RCA Svideo to HDMI Converter, Support 4 : 3/16 : 9 Aspect Ratio Switch, 720P/1080P HDMI Output Switch, S-video AV RCA to HDMI converter for VHS/DVD/Wii/PS1/PS2/N64/NGC to Display on HDMI Screen

I thought My old CLD-909 LD was done. The video was dropping out after a few minutes of play. So I traded up for a nice DVL-919. Nope. Turned out the analog video section of my old Onkyo TX-SR805 was failing. The HDMI inputs still work fine. So after long search this gizmo fixed the prob. Read complaints most of these convertors just stretch/distort to 16:9 & don't have the option to output 4:3. This solved the problem at a reasonable price. Video is not perfect but my new U8H does a good job of displaying the old format & the 7.1 THX sounds great.

I had to unplug the S-Video Cable from the DVD Side of the VCR / DVD Combo Player to get the VHS Side to respond and then reinsert the S-Video Cable again. After that, both the DVD and the VCR worked as desired. I purchased two of these devices and had to do the same thing on both of my VCR / DVD Players to get them to work properly. Nice device to solve older technology connection problems with newer style 4K UHD Smart TV's.

Setup with this product was quick and easy. I suspect one of the reviews for this product failed to read the instructions. Unlike some similar products listed, this one has a double function display button. You click it quickly to toggle between 1080 or 720 resolution. You click and hold for two seconds to toggle between various aspect ratios (4:3, 16:9 etc.) Also, FYI, the S-Video cable only delivers the video signal so I needed to attach the RCA Audio cables as well. In about 5 minutes, I was watching DVD's from my old DVD player which only has S-Video and RCA outputs, to a new HDTV that has only HDMI inputs.

I had a laserdisc player that had S-Video outputs that I needed to connect to a newer HDMI-Only TV set. This worked pretty good and gave some options for the conversions. However, the TV still letter-boxed the image and I couldn't figure out how to balance the picture size and image quality. This worked but I was left wondering if a higher end unit would have done a better job.

I love that this adapter offers different aspect ratios, and setup is extremely easy, but the HDMI image is significantly darker than the original signal. I haven't tried out the S-video capabilities yet, but I'm guessing I'd need a male-to-male S-video adapter to use it with a game console, since the input is a male end.