I bought this cable because I had dug my old PS2 slim out of the closet to re-play Dragonquest 8. I have an old Vizio 1080p HDTV with component, s-video, composite, RGB over vga, and hdmi inputs. I've recently found that it has some issues with 240p signals over component, but I've got a ps3 outputting 1080p over hdmi that can automatically upscale and postprocess my Playstation 1 games.

What I wanted out of this cable was the best possible picture for the analog 480i signal from the ps2 into into my crusty old tv without the need for an expensive digital converter/upscaler... and I got exactly what I wanted. I was playing Dragonquest 8 over a rusty old muli-console combo composite/s-video cable that dates back to when this old ps2 was plugged into a consumer crt. I was taking the s-video signal, using my TV's deinterlace, and stretching to a slightly wider aspect. It's passable. s-video is better than composite, but I can't overstate how cruddy this old combo cable is. Badly shielded composite and s-video together over a wire no thicker than the power cable of my ps2 and 4 different rusty input connectors. It's a mess. I had the sharpness setting maxed out on my display and it was still muddy with noticeable pop in for objects far from the camera.

The difference with this thicc, well shielded, component cable is night and day compared to that old setup. Colors are bright and crisp. The automatic backlight adjust was actually dimming the image until I shut it off. The image is so sharp that I have to tune down the sharpness settings slighly to soften the interlacing jaggies from the wider aspect stetch. It's almost too crisp. I tested the picture with Dragonquest, and especially when flying with the Godbird Soulstone, it's just beautiful. The distance pop-in I was seeing from the noisy s-video is completely gone and I can see far away terrain slowly fade in the way it's supposed to look. Terrain and town details from above look incredibly detailed, and the tiny godbird shadow is sharp and clear over all color terrain. I was getting interlacing errors with the some of the small detailed objects like grass and fast moving objects like the bushwhacher jumping outside Tryan Gully that I cannot reproduce with the higher quality component signal. I am noticing some interlacing errors like when the ps2 logo pops on screen during the boot sequence. In a fast busy 2d pixel game like Marvel vs Capcom 2, I noticed some deinterlacing errors with some effects like Guile's sonic boom, and mild screen tear in the opening character flyby, but that all comes down to my old TV's deinterlace process.

I tested the picture with Metal Gear Solid 3, Zone of the Enders 2, Soul Reaver 2, and a few others and the polygonal graphics all look amazingly crisp with no noticeable interlace errors. The opening pre-rendered FMV for Soul Reaver 2 looks amazing and the gameplay looks just as good. The fast moving particle effects and polygonal objects in the Kojima games, epecially ZOE just look awesome. I can't see any dithering or interlace artifacts at all. I did some short play tests for those, but it was really Dragonquest 8 that I played the most, and is one of the best reasons to get this cable. Unlike some of the other games I named, it has never gotten an HD port to a newer console or PC, so without an external digital upcaler this Component cable is the best it can look on real hardware... and it looks great.

I am very pleased with this purchase. Even if I did use an external digital conversion, I would be very happy with this cable as an analog source. As it is, with my old 1080p vizio with legacy inputs, I am very happy with the image quality. It's not super cheap, but the image quality is totally worth the cost. I looked into buying used official, monster, and other high quality third party cables from the era, and they aren't really any cheaper. Whether you're playing on a TV with legacy inputs like me, or are looking for a high quality source signal for a digital upscaler, the HD Retrovision PS2/3 cable seems like a great choice.

A reminder that this might not be a good option for your display when playing PS 1 games. Unless you have a display that is compatible with 240p over component, you're gonna be out of luck trying to play most PS1 games on your PS2. PS3's built in digital upscaling is a solid option for ps1 games though, and it probably looks better than it would through the ps2 hardware emulation and analog output which is stuck at 240p. PS3 even has texture smoothing for the 240p graphics in high resolution and an option to stretch the aspect ratio or play in 4:3.

If you just want to push out a high quality analog signal from your PS2 so that your games look as good as they can, I heartily recommend this cable.

Honestly, I’ve spent way too money much trying to find a decent scaler/converter for ps2. I’ve tried all the big hitters, say for the retrotink devices, as they are too rich for my blood. Most the converters I’ve tried have have had pros and cons, but this little nugget really passes all the checks with flying colors.

If you want a clean stable plug and play converter with a great picture, this is the one to get!

Excellent product. Definitely worth the money. I was using RGB cables on an old 16:9 LCD TV and the picture quality was terrible. Literally couldn't even see areas of certain levels. After using these cables it was a night and day difference. Pictures attached to show difference.

I finally got one. And i can see improved picture quality on multiple games ive played for years... decades. Gives new life to my old system. I definitely recommend if you dont have or want to use hdmi. Looks good on my flat screen and my old Sanyo crt.

Yes, these cost money. More than you expect. But these are hands-down the best component cables I have come across to use with my PS2. Thankfully, my TV is 720p and still has component inputs, so I do not need additional adapters, but this is the absolute best option to set up with an older TV directly.

I have tried these with an HDMI Converter, and this still looks great on a 1080p screen.

Without having to do a soldering job with some of the other kits out there (my hands are too shaky, and I do not want to spend that kind of money), this is a great option for those on a smaller budget or who cannot do such a task as soldering tiny ribbon cables.

Best way to connect a PS2 for sure, works great, great build quality. No noticeable noise on signal. Connected to CRT and HD tv from 2010, both looked sharp.

The only advantage to these cables is that the colors appear to look slightly more accurate. This does not make your games appear less blurry, of fuzzy, or reduce stutter. I started with an hdmi to ps2 cable. Which worked, but I noticed the picture was quite fuzzy and static looking. Games played fine, but I knew the picture wasn't as good as it should be. Upon research, it seems HDTV's as of late don't seem to do well with the Playstation 2 visuals, often requiring something called an OSSC (open source scan converter) to give you similar graphical options that you would see used in an emulator. Without wanting to spend some serious money, it appears upgrading the Playstation 2 visuals just isn't happening. I didn't want to believe the hype about emulators being King, but it's true. Even if you are using an old school CRTV, with component hookups, games just don't look like they did. It is possible, with a numerous amount of tinkering and fiddling, you could certainly get it perfect, but you'd have to do so for each individual game. Not worth the nostalgia, defeats the purpose and convenience. This is not the products fault, it just didn't solve the issue I was hoping it would. If you just need some quick cables of decent quality, this set will work for you.

If you don’t have a set of OEM PS3 Component Video cables (which happen to work just as good) and you can’t track any down in good/new condition and want something just as high quality, look no further than these HD Retrovision cables. Outstanding shielding and build quality will result in fantastic visuals!

Personally, I use my PS2 SCPH-50001 primarily to play PS1 games on a my RCA MM36100 CRT with Component to attain perfect 240p 15kHz in its amazing 700 lines of TV Resolution on a nice RGB based connection. It looks incredible.

I have all my Component Video systems running through a professional ShinyBow 5664 Component Video Matrix using MediaBridge Component Video cables from the outputs (these are great quality cables too and don’t put a death grip on your ports). I will say with full certainty that the video quality of PS2 games at 480i or 480p and Gran Turismo 4 at 1080i will all look as incredible on displays that process these signals as well (my RCA MM36100 only handles 240p/480i on the Component port), but I will consider this as I review signal quality on additional displays/ports that are compatible (such as transcoded Component 480p output to VGA on my RCA MM36100 or directly connected to my Pioneer 101FD Pro Plasma display). I use HD Retrovision cables for my SNES and Genesis as well and will vouch for those too. HD Retrovision makes a great product that is well worth it! As they say - you get what you pay for (well at least usually) and that holds up here.

Will edit review with pictures soon.

Cavo di ottima fattura ma ho fatto il reso in quanto non ho notato differenze con un buon cavo scart rgb se non il prezzo triplicato rispetto a quest’ultimo. Forse in America o in altri paesi dove non hanno la presa scart è un cavo che ha più senso di esitere. Io l'ho utilizzato con un retrotink 5x e ribadisco che non ho notato differenze. A mio parere un cavo scart di buona fattura lo supera per la sua versatilità. Posso collegarlo ad un upscaler o ad una tv crt. Il cavo component posso utilizzarlo solo con upscaler e ribadisco che costa il triplo.

High quality cable

Very good quality cables with good shielding. I've tried two different no-name brand cables. One gave a slight green tint and one had interference. These are the ones to get. Works perfectly together with my GBS-Control.

Highest picture quality you can get on your PS2 and analog PS3 output. You can feel how well made it is, just by how rigid it is. Actually, I'd say that's the only negative thing I have to say about it: if you're tight on space, the rigidity of the cable won't help much. You need to work around that by giving it more space around the back of the console, as it doesn't bend too much. Sure, it's expensive, but I'd say, most of us will go through many cables trying to find the best one, and usually end up spending the same amount or more, on too many cables, when we could've just went straight with this one.

Excelente