As nice as your fancy OLED TV is, the televisions of 2018 aren’t really very well equipped for older consoles like the PlayStation One and Two.
If your older consoles are just collecting dust on your shelves because of this annoying tech issue then don’t worry – the world of tech has answered your prayers.
Pound Technology and Limited Run Games have joined forces to bring you a PS1/PS2 HDMI adapter, and it’ll set you back just $29.99 USD.
The adapter, which is currently up for pre-order and is expected to ship in mid-November, will work with both the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 1 systems and will give you “excellent RGB video quality.”
According to the website, the adapter had a six foot cable length, breakaway design, and includes a “6ft USB-A to micro USB cable with cable management tie offs.”
Outputs 4:3, but your TV needs to be able to accept that signal. From the video it seemed like MJR’s TV forced a 16:9 stretch with no option to change that.
— Limited Run Games (@LimitedRunGames) October 16, 2018
Gamers on Twitter aren’t 100% sold on the concept though, citing audio issues with a similar adapter created for the Xbox.
Numerous reviews of the Xbox HD link complain of the cable being unshielded and thus very open to noise interference.
If that’s not the case here then you’ll have an order from the UK waiting right here with my next paycheck.
— Jon Tetrinope 🎃 (@JonTetrino) October 16, 2018
Limited Run responded that there’s not going to be any such issues with this cable, tweeting there hasn’t been any audio issues for the PS1/PS2 adapter.
We haven’t had any audio quality issues with our Dreamcast cable or this new PS2 cable. The Eurobeat soundtrack to Initial D Special Stage sounds just as good through these cables as with any others. :)
— Limited Run Games (@LimitedRunGames) October 16, 2018
Pre-order yours right here.