Kaico HDMI Adapter for Sega Dreamcast – Plug & Play HDMI Converter – Supports DC VGA & RGBS Output – All-in-One AV Cable for Dreamcast Games

What a brilliant bit of kit. I’m going through a restoration phase with my old consoles and this is a must buy for the Dreamcast. The visuals are fantastic when run through this little plugin device, I had contemplated installing a build in HDMI to the Dreamcast but this has saved me loads of money. Doesn’t require any external power it literally is ‘plug and play’. Highly recommended buy

Very effective plug and play. Works really well.

I have never written a review before on amazon (at least I think), but this HDMI converter was so impressive that it's worth leaving one for. Works seamlessly on a modern PC monitor and outputs amazing audio and video with no noticeable input delay. I've used AV converters before that cost twice as much and leave noise and artefacts, but this is truly as close as you'll get to perfection without using a HDMI mod on the Dreamcast console. A solid 10/10 for me, I'm definitely looking into buying the same brand for my original Xbox also.

This is a very good product as far as plug & play goes. I'm running it through my old 32 inch sony bravia tv & my favourite Dreamcast games are getting played much more now compared to my CRT TV. There are less than 20 minor games that don't work through this, but my faves - VF3, Speed Devils, Incoming, Daytona 2001, Shadowman, Sega Rally 2, Soul Calibur, plus loads of others, are now looking very sharp indeed. Speed Devils is a very good example, & Metropolis Street Racer as well, as these two looked rather fuzzy & blurry on the CRT, which is what they were destined to be played on. They now look really great thanks to this HDMI converter. If you go into dark areas such as in Shadowman, you can see the feint vertical lines present, but they don't show up in normally lit areas. In other words, well done Kaico, for making this simple plug & play device. Highly recommended & at a very reasonable price. 😁👍🎮

Really good product. Easy to use. The only reason I haven't given a 5 star is because the connection to the dreamcast is a little shoddy. The plastic casing around the connector isn't the best quality and is very loose. It still works to a very high standard though so I am happy with the product

Quite tight with both the connection into the Dreamcast, as well as the HDMI cable into the unit itself - but it works quite well. When a game doesn't work, you simply switch off, flick the switch to RGB (from VGA) and I haven't come across a game I haven't been able to play yet. Most work with VGA, but some of the older ones are RGB.

PROS: -It works with the correct TV settings -It is indeed plug and play -VGA option is a game changer to upscale at 1080p and further 4k by the TV itself CONS: -Flimsy build -Very long, makes storage and display of the console difficult if you set the console together with other consoles in a switch setup -Does not work well on all TVs regardless of settings -2 or 3 seconds blackouts from time to time (not too often in fairness) -Not all games work well (Sega Rally 2 was showing temper tantrums for example) I have 4 different TVs, 3 of them are LG and one Samsung. For some reason, in two OLED TVs with the exact same cloned settings, one shows extremely sharpened and with huge pixels and the other one performs amazingly well. I would understand this if the one showing the worst results was the larger screen with the same resolution. But that's not the case, the one showing worse results is the one with smaller pixels but the same 4k output. Then swapping to the 4k Samsung shows results halfway towards great but certainly playable. Hooking a Marseille dongle to the converter does not improve results in my experience, if anything, it makes things worse. All in all, if you manage to be lucky and have a TV that handles the image upscaling well, you will be very pleased with the results, lack of input lag and experience overall. I wish the dongle wasn't that long so the console could be displayed on a smaller shelf.

This is a well made product, designed to actually just work. I didn't want to mess around trying to get a dodgy cable to work with a Dreamcast and this seemed like it would do the job. It certainly did. It really is just plug and play and takes the uncertainty out of whether you have a dud Dreamcast or not. Picture and sound quality is good. Happy with my purchase.

I waited 20+ years to finally play the Dreamcast. This device works great with 4K TV. Plug and play!

Works as advertised: just plug n play. Hooked up to a 4K TV, the picture quality is way better in VGA mode. Quick tip: if the game you want to play shows an error code saying it won’t play in VGA mode, there’s an easy hack where you turn off the game console, switch the converter to RGBS mode, turn the console back on and as it’s booting up listen for a faint beep sound (happens in just a few seconds)…when you hear that beep, flip the switch back over to VGA and chances are it will then load the game (you might see some screen-flicker at first, but this is normal and brief). This trick worked on my old original VGA DC converter, and it works on this one too.

Does what it says in product description and converts VGA to HDMI for your dreamcast. Works well but with everything dreamcast you may have issues playing some games with it since it converts VGA to HDMI and certain titles do not support VGA output

Me he decidido a hacer la reseña porque he estado a punto de devolverlo. Al conectarlo, en seguida me gustó la representación del color y la calidad general de la imagen, pero presentaba tb unas líneas verticales, que sin ser excesivamente molestas, sí eran bastante evidentes en algunos escenarios....... Pues bien, indagando por internet dí con artículo que me hizo pensar que podría no ser problema del cable, sino de la consola......tengo 2 dreamcast, así que conecté la otra y.......efectivamente, excelente calidad de imagen y sin las líneas verticales. Me llegaron a la vez el de Pound y éste (que pedí porque el Kaiko de Ps2 es una gozada) y en mi opinión, el de Pound queda por debajo por una representación del color algo decepcionante, dando una imagen demasiado oscura en general, y con negros rotos, aunque curiosamente el Pound no me saca líneas verticales con ninguna de las dos consolas......imagino que tiene que ver con la gestión de la señal vga.....en fin, misterios de la electrónica. En fin, perdón por el ladrillo, pero imagino que no todo el mundo tiene la posibilidad e probar en 2 dramcast, así que quería compartie mi experiencia. Espero sea de ayuda.

Iv'e purchased this adapter for my well beloved dreamcast. It's just mindblowing how good the resolution is on my LG smart tv with this retro console. Rayman 2 played like a charm and other games as well, The only little downside it's the little HDMI-brick 's size.. when you want to place your console under your TV it can be tricky to place everything without bending the cable. It's not such a big of a deal though cause if you're know what you're doing it shouldn't be a thing. Anyhow: great adapter, and beware: it's not an upscaler.