I don't know about others' experiences, but I tried to use the composite-to-s-video adapter that came with my Hauppauge 350 and the result was ugly. The colors were all messed up big time. Interestingly, the degree to which the colors were fubar'ed depended on which channel I was tuned to!
For reference, I was using the adapter because my Motorola digital cable box does not have S-video out, only composite or coax (channel 3 modulated). I found out that the video quality of the Hauppauge was better if it took video straight from the S-video input as opposed to using the tuner at channel 3. (I was getting small but noticeable echoes using the tuner.) So, I coughed up $21.99+tax at the local Radio Shack and got their little s-video to composite adapter (which works both ways supposedly), added an extra s-video cable (because the adapter has only female connectors) and it worked great! The video quality is now improved as was hoped. So it seems the Radio Shack adapter is of better quality than the adapter that shipped with the Hauppauge 350. Just thought others might want to know.
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