adapter, my TV started to freeze up on me. That is, the selected channel would lock up and could only be fixed by moving up/down a channel on my remote and then moving back to it where it became unlocked. Put in another new Radio Shack adapter of same, and voila problems went away. So its not forever going to work:)

I bought this to use with my FireStick to convert to my older model analog Toshiba TV. It did NOT work. This isn't actually a CONVERTER, despite the description, it's just an adapter. It doesn't work to convert HDMI to analog, it only works to add an extra HDMI slot to your already digital TV.

Good item but no 1080p resolution only 1080i

Worked great for me with an Apple TV 2. I know a lot of folks were having compatibility issues with this, so I thought I'd leave a review with my setup. I have an old Panasonic Plasma Monitor (TH-50PH9) circa 2005 that only has one hdmi port and one component slot. I decided to see if I could get some use out of it, and this little guy worked great. The audio is sent through the TV just fine as well. The monitor itself is only 720p so there was no way the apple tv could have sent a signal higher than that and everything looks great. Highly reccommend for older hardware with this situation.

I love that this is a simple cable that converts the signal from HDMI to Component without needing a box or power.However, the output itself isn't too great. Using this on a Nintendo Switch, the picture quality goes down quite a bit when the Switch is set to 1080p. It's improved some when set to 720p, but it's still not as good as it was when connected simply with it's HDMI.It's also off center, which wasn't an issue for me since the Switch can correct it itself, but if you're using a simple DVD player that doesn't have that ability you may have an issue.

My Case PS4-Pro & 34" LG:RT-34FB12RB CRT TV !but there is a catch you need to start PS4 in Safe Mode Choose 1080i Resolution to jump start it ! since it doesn't use external power source which is very convenient ! once jump started it thats it ! No Signal cut No delay Continuous Solid Stream of Converted HDMI Signal . its premium deserves its Price !keep in mind 1080i Resolution Makes text very small hard to read but everything else Looks beautiful on the eyes beautiful image ! if 480i Resolution was available on PS4 it would have been paradise orolder Gen Consoles with 480i Resolution Perfection !

Service was great, product was exactly what we needed