Wii Component Video Cable ?

Ice Tea · 9 Dec 2009 at 08:24

Should i get the Official Nintendo Wii Component Video Cable at nearly £20 or one of those cheap Ebay ones at £3 ?

Thanks

malachi · 9 Dec 2009 at 09:40

I brought one of the cheap ones off the bay when the Wii first came out and it still works perfectly.

Nanoman · 9 Dec 2009 at 10:51

I have an official one and tbh I hardly noticed a great deal of difference over composite tbh. I would get a cheap one.

Ice Tea · 9 Dec 2009 at 11:02

Thanks

adam cool dude · 9 Dec 2009 at 13:08

Nanoman said:
I have an official one and tbh I hardly noticed a great deal of difference over composite tbh. I would get a cheap one.

your kidding. i notice a huge difference at least. made zelda actually playable for me and mario galaxy looks so much sharper with the component cable. i managed to pick mine up second hand for a tenner.

Jingo... · 9 Dec 2009 at 13:15

No noticeable difference for me either to be honest.

However, with the official cables you know what you're going to get opposed to the numerous cheap cables whose quality can vary with very little way of telling.

My vote would be £3

tripitaka · 9 Dec 2009 at 14:01

I'd probably prefer to spend more than £3 on an analogue cable like this. In fact I've just ordered one myself for a tenner.
For people that say they can't see the difference - have they changed the display settings on the Wii to output at 480p?

thedoc46 · 9 Dec 2009 at 15:04

tripitaka said:
I'd probably prefer to spend more than £3 on an analogue cable like this. In fact I've just ordered one myself for a tenner.
For people that say they can't see the difference - have they changed the display settings on the Wii to output at 480p?

Probably not..

Does make me laugh on how many HDTV owners out there arn't even watching in HD

Bossk128 · 9 Dec 2009 at 15:33

Another vote for the official. No personal experience of bad cables, but read a few reports of poor quality video and instances of Wii not correctly saving the output settings with 3rd party cables.

As mentioned above, remember to change your video out to EDTV (480P), I found a huge positive difference compared to 576i.

Macky · 9 Dec 2009 at 15:48

Just bought a cheap one. Looks much better than standard cables. I don't have the official one to compare against however, so your decision. Cheapo worked for me though.

tripitaka · 9 Dec 2009 at 19:06

Mine arrived, unofficial, cost me a tenner. Massive improvement.

Nanoman · 9 Dec 2009 at 19:52

I'm just not seeing a wow amazing substantial difference between 480p and 576i. Yes my eyes are ok and I have the correct settings. Colours seem a bit more vibrant and there is a slight touch of detail/sharpness but jaggies are emphased much more. TV sharpness is at a 1.

Comparison:
http://www.wiinintendo.net/2006/11/27/wii-component-cables-vs-the-bundled-av-cables/

kylew · 10 Dec 2009 at 01:35

malachi said:
I brought one of the cheap ones off the bay when the Wii first came out and it still works perfectly.

BROUGHT?

*cries*

whitecrook · 13 Dec 2009 at 22:36

I got a joytech one for a tenner a while back. Much better than composite, and slightly better than RGB scart. How good the interlaced picture looks on your TV may also be down to how good the de-interlacer on your TV is, if it does that kind of thing, I know many of the modern LCD sets do all sorts of 'processing' to the images.

The biggest difference for me is progressive display which is nice but no colour bleeding at all. the lines are crisp (although jaggy). The ar jaggy because it's a relatively low res on a large screen.

One thing though I find going from composite to component is a kinda 'mmm, improvement is OK, cheers' kind of deal, but going from component to a composite input is more a kind of 'what the heck is this fuzzy crap you call a picture?' sort of affair.