SEGA Mega Drive HDMI Adapter, 1080p S-Video Converter for PAL/NTSC | Aspect ratio switch for 16:9 or 4:3, supports Genesis, Neo Geo AES/CDZ, 32X and Mega CD, with 12-month support

Works a treat. Nice clear picture. No issues whatsoever.

I recently tried a lead that was RGB, as the RF lead that came with my MegaDrive 2 about 30 years ago had long since stopped working. That lead really didn't give a good image, so the console and 30 odd games went back in the loft. I recently got one of those mini projectors and happened upon this cable, so I thought what a great combo that would be if it works! And oh I was not disappointed. The colour is rich and vibrant, the image is crystal clear and defined, the sound is beautifully clear. My only complaint is I've just wasted an entire Saturday afternoon playing MegaDrive games, felt like I was back in my 20s and the classic era of gaming! If you want to breath new life into that old console and rediscover all those old games, this is worth every penny and then some.

Does exactly what it says it should do. I purchased this to interface a Mega Drive 1. to my Toshiba 65" flatscreen. It works well. The adapter needs an external 5V PSU so i just use a power bank to save messing around with another power socket. It seems to use very little energy so should last a long time between power bank charges. The picture is very good for the price. You can see and measure every pixel with ease. Initially there were quite bad vertical bars ( People call them jail bars ) running down the screen. This is an issue with the early mark one Mega Drive and not a fault of the adapter itself. A simple mod to the Mega Drive board has cleaned them up to the point were they are now unnoticeable unless you go looking. For those interested i simply shorted pin6 on IC 13 ( CXA1145 ) to ground. This mod turns the composite video black and white but it can easily be reversed by removing the short. So Yes, I recommend this product with or without the mod, it's a massive improvement on composite or RF. The converter takes the RGB-S signal from the AV port at the rear of the mega drive and converts it to 1080P HDMI. The sound on the Mark1 is only output as mono from the rear of the Mega Drive but it still sounds sweet through my AV amp. It's not worth the bother to recover stereo sound for me, but if you wanted to you could knock up some leads and do it that way.

Not bad , picture is a little blockier than I expected but it's OK. One of the switches doesn't seem to do anything, the other changes the screen size. Seems reasonably well made.

Does the job. Bought it for my Neo Geo. Worked straight out of the box.

This works very well on most games. It's great to get my Mega Drive 2 up and running again on a modern TV. The one exception I've discovered is that it can't cope with displaying the splitscreen two player mode in Sonic 2; the screen is a complete broken up mess in this instance, making it impossible to play Sonic 2 with more than one player. When I unboxed it, I was unsure which cable I should use to connect to my Mega Drive 2. I decided to call Kaico. Unbelievably for this day and age, I got through instantly to a real person, who was able to help me out, answer my question and get me up and running. Top marks for customer service, Kaico! The problem with Sonic 2 aside, I really can't recommend this enough.

Very good works well

I recently bought a GBS-C for my Megadrive which is my current "go-to" for converting my retro consoles to an HDMI output. I was however interested in this Kaico adapter when I saw it. Mainly for the reasons of portability, I figured with this lead I wouldn't need to lug around the GBS-C box, additional power adapter, and scart lead. It also states on the box that its a plug and play solution - so no need to mess about with setting it up from TV to TV. I duly ordered one and it arrived well packaged with the contents as described. Sadly when I plugged it in I could see the issues straight away. Firstly if your Megadrive is a 50HZ PAL model you will get a huge blank space along the top of your screen. My photos don't really demonstrate how bad it is, but it is huge.... Secondly, and more importantly, the colour reproduction is shocking. If you compare the Kaico lead with output from my GBS-C, you can see it's almost like the palette is limited to a minimal set of colours. The blue in the background shown when playing Sonic revert to plain "BRIGHT" white - as do a lot of subtler shades within the characters features and the backgrounds. The Sonic 3 front screen probably demonstrates it perfectly. When trying to play in-game its just too bright with colours washed out. I tried everything in my TV's settings to get it somewhere near good but alas nothing could bring those colours back. I really did want this work, so much so that I've tried different HDMI cables, different HDMI ports, my modded megadrive with region switch, my stock PAL megadrive and I have tried it on three different makes of TV (Sony, Philips, RCA)- all bearing the same over exposed, washed out picture that does the Megadrive no justice whatsoever. I admit it's possible that the Kaico adapter I received is defective - sadly there's no option to return for a replacement - if there was I would have requested one just in case I did receive a duff one. However there's only an option to return for a refund so that's what I'll do. Overall, really disappointed in light of the good reviews that it's been given. I really was hoping this would work :-(

Worked just fine!

Simply plug it in using which ever one of the adapters fit your old console, and you're back playing all your favourite games from the 90s on your smart TV!

Marche parfaitement, conforme à la description

I'll give credit where it's due, the image is actually really clear and sharp which is awesome to see. However image quality isn't consistent, the colours are completely washed out. All of the wonderful vibrate colour pallet is completely destroyed when using this adapter. If you're playing Sonic2, forget about playing split screen. Unplayable as it's all scrambled. With the unplayable split screen and the colours all wash out, this is a hard pass and return. Save your money and get something else.

Werkt goed, kan mijn vintage Sega weer gebruiken