Scart to HDMI Converter, Scart to HDMI Cable with 720P/1080P
Scart to HDMI Converter, Scart to HDMI Cable with 720P/1080P Switch, Scart to HDMI Adapter for TV Monitor Projector, Scart Lead to HDMI Video Converters for VHS DVD Player STB Xbox Wii PS2 PS3 to TV
Specifications:
| Dimension | 82*40*15.5(mm) |
| Weight | 50g |
| Input port | Scart |
| Output port | HDMI (Standard) |
| Video resolution | 1080P 60HZ or 720P 60HZ |
| Composite Input Format | PAL, NTSC3.58, NTSC4.43, SECAM, PAL / M, PAL / N |
| Power Supply | AC 100V-240V 50/60HZ, DC 5V/1A |
| Packaging | 1×VIXLW Scart to HDMI Converter, 1×HDMI Cable, 1×USB Power Cable （Power plug not included), 1×User Manual |
I’ve been using a boxy converter which requires the scart cable to be connected directly to the conversion box which has been unstable. This solves that by making the converter part of the cabling unit and it works supremely well.
its great when stuff just works!
And this SCART to HDMI does just that.
Plug one end in your old VHS player (or whatever you are using), the USB power and connect either your own HDMI lead or th eone included into your TV..and watch at your leisure. No messing about with software or graphics settings.
Nothing to dislike about this. The upscale switch didn’t seem to do anything, but might do with a DVD player or set top box that uses scart, Thinkg about it, I will try my old games consoles too.
easy 5 stars
Still sometimes play old VHS and DVDs using a composite cable on an old TV which isn’t the best quality. Wanted something that would allow me to do this on my main TV which is too new to have the SCART or composite inputs.
Package contains everything you need including the converter, micro-USB for the power and a spare HDMI cable.
It’s easy enough to set up – I like the way that it’s a female HDMI socket so you can use the existing HDMI lead in your TV cabinet. The unit does need power from a spare USB port on the TV or a USB power adapter. I used a power bank which did the trick. There is a setting for 720p/1080p although not sure why as none of the source material is going to be of this resolution. I just keep it on 720p and let my TV do the upscaling.
Don’t expect any advanced features such as auto TV switch on, 16:9 switching or even full RGB quality, although in fairness, the description doesn’t claim to support any of these features.
The picture and sound quality are acceptable although due to lack of RGB, it’s actually no better than my previously used composite cable. I suspect watching VHS and DVD on a 55″ doesn’t exactly do it any favours!
Overall, a good basic SCART to HDMI converter.
Second attempt at a review – 1st one got deleted by Amazon for some weird reason.
So I’ll keep this one brief. It’s an ideal cable for use with video recorders and old cam corders etc. For consoles though like the Playstation 1 and 2 just be aware that with their proprietary socket you then need to use the originally cable which has a male scart end. So you’ll need a female to male scart convertor for these to be able to use with a HDMI TV. They can be had for typically under a tenner.
So it wouldve been ideal if this came with that as at least one purchase option. Hence the slight down-scoring. The cable works well otherwise and provides a reasonable upscale if not perfect.
This is a great product for allowing access to old tech where most TV’s no longer come with a SCART socket anymore. Furthermore it has allowed me to use the HDMI output into a capture card so I can record old VCR tapes that had been effectively lost to the attic. This has/will allow me to digitise many old wedding/celebrations of relatives who are no longer with us.
Of course while this outputs 720P and 1080P this will not help when your source material is likely to be SD. Personally I prefer to use 720P as I found 1080P just made grain and other artifacts more noticable.
Another thing I would have prefered to see is an option of interlace rather than only progressive. If you’re not up to speed with video formats and encoding this can be tricky to understand and/or impossible to fix.
Interlaces video shows one part of the image on all the odd numbers lines knows as a field. The next field is shown on all the even lines. Progressive displays the entire frame (all lines) with the image. This is difficult to tell when playback speed is 50Hz for interlaced. Deinterlacing you get each odd and even field put into 1 progressive frame at 25Hz. When done poorly you will see the odd and even lines separate as if the image is out of sync. This is most notable with a fast moving image.
To fix this requires the footage to need be re-interlaced. The other issue is this only seems to output a frame rate of 60Hz. PAL regions run at 50Hz. While I personally have not run into any issues with this yet it might explain why some are seeing stuttering issues.
This is a cheap and cheerful adapter that will allow you to connect old devices to you new TV or PC. However it appears to have been made for the NTSC market with it’s output of 60Hz and the lack of an option encoder the footage as interlaced (matching the source) can cause issues too. This is why I’m knocking a star off but at the same time for 12 quid we can’t expect professional grade kit.
I used this to connect an old VHS video recorder to my TV’s HDMI input to play back some old videos I had and it worked perfectly.
On the side of the unit is a switch to choose 720p or 1080p resolution. Both settings have more resolution than the original VHS tape could handle so you can’t expect miraculous high definition content from low resolution VHS recordings. I used 1080p for my use.
I also used this connect to a HDMI video capture card on my computer, so that I can convert the old VHS movies – from a wedding – to a digital file for editing on my computer.
If like us, you have sentimentally valuable old video tapes, this may be an essential tool for you.
The pack comes with everything you need, HDMI cable, USB-3 to USB-C power cord and the converter with a fully wired SCART connector. It’s extremely easy to use, simply connect the SCART to the VCR, plug in the power to a USB3 port and then connect the device to your TV via the HDMI cable.
More importantly, you can use this with a PC to digitally record your memories and male them a little more future proof while reducing storage space and eradicating the risk of loss from magnetic media.
Quality wise, this cannot really upscale old VCR tapes, if the source is poor, the result will be equally as poor, BUT, if you digitise the video, there are software packages that can make your videos better. For me, just having quick access to family memories from 20yrs ago is well worth the 11.99 (less 10% discount at the time of ordering) price tag at the time of ordering.
THis works okay, the results are not bad. Some issues with interlacing and over saturation. I think considering the price (11.99) you can’t really complain – it will be suitable for most home users. If you are looking for a better finish then consider a more expensive higher quality solution.
As someone that lives with someone that has a lot of vhs tapes and a player (that only I care about tbh) this was a great thing to pick up especially since the tv we commonly used for the vhs player and the severely outdated dvd player would sometimes get confused and keep swapping between a stretched and unstretched output. Using this fixed that issue and made watching old stuff a lot less of a pain which is nice considering there are plenty of videos of things like old cartoons that would be very hard to get elsewhere (or just are not worth doing so),
However the real reason I grabbed this was to do it myself by combining this to convert old things to hdmi so that my capture device could then be used to record the output therefore giving me a way to store some of them digitally (or even burn to a dvd for safe keeping). Afterall while VHS tapes are nice to have they come from a time where you’d be lucky to have 2 episodes of a tv show on a single tape compared to nowadays where a whole season worth of dvd’s can be stuffed into a single dvd case (which itself is half the thickness of a vhs case). But there are always going to be ones that i want to keep and watch the old fashioned way so this will always be useful to me.
This SCART to HDMI converter is really only of use if you have old equipment such as a video player that you want to say link to a TV that doesn’t have a SCART socket. The transfer is one way only SCART to HDMI, construction is plastic, but in addition to the adapter you get a HDMI lead and USB A to micro USB power lead, so short of a power source you have everything you need. On the adapter there is a switch 1080p/720p to change the output definition.
When it comes to quality you have to recognise that it will only be as good as your original and lets face it Video quality just doesn’t compare with current formats. Having said this the quality is okay, but only what I would expect to get from a Composite to HDMI converter. It works but don’t expect crystal clear imagery. Basically this does what it says on the box (not that it comes in a box, just a clear plastic bag) and for a cheap price of 11.99 (price at time of review) it will do the job.
I picked up this scart to HDMI convertor mainly so I could check out some old VHS tapes I had stored in my loft since the mid 90s! I had kept an old VCR that I bought second hand in 1991 that still functioned perfectly (they don’t make electronics like they used to!) but had no TVs that accepted SCART any more.
This device comes with a wired in male SCART cable and a HDMI cable that is removable – it does require an external power USB power source (i.e. a socket from your TV). Once connected you get the familiar blue screen with 720p/1080p in the corner. I have another dongle that does RCA to HDMI that has the exact same display from another supplier so I imagine it’s a standard chipset that is used in many of these convertors; it may give you some indication as what to expect.
The picture – while there is a tiny bit of ghosting – is fine. It’s always going to look grainy unless your source is really clean! It does the job and that’s all you can ask of it.
Having used this device it gave me the idea to try plugging in a multi scart adaptor (still had one in the loft…) but this required a male to male coupler (quick purchase from Amazon). This gave me the ability to plug in the VCR and old games consoles if I wanted to (Saturn!).
For 11.99 at the time of writing – this has done everything I required of it.
This Scart to HDMI cable from VIXLW seems well-made. It arrives in a plastic bag that contains the main unit itself, a separately bagged HDMI cable and an instruction sheet. Unfortunately the unit requires a power source and there is nothing supplied to help with this. You will need your own Micro USB to 5V plug connection somehow. I guess it keeps down on costs by not including such items in the kit here, but the downside obviously is that it is not plug and play straight out of the box as extra components are needed that you may not have to hand.
Beyond the disappointing (in my opinion) need for extra companents, the device is simple enough to set up. Everything is fairly self-explanatory (do you need me to say “plug scart lead into scart socket outlet”?!) although an information/instruction sheet is included in the pack. The plastic of the main unit seems reasonably well-made.
But what you really need/want to know is – does it work? Firstly, allow me to say that you need to understand your products and needs. This unit plugs into a scart output, meaning the device you are plugging it into needs to have a scart shaped slot on the back of it. If you have for example a later generation PS2 you may find that there is no scart output on the back of the computer and therefore this model of scart to HDMI is not for you. Assuming you order correctly and understand what everything is doing, then yes, this device should work for you no problems, as it did for me. I’m pretty happy with it but am not giving it 5* just because extra components are required and it is not plug & play out of the box.