I've had one of theses for years and it's always worked great but now I've been wondering. Can I use a component-to-hdmi cable from this to my HDTV?
1990939
Yes, but in my testing, you can't mix component on one signal and composite on another signal. You have to choose either one for all signals for it to work.
1990940
No. Component is analog and hdmi is digital. If there is such a cable it is a scam.
2248703
I guess that depends of your receiver this only transform your rca or component wii connection to hdmi with usually to 1080 but this is not true, bit works for me, because my tv didn't have rca or component only hdmi
855829
PT, I wanted to convert a new HDMI Blu-Ray Player down to an old Component (YPbPr) television; this device would not do it. This unit converts old Component (YPbPr) video (or old computer VGA video) up to a new HDMI (or Coax) television or monitor. There is no Coax input (see closeups of the product) so I don't think this is a good product to go from Coax up to HDMI. The ramp up should be from Component to HDMI.
126540
This is the best shortest response I could find. He says it better than me...http://www.bythom.com/hdmivideo.htm
1884251
No. This cable ONLY works for devices which SPECIFICALLY say they support HDMI-to-Component (or Analog via HDMI), which is a very tiny handful of devices on the market. It does not work for standard HDMI ports. The reason for this is because you are taking a purely digital signal and passing it through a cable to an analog input. One or both of the devices needs to convert the signal from digital to analog. This cable does NOT do it for you. It doesn't matter if you're going from component to HDMI, or HDMI to component, this cable will not work for you unless your device is specifically designed to do the conversion from digital to analog via HDMI.
572219
You need the latest spec HDMI cable. The old standard did not provide this feature.
249728
You can buy a HDMI to component cable or converter box, but it will probably not work with Sony's HDCP copy protection in place. Odds are you will need a new HDTV. While most recent HDTVs support HDMI, there are plenty of gamers who are using an older HDTV that came out right as HDMI was becoming a standard feature. These cables don't work with most content, Bluray or streaming devices.
469287
If I understand your question correctly, if you connect your component in cord (red, blue, green) from, say, your dvd player to the receiver, the receiver will upconvert the picture to your tv using hdmi out from receiver to your television. Hope this helps.
271771
Can you please explain this? I have been using a tv from 1995 and use a co-axial cable to hook it up. I am not familiar with HDMI cable, so if this is the only type that plugs into the tv, how can I hook the other end up to my cable box and DVD player? The cable box is newer so may be compatible, but the DVD player is fairly old as well. I don't want to buy a tv that I can't use my DVD player with. Thank you!
105438
I do not have any technical expertise, so cannot help y6ou very much, but at least try to chance your output source. If you are having trouble with HDMI, try the component output source. If it works on the component source, leave it there, as it is almost as good as HDMI. Hope this helps. RR
821648
I bought this for the same exact reason and it didn't work, I had an hdtv worth component out and this didn't work. Someone told me that I would need a powered one, dunno, sold my old tv and bought a new flat screen..problem solved.lol
1564066
No I don't believe you can use an HDMI but a friend told me about an adapter that I was gonna try and use before I found an old TV in storage.
701646
No, this device converts component video output to HDMI. It's the opposite of what you're looking for. First you need to confirm what input types your standard def TV has. The best standard def input type is component video, which has 3 dedicated video RCA jacks (Red, Blue & Green - AKA: RGB). The next best standard input type is S-video, which is a round jack with several pin holes and one square hole to make sure you plug it in correctly and don't damage the cable's pins. The 3rd best connection would be the Coaxial (F-type) input used for cable tv and the least best standard def video connection is 1 Composite Video rca jack, which is usually yellow. Once you confirm which is your best video input for your TV, then you can search for a cable that connects (converter not likely needed) HDMI to that connection type. For instance, a cable that is HDMI to Component video, HDMI to S-video, HDMI to Coaxial (F-type), or HDMI to composite video.
271428
This HDMI adapter works for adapting the HDMI(Digital) signal to a Component(Red, Blue, Green-Analog) and stereo out(Red, White- Audio). Unless your TV has component input then you would only be able to use the audio stereo from this adapter. There are different converters out there that are able to convert HDMI(Digital) to composite(S-Video) or to an RCA(Yellow-Analog) format. I hope this helps. Good luck.
1352485
Should be able to do it since it has a HDMI input. I'm using a component converter from my cable box as I have an older cable box that doesn't have HDMI output but I just went in and looked and it has the HDMI input as shown in the product description.
944554
I only tested it to connect my laptop to a computer monitor with a display port. I am not sure if your HDTV has such a port. It probably has a HDMI port for which you need a different cable. In any case the cable quit working only after a few months. I have thrown it away.
978095
A standard HDMI cable is what you need. Best to get one from amazon basics. Anything else is just a waste of money. They are all made to the same standards.