Insignia™ - HDMI to RCA Converter - Black

I have an old 90s big screen tv with no HDMI capability. Ordered this online for curbside pickup and it was ready within the hour. Only waited about 3 minutes in the store parking lot. Took it home and installed in 2 minutes and now I can plug my phone or laptop into my hdmi adapter and plug that into this converter and instantly watch anything I can watch on my phone or streaming accounts on the tv! Just saved me hundreds on a new tv!!!! Excellent audio and video quality - really happy with this purchase.

At first I connected my Firestick to this converter and many shows' sound was all static. After talking to tech support for 1/2 hour and getting no help from them, I decided to check my TV's menu. The sound had been set to dolby sound and when I changed that back to analogue stereo, everything worked perfectly and no more static. The converter was cheap and before solving the sound problem, I was just going to throw it in the trash. Glad I didn't do that. Insignia needs to include in the directions, to not use Dolby sound.

It took a couple weeks to figure out different ways to try to connect this to my old TV. Once I got it hooked up I was able to get on video with my firestick but I was unable to get audio other than Xtreme static and popping and loud clicking. I tried all the troubleshooting and nothing worked so I had no choice but to return the product to the store as it would not work. I suspect the problem was my audio video red white and yellow connections on the TV and not the product. The goal was to get HDMI so I could watch the firestick on an old box TV.

Growing up I often heard older folks exclaim "It's still good!" when someone suggested the throw something away. If it was junk, I'd roll my eyes. But, sometimes, something is still perfectly good. Sometimes you don't want to toss it into the ever-growing pile in the landfill because it still works... and it still works well. I got this because we had several "old" picture-tube televisions at church (kids, that's what we used before flat screens) that were good quality and working well. Trouble is, technology has raced past them in the last 30 years. This converter lets me plug my computer into an old television, and other tech like a Wii. So, before you put the old tv on the curb, go watch the movie Wall-e. Then go put the tv in the basement, the den, or wherever the kids hang out and get one of these. Your tv can live out it's natural life... and you won't mind sticky hand prints all over that glass screen the way you do the flat screen!

This is not something that most people would need or use, it this is REALLY useful when you want to burn a DVD on a DVD burner for home viewing on a DVD player. Huh? Many computers can rip a disc, but not all discs are able to be read by a DVD player in a home. I can take my HDMI cable from my laptop and send it through this device via the RCA inputs and then record with my DVD recorder. Most people don’t use or need this technology, but for those who can’t watch a livestream of their church service because they don’t have internet, do t have a smart phone, or can’t see the screen - or frankly, someone who wants to use older technology (DVD player) because that’s what they are used to using - this allows for that to happen. I can attach my laptop to older TV’s, I can play newer game systems on older TV’s (not sure why I’d want to...) But IF you ever needed to go from new technology to older technology - this converter does the job!

These are needed if you want to still use that 1980 VCR you had to watch VHS tapes with the kids..... Well, now you can with the grandkids!

Using it on an old projection TV in a bedroom. HDMI is coming off a Roku box then into the RCA converter. Works great ! I had to reboot the system a couple of times to get a good resolution. But this works great with a Roku box. Not sure if it will work with their new sticks. If you have a choice, get this with their box.

The unit works well as expected. The footprint of the item was bigger than I thought. Don’t expect too much from picture since it’s going from digital to analog. Currently using for connection from Roku hdmi to an old flat screen TV which does not have an HDMI input.