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RCA cables, you mean the red, white, yellow composite cable?. It’s just an analogue signal over that yellow wire (red and white are audio). The ps5 is doing a Full HD digital signal, surely.
Using a hdmi adapter won’t do anything, it’s not an upscaler. But it might introduce input lag.
If you want ps2 to look better, maybe try looking into Retrotink or something like that. I don’t know if it works with ps2 but it might be worth looking at My Life In Gaming videos about it to see how it works.
But for sure you’re not going to get a good signal from a composite cable.
Have a Retrotink 2x and can confirm that it works with the PS2, however the image quality improved dramatically when I switched from composite to component cables (still connected to the Retrotink). Don't expect any miracles, tho (it's SD after all).
Thanks so much. So do I need something like this https://www.amazon.com.au/Komifa-Component-Cable-Composite-Playstation/dp/B07VCT41QV as well as this https://www.retrotink.com/product-page/retrotink-2x-pro (is there a cheaper option)? Does it matter that the composite cable will be unused there?
I plug all 5 cords except the composite one into the retrotink?
And then do I need a different cable to connect the Retrotink to TV (HDMI)?
Yep. AV (the rectangular connector that kinda looks like HDMI) goes into the ps2, component (green, blue and red) + audio (white and red) go into the retrotink and then HDMI between the retrotink and the TV. That's the setup I have atm. In my case, my cable doesn't even have composite (yellow) plug at all, but it shouldn't be needed.
There's probably cheaper alternatives to the retrotink 2x pro out there. The retrotink is pretty expensive because it's a very niche product and a very small operation, almost a mom-and-pop business.