Ebaco AV/CVBS Composite to HDMI Converter Scaler 1080P (hdmi)

Surprisingly great. Carries 7 channels, DTS and Dolbly. Solved my Onkyo Receiver (famous for HDMI failure) problem. I now can enjoy my home theater fully with my receiver. The way I connect is:Blurry Player -> HDMI Splitter ->Ebaco HDMI Audio Converter->Onkyo Receiver (Co-axial). I tried the Optical output too and it works fine.

I received this item connected it up and I had no audio out. The power LED was on and the input HDMI cable was firmly seated. I tried each of the audio output channels, none of them worked. Also, there was no red light coming from the spdif output port.I purchased a similar device in the past, it output sound like a champ. I had an issue with that device back feeding noise to the video source.!!!!!!I am adding this note indicating that I tried one more test before sending the item back. I plugged the outgoing HDMI port to a monitor and the back end of the device powered up and the sound channels activated.I am still only giving this device 3 stars ( from the original 1 star). My intended use / installation does not have a monitor and thus cannot power the output of this device. It is definitely not stated in the "manual" that the output HDMI cable is required to power the other outputs.

Cheap but good