Wii Component Cable, how much difference is there?

[Fyrus]

Shit does look like shit on my HDTV with the composite cable. I'm planning on getting one.

[cmdr_keen]

A friend of mine and me were checking out his component cables on a 1080p lcd television. We swapped around a bit to check.

Anyways:
pro:
- colours are more like the true colours intended
- everything is more sharp and crisp, not the usual blend of pixels like on a crt
- the view is more "stable", the picture doesn't alter by just looking

contra:
- jaggies are way more visible. I never noticed them in Zelda, but with the component it was like LOOK AT ME IM A JAGGIE!!!!111!!0.99999!

[daz14]

Alrite, im definatley buying a Component cable, the question is: SHOULD I GET AN OFFICIAL NINTENDO ONE?

Official Nintendo Component cable= £25 ($50)

OR

3rd party GAMEware Component cable= £10 ($20)

[Neon Genesis]

Originally Posted by cmdr_keen

A friend of mine and me were checking out his component cables on a 1080p lcd television. We swapped around a bit to check.

Anyways:
pro:
- colours are more like the true colours intended
- everything is more sharp and crisp, not the usual blend of pixels like on a crt
- the view is more "stable", the picture doesn't alter by just looking

contra:
- jaggies are way more visible. I never noticed them in Zelda, but with the component it was like LOOK AT ME IM A JAGGIE!!!!111!!0.99999!

So true. I noticed it mostly on LoZ:TP though. I got the Wii first, and component cables later. I played it on a 1080p 47" LCD HDTV, and the 480i Zelda was slightly fuzzier, etc like only composite cables can deliver, but it also hid the jaggies some. With component, it was exactly as cmdr said: OMGZ IM A JAGGGGGGIIIIEEE!!!1111oneoneoneeleven1!!!1

Originally Posted by daz14

Alrite, im definatley buying a Component cable, the question is: SHOULD I GET AN OFFICIAL NINTENDO ONE?

Official Nintendo Component cable= £25 ($50)

OR

3rd party GAMEware Component cable= £10 ($20)

I always went with Nintendo. No technical reason, but I always feel that the same company that makes the console would make the component cable that fits it best, you know?

Also, wasn't some people having issues on warranty (not from Nintendo, but... sony? Microsoft?) because when they tried to redeem the warranty the company ended up not fullfilling it because the customer had linked the console with a 3rd party cable.... I just randomly heard that somewhere, but yeah.

So in my non-technical, totally mis-informed opinion, I'd say be safe and go with Ninty Component Cables.

[Descendency]

Rear Projector with a very good image processor.

Almost no difference at all. (50 inch, 1080i tv - made by Sony nonetheless)

[PirateThom]

The thing about Twilight Princess is that it's still a Game Cube game, some games do look decent on Wii with component. Wario Ware was very vibrant.

Don't mean to hijack this thread, but how would i hook up the Wii to a computer monitor? I am having a hard time looking for cheap component to VGA. I mean it should be inexpensive right? After all its not like i am trying to convert "analog" to "Digital" right?

[Leonidas]

Get a capture card.

[codenamelenny]

^ I heard capture cards aren't good for playing games on. There is usually a delay.
http://www.vdigi.com/index.php?page=...chk=1&Itemid=1 this is a wii to VGA cable for $39.99 or if you want to go expensive. Neoya X2VGA 2 Product

Originally Posted by codenamelenny

^ I heard capture cards aren't good for playing games on. There is usually a delay.
http://www.vdigi.com/index.php?page=...chk=1&Itemid=1 this is a wii to VGA cable for $39.99 or if you want to go expensive. Neoya X2VGA 2 Product

Yeah, i have tried on a capture card before. There is a 1+ second delay. What a time i had trying to play games on that.
Thanks so much for the link!