Component AV Audio Video Cable for PS3 PS2

I bought this to connect between my new Toshiba TV and my (now aging) PS2. It works fine. I did want to mention to anyone thinking of buying this that (a) check to ensure your TV has component input and (b) if it does, is there some setting on the TV that you need to set to make it work. I found out that my Toshiba has a setting (which was a ROYAL pain in the $!! to find!) to switch between normal, composite video and component video. (NOTE: Toshiba calls their's "Colorstream", which is some proprietary Toshiba thing for component video. It just meant it was another hurdle to find the setting because, when you're looking for "Component" through the many menus and sub-menus and see "ColorStream", it makes a difference.) Personally, if you're switching from composite video (the one using the one yellow video plug) to component video, I highly recommend configuring the PS2 *FIRST*, then connect the component video cable second, then adjust the TV settings. If your TV was made in the last five years, there's a high likelihood that you can still adjust menus on it even if you don't see any video picture.As far as the picture goes, I couldn't be happier. It's still not HD, but then again the PS2 doesn't make an HD image. It's as good as it gets, which is a picture with slightly higher resolution than what the composite video cable provides, as well as much better color and contrast.

These cables are Mandatory in my opinion if you're going to play a ps2 on an HDTV. With even high quality S Video/Red and whites (oxygen free wrapped too no less) my ps2 on my samsung high def screen looked Terrible. I could barely read the text on the screen, the colors were muted, and overall the picture was muddy.I bought these cables hoping to correct the issue, and they worked beautifully. The PS2 now looks better than it ever did which is great for when I start getting retro game cravings. I don't know yet what I'm going to do about some of my other older consoles (other than continually buy game collections for my 360 and PS2?) but this was a much needed, and much appreciated product.Just plug them in, and you're off to the races. Double check to make sure you're setup for component cables in the systems configuration. (mine changed automatically)The monitor is only a couple of years old. So these cables WILL work (despite misinformed reviews to the contrary) on newer monitors.Ace Combat 5 went from muddy with nigh unreadable text to very sharp, very clear overall picture quality and perfect text clarity. I'll be testing some of my other games later.But these cables are easily worth the money spent.

This thing just comes in a plastic bag - the sticker on said bag has a barcode and reads simply, "Component A/V Cable for Playstation 2 - NEW". There's no company logo on the actual plug either; just the arrow on the top that shows you which side should be facing the top when you plug it into the PS2. While Amazon mentions the distributor, I have no idea who actually manufactures this thing. It says nothing of substance, which is unfortunate because this IS NOT plug-and-play, so to speak.Here are the super-simple instructions it SHOULD have. You must first boot up your PS2 with the normal A/V cables without a disc in (or with the disc tray open), and go to 'System Configuration', than change your 'Component Video Out' settings from RGB to Y Cb/Pb Cr/Pr. Now turn it off, plug in the Component Cable, turn it back on and go to the "Component" Video Mode on your HDTV - the PS2 picture will be coming in clear as a bell (that's a saying, right?) Why couldn't this have said that - just the slightest piece of paper with this crucial information!? Whoever made this is a lazy, suspicious manufacturer...BUT IT WORKS! IT WORKS SO WELL! So I don't know why they're acting like they have some shoddy product worth hiding! PS2 games no longer look "blurry" or "fuzzy" on my HDTV, no ghosting or any other image issue that they previously had. They look as sharp as, or sharper than, anything else from that generation - the Dreamcast/Gamecube/Wii/Xbox1. If you've downloaded PS2 games from the "Playstation Classics" portion of the PSN on your PS3, than it's a very similar quality of visuals. It's a MARKED improvement over how things look traditionally. So I highly recommend the cable - this thing gets the job done, for sure, and it's super cheap.The PS2 library is LEGENDARY - this is serious contender for best console of all time, along with the PSX and SNES, so if you want to enjoy your games on modern TV's, you have to pick this up. Not to mention, picking up older games from the massive library is a great solution if you're looking to game on the cheap, or miss genres that are badly supported on newer consoles, like jrpgs. This is a game-changer; it pulls the PS2 kicking-and-screaming back into the living room along with any other console plugged into your HDTV, all the way up the PS4.But it needs instructions - you gotta know what you're doing first. And you also better make sure you pay attention to the plug; it doesn't seem to quite want to fit in the PS2 at first and needs some gentle shoving (make sure the side with the arrow is pointed up, like the RGB cable already in your PS2!). It seems suspicious, but it's not, and it works really well. Can't 5-star it though, since it's so weirdly presented like a shoddy product.