**UPDATE 1/10/2021**
I did not attain out LevelHike after the problems I had with the cable, as I figured it was out of guarantee and I did not anticipate to get wherever with it. I used to be incorrect; LevelHike REACHED OUT TO ME on 1/5/2021 in response to my 12/27/2020 replace. They said that they needed to make it proper, agreeing to increase the guarantee to 2 years in my case and ship a substitute cable to me without charge. Because it appeared as if they since modified the design, I agreed. The substitute arrived 1/8/2021, and I examined it out on 1/9/2021. First off, I acquired the brand new 2-piece design, whereby the portion that connects to the X-box and the small converter field are the primary piece with an HDMI jack, and the second half is a separate, for much longer HDMI cable. Additionally, the brand new design has a microUSB jack constructed into the converter field itself so an exterior energy provide (not included) could also be linked. That is similar to their PlayStation 2 converter that I’ve, which additionally has the microUSB for exterior energy, and has at all times labored advantageous for me. The brand new design seems to have finished the trick, because the video and audio had been simply as clear and even clearer than the unique one-piece design. I used the facility provide from my Firestick to energy the cable, and performed the X-box for a number of hours with no lack of synch, no blackouts, no rainbows, and no short-circuits. I will replace the evaluation if it ought to ever fail, however this design is MUCH higher, comparable to a different aftermarket converter I bought from one other firm. 5 stars for the customer support and new design; however minus a star for the effort introduced by the unique design. Do you have to buy this merchandise and obtain the older design, contact them and inform them to swap it for the brand new design. I am posting footage of every so individuals can inform them aside. The unique cable got here in a brown field with a sticker on it, and had the outlet for the absent microUSB jack lined with black electrical tape. The brand new, good design got here in a white field with the 2 separate parts, and the microUSB jack clearly seen.
**UPDATE 12/27/2020**
After the obvious demise of the cable on 12/19, I tried to look at my TV, however it will now not activate! Unplugged and re-plugged, with no luck. Standby mild would blink 3 instances and go darkish. Opened up the TV and examined energy provide to search out it was offering voltage. Ordered a substitute major board (which is the place the HDMI cable was plugged into) and upon changing the principle board, the TV labored once more. It is seemingly the cable in some way fried the principle board, however I am not 100% sure. As such, I can not advocate this cable. I used to be fortunate to repair the TV for $45, however the cable is just not well worth the threat to the TV.
**UPDATE 12/19/2020**
Started experiencing an rising variety of clean display screen points throughout gameplay. Generally it will not come again until I unplugged the HDMI and plugged it again in. Then it give up working in my major enter altogether. So I put it in a unique enter. Identical factor, rising clean screens till it give up working altogether. Tried the third and closing enter solely to have the repeat downside. Tried it on a unique older TV and it will not work in any respect. Cable field, Bluray, PS3 all work advantageous. Its nearly just like the sign is just too weak and/or loses the handshake. I see LEVELHIKE has now switched to a unique design than what mine was. One piece is the dongle to the XBOX, with a separate HDMI cable. Mine is all one piece; the HDMI doesn’t disconnect. The LEVELHIKE PS2 to HDMI adapter I bought can be a two piece design and makes use of a USB energy increase, and it has at all times labored completely advantageous. I assume now I’ll attempt one other answer for the Unique XBOX. Diminished to three stars as a result of whereas it did work, it didn’t final lengthy.
ORIGINAL REVIEW
I lately determined to revisit some outdated video video games, specifically the unique X-box. Whereas the unique composite (crimson, white, and yellow) A/V cables would connect with my UHD TV, the usual definition image was lower than fantastic. I researched methods to get the audio and video to the brand new TV, and I settled on this product. It got here in a small cardboard field with the cable twist-tied in a resealable baggie and a small, color-printed instruction card in English solely. I adopted the directions to plug it in and alter the settings within the X-box menu. I enabled all out there image resolutions (480p, 720p, and 1080i) as my TV was greater than able to all three. Then I popped within the sport and was pleasantly stunned at how a lot better it regarded. The advantageous particulars had been clearer, enabling me to obviously learn the sport’s HUD show, which was difficult in SD. The colours had been extra vibrant, and the distinction extra expansive. This distinction of distinction was most notable within the nighttime scenes of the sport. I did nothing to alter the settings on the TV aside from switching to the HDMI enter from the composite enter. I switched forwards and backwards, A/B-ing the distinction. Tremendous textual content is way simpler to learn. Neon indicators look lifelike. I had initially performed this sport on an outdated SD-only 27″ Sharp picture-tube TV from 1999; this cable reveals the X-box was able to so a lot better decision than most TVs of the time. Listed below are some photographs that present practically an identical views of each a game-play display screen and a menu display screen. Sure, the menu reveals saved sport information from 14 years in the past along with the lately saved sport. Even being footage of an LED-screen TV, the distinction is clear however much more apparent in individual. The photographs present completely different instances within the game-play photographs (as a result of the X-box resets itself while you change out the cables with the sport working), however I attempted to get the identical vantage level for a good comparability. Clicking the “information” button on my TV distant confirmed that the TV was receiving a 480p video sign and a PCM (Pulse Code Modulation digital) audio sign. The 480p decision was the utmost supported by the sport. Whereas the sport does help Dolby Digital (5.1 encompass sound), the cable doesn’t appear to help it. The cable itself is a bit of thinner than the Microsoft authentic, and doesn’t have a ferrite core like the unique, however since we’re coping with a digital HDMI sign versus the composite analog sign, the additional shielding is much less essential. The brand new A/V cable has a small plastic field about midway alongside its size. This field has a small inexperienced LED while you energy up the system, so it is working. The X-box connector matches cosy with no play, so it appears to make good contact. The identical is true of the HDMI finish. This unit is all one piece; the HDMI half doesn’t disconnect. No exterior energy supply is required and there doesn’t look like any provision for it. I’ve listed the tools that I used, so to examine it to your personal. My X-box is over 15 years outdated and the TV solely 2 years outdated. Since evaluations for this merchandise appear to be far and wide, I can affirm that it really works as promised and can replace the evaluation if it fails prematurely. The one challenge I’ve observed in just a few hours game-play was some preliminary jitter once I first enabled the cable. This appeared to be associated to the TV first getting synchronized to the brand new cable and the difficulty didn’t re-appear in any respect throughout game-play. More than happy to play some enjoyable outdated video games in HD!
TV: LG 43UJ6300
Recreation Console: Unique X-box; no modifications aside from this cable
Recreation: Grand Theft Auto: Vice Metropolis (a part of the double-pack with GTA III)
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