DIRECTV 10-Pin to Component Receiver H25 Genie Mini Clients Adaptor

SpeedReader: It appears that reviews for different products are being shown. To be clear mine is for the DIRECTV Genie Mini cable.

This is a cable that allows a DIRECTV Genie mini box to be connected to a TV that has a component cable connection or S-Video connection. It provides good picture quality and is long enough that the Genie box does not need to be extremely close to the TV hookups. It does not give you the same kind of A/V quality as a high-quality HDMI cable, but it gets the job done.

United States on Oct 13, 2022

Justin: Works with TELUS OPTIK TV 4K BOX just gotta make sure your res is put to 1080i

Canada on Jun 12, 2018

Danny C.: I used this to be able to hook a chromecast and DirecTV receiver to a TV with only one HDMI port. Now the chromecast is in the HDMI and the DirecTV is using the component input. Works perfectly. I read an earlier review that this only lets the DirecTV Genie display in 1080i which is true, but that is because only certain DirecTV channels broadcast in 1080p. According to the DirecTV website, thats only the Cinema channels, and since I don't watch those I cannot tell you whether this supports 1080p or not. It is known that component cables do not officially support 1080p, but there are plenty of cables that will still display 1080p content even though they don't support it but again, I can't confirm that.
Since I am using this on a 24 inch television, I do not see any noticeable difference between an HDMI cable and this cable as far as picture quality is concerned, but your mileage may vary.

United States on Dec 17, 2015

A. Bullock: I don't post reviews on every item I buy, but I have some information for those people reading the negative reviews that say "this cable doesn't work", that are (understandably) concerned about purchasing it. First, I'm not going to say that no defective cables have ever been shipped, but since this is just a "dumb" cable, no signal conversion or anything, I seriously doubt that's the case with most of the negative reviews... let me explain. If you're buying this cable, there's a good chance that it's to connect a HD DirecTV receiver to an older television... at least, that was my case. I bought this cable, hooked it up between a wireless Genie client receiver and a television with component input, and didn't get any signal (video OR audio) when connected to the television I wanted to use. I thought, like many others stated in their reviews, that it had to be the cables fault... I knew the TV worked, and I knew the receiver worked. On a whim, I used the cable to connect the same receiver to a newer television, and I got signal. I then went in to the video output settings on the receiver and adjusted it down to 480i. When I reconnected the receiver back to the original...

United States on Dec 01, 2014

MD90: This cable allowed me to run component HD to additional TV's from my H25 receiver. The receiver would not output HDMI and component at the same time when this cable was connected by design. Instead, I ran the component cable to a 4-way distribution amp and now have three TV's running off one receiver. The picture looks every bit as good as HDMI and there are no handshake issues to deal with.

I would have given it five stars but the connector does not fit tight enough in the back of the receiver. It pulled out a few times when I lifted up the receiver to dust. I have since added a piece of black tape to give it more support. I would still buy another if needed.

I bought this to add a second TV controlled from a single box.

United States on Sep 23, 2013

Graytwig: Just got this little gem and it connects the DirectTV Genie C31 mini-client to the Hauppauge HD PVR1200's component to USB system, for direct input of HD video, with audio, into your computer's USB port. Since HDCP handshaking is not used on component output, this is perhaps the best way to display and capture full 1080i HD content onto one's computer. The Hauppauge unit captures at true H-264 1080i in a variety of formats including MP4, Xbox, PS3. It captures crystal clear HD, especially in the Windows 7 Media Player which is extra clear. You cannot tell the difference in quality between these and DVR captures. But with the Hauppauge (which you can buy from Amazon) you can capture small snippets of anything, or stills, in full blown HD. This cable works just the same as the component cables right out of the back of the main DirectTV or cable system boxes.

This thing started up on the HD PVR on the first try without any adjustments. I am extremely pleased that I could input DirectTV into my computer out at a remote location. DirectTV did the Genie with it's C-31 mini right. DirectTV markets this cable under their own name. Many to most YouTube HD captures are done this...

United States on Apr 09, 2013