Well this product didn't work for what I needed

I have a standard def DVR, running into a 1080p upconverter, then to an HDTV. --Looks the same as the Direct TV 1080 when I switch back and forth. Problem is, my 2012 TV started to get ''hdmi blink''--(black screen for 2 seconds), a problem with hdmi sometimes, cables won't fix it, rerouting wires, switching plug polarity etc ... the hdmi circuit in the TV is just glitchy etc. My 'component in' on the TV supports 1080p and you can't tell the difference from the HDMI 1080p. PROBLEM IS, my 1080p upconverter only has an HDMI output. So I bought this hdmi to component converter so the signal can get upconveted by my upconverter, then converted to 'component cables'' by this unit. It is running 1080p on the TV and looks as good as the HDMI1080p, but w/out the stupid hdmi blink. BTW, this converter works even when the power supply is not plugged in---it is getting power from the hdmi cable which is connected to my 1080upconverter. But to insure I don't overload that unit's power supply, I went ahead and plugged this into it's own power source. This unit came by standard shipping and arrived a few days quicker than the initial estimated time.

I have an older 1080i plasma TV that does not have any HDMI ports, as I wanted to hook an Apple TV up to it. This is one of the few converters that I've tried that actually worked! The key seems to be having a "resolution" button. This one does not work with 1080i, but it did work under 720. The screen did get cut off a little bit when it was on that resolution but that wasn't a huge deal. I returned this one because when I compared it to another unit I had purchased that maxed out at 720, the other one had a slightly better picture. The other unit used cables I provided which were high quality so that may have been the difference? This one does have built in cables, which is nice unless it's the reason for the quality difference. -Jen

This has revived a nice flatscreen with broken hdmi solders. It works consistently as advertised. Color is a bit dull compared to other inputs but not bad enough to matter for my use. I wouldn't use it for HiFi needs.

We have an old Sony TV pre-HDMI but does have component video. We were trying to link a Amazon Firestick lite to the component video connections. The problem appears to be that the TV only accepts 1080i and not 1080p this device only converts to 1080p 50hz and 60 hz but apparently doesn't include 1080i. I'm not an expert and I may have messed up my "i's and p's" but anyway. The Firestick only has outputs in 480, 1080 and not 720. Anyway, the best we could get between the limtations of the Firestick, TV, and this device was 480. The TV has an enhanced setting which helps a bit but the resolution is still not as good as our other more modern setup. I guess that's part of the difficulty of using a 20 year old TV. Just make sure that you will have all the frequency conversions you need for what you are trying to do.