Uploaded February 2013 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
These are examples of the picture modes output by this device. It may seem odd that I'm using Super Mario Sunshine since VGA isn't an available output for that game's system. I have my gamecube outputting composite video, which then goes through an XRGB-3, which turns it into VGA. I then have the VGA going into the Sabrent converting unit so that it will output to component and upscale to 1280x720. I'm recording the component video from a Hauppauge HD PVR.
Also, I'm not entirely sure what brand this is. There's no company marking on mine, and I don't have a model number to go by either.
I purchased this device as listed (LinkStyle):
amazon.com/gp/product/B006UAPFGS
...but what I got looks more like this (Sabrent):
amazon.com/gp/product/B002R35ID2
... or this (Sewell):
amazon.com/gp/product/B007IKM88C
They all look so similar though. I assume they might have been manufactured by the same company and then branded differently for whatever distributer. If that's the case, this video might cover all three. If not... sorry? *shrug*
On more of a review note, the audio-in socket seems finicky. On mine, I have to keep the audio plug only halfway in to hear both channels. Plugging it in the whole way makes me lose the right side's audio. Also, on the 480p setting, there is a green bar at the very right of the screen. 720p doesn't have this problem, which is why I tend to record upscaled. It would be nice if it didn't do that though.
These are examples of the picture modes output by this device. It may seem odd that I'm using Super Mario Sunshine since VGA isn't an available output for that game's system. I have my gamecube outputting composite video, which then goes through an XRGB-3, which turns it into VGA. I then have the VGA going into the Sabrent converting unit so that it will output to component and upscale to 1280x720. I'm recording the component video from a Hauppauge HD PVR.
Also, I'm not entirely sure what brand this is. There's no company marking on mine, and I don't have a model number to go by either.
I purchased this device as listed (LinkStyle):
amazon.com/gp/product/B006UAPFGS
...but what I got looks more like this (Sabrent):
amazon.com/gp/product/B002R35ID2
... or this (Sewell):
amazon.com/gp/product/B007IKM88C
They all look so similar though. I assume they might have been manufactured by the same company and then branded differently for whatever distributer. If that's the case, this video might cover all three. If not... sorry? *shrug*
On more of a review note, the audio-in socket seems finicky. On mine, I have to keep the audio plug only halfway in to hear both channels. Plugging it in the whole way makes me lose the right side's audio. Also, on the 480p setting, there is a green bar at the very right of the screen. 720p doesn't have this problem, which is why I tend to record upscaled. It would be nice if it didn't do that though.
