Full Review

Dateline: 1985. The 8-bit NES comes out WITH the RFU adapter...but that was because RFU adapters were the best connection possible at such a time. Why would you use such a thing today?

First off all, most of you are like me and never really thought about things like picture or sound quality when you play games. It was not until my family got a new TV with the A/V inputs that I realized how shortchanged I had been all those years. First of all, RFU adapters offer the worst picture and sound quality of anything you could purchase. All newer systems come with the a/v output cables for a reason, because most people *have* a/v input connections on their TV's. Unless you bought a really cheap TV or your's in several years old, then it should have a/v on it.

By itself the RFU adapter is the best thing you can get for the money if you don't have anything above a/v inputs on your TV...because it is the only thing! You have to remember that the RFU adapater utilizes the same input that your analog cable plugs into. You know, the cable TV that you watch everyday and has poor image quality most of the time? Well, RFU adapters have this same problem. The sound will never be as good as it could, and nor will the video. A/V, S-Video, and above all use digital connections which are oh so much nicer. Of course, unless your family has buku bucks and you own a projection HDTV with Dolby DTS surround sound S-Video, composite, or VGA adapters will not go much good because they only look as good as the TV can.

In the end, the only reason you should waste the 15 or so bucks on an RFU adapter for ANY system would be if you are like me, and the TV in your room only has an RFU input on it...unluckily for me, from 7 o clock onward our bigger TV with a/v and s-video inputs is taken over by the rest of my family, so I retreat to my room to play my PSX or N64 on my old clunker 13"...