Wii - Scart or Component?

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I preordered my Wii yesterday, but have noticed that it only comes with component connection.

Is there a huge difference between the visual quality between scart and component input?

And will it be worth forking out £20 for the scart :confused:

cheers
 
nikebee said:
I preordered my Wii yesterday, but have noticed that it only comes with component connection.

Is there a huge difference between the visual quality between scart and component input?

And will it be worth forking out £20 for the scart :confused:

cheers
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Whaaaaaaaaaaaat? You sure you didnt mean composite?

It only comes with component? thats ridiculous, more people, especially over here, have bog standard tv's with just scart inputs

So why they have just put component in? So I have to pay an extra £20, starting to see why this console is so cheap
 
i may be wrong, i'll try and dig up where i got this information from (i had it, left for lunch and closed my browser..) two secs.
 
Steedie said:
Whaaaaaaaaaaaat? You sure you didnt mean composite?

It only comes with component? thats ridiculous, more people, especially over here, have bog standard tv's with just scart inputs

So why they have just put component in? So I have to pay an extra £20, starting to see why this console is so cheap
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Doesnt the ps3 only come with a composite, my point is this is nothing new
 
Phew, just looked, it comes with Composite

Thats a relief

XPE said:
Doesnt the ps3 only come with a composite, my point is this is nothing new
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And thats better for them as to be honest not everyone has a high def TV, so it means people who dont have to fork out extra

Microsoft had the right idea, bundling a composite AND component cable in there
 
now your mixing them up!

to the opening poster you do mean composite (yellow, red and white cables), they in turn can be used in a scart adapter. There is no one 'scart' connection its just a form you send a type of signal through. The 'scart' connection you are referring to is probably RGB. To answer the question the order of visual quality is

Composite <- worst
RGB (scart)
Component

Component uses seperate colour channels and it seems at the moment its the only way to get the higher res dispaly (480p) out of the wii.

If your tv has component id get a set of leads, it looks way better there is a link on gamespot about it.

http://uk.gamespot.com/features/6162297/p-2.html

you can use mouse overs to see the difference.
 
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JaFFa said:
now your mixing them up!

to the opening poster you do mean composite (yellow, red and white cables), they in turn can be used in a scart adapter. There is no on 'scart' connection its just a form you send a type of signal through. The 'scart' connection you are referring to is probably RGB. To answer the question the order of visual quality is

Composite <- worst
RGB (scart)
Component

Component uses seperate colour channels and it seems at the moment its the only way to get the higher res dispaly (480p) out of the wii.

If your tv has component id get a set of leads, it looks way better there is a link on gamespot about it.

http://uk.gamespot.com/features/6162297/p-2.html

you can use mouse overs to see the difference.
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sorry, i do mean composite not component...

i'm sure i saw a link on IGN with a flash demonstration of the Wii showing what the different ports etc are for.

so it comes with composite would that mean its worth upgrading to Scart :o

again, sorry for the confusion
 
Apparently the other cables other than the standard composite are only available online, that sort of sucks

Guess its cheaper just would have been easier picking it up when I collected my console

nikebee said:
so it comes with composite would that mean its worth upgrading to Scart :o

again, sorry for the confusion
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Yes, its a big difference, colours are a lot more defined, the picture is a lot more crisp and its the best picture you'll get out of a standard tv
 
Apparently, according to an email I received today from a large game retailer, is that component cables have been put back for release on 22nd Dec, rather than release. A shame :(
 
Wow, can't believe i had the ability to connect with Scart all along. I've used composite with all my consoles. I'll be sure to get a Scart cable now

[edit] If my TV supports Progressive Scan, can it support Component cos I have noticed any ports on my TV which match a Component cable
 
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If you have an RGB-enabled scart socket on your tv (not all of them are) you'll get a pretty awesome picture compared to regular scart as well :)
 
Phalanx said:
Wow, can't believe i had the ability to connect with Scart all along. I've used composite with all my consoles. I'll be sure to get a Scart cable now

[edit] If my TV supports Progressive Scan, can it support Component cos I have noticed any ports on my TV which match a Component cable
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Don't really know what you mean. Composite is often connected to a scart adapter (red, white and yellow separate connectors into a scart block). Then there's RGB cables, which is a straight console to scart cable, no adapters, and requires an RGB scart on your TV - usually AV1 or the first scart socket.

Component is an entirely different kettle of fish. It consists of 3 connectors like composite, but are coloured red, green and blue - and do not carry audio, unless the console connector (like the Wii) has red and white connectors also (L/R audio). Component on the back of a TV that supports it will usually show these 5 inputs together.

I don't think you can do progressive scan without component.
 
Syph said:
Don't really know what you mean. Composite is often connected to a scart adapter (red, white and yellow separate connectors into a scart block). Then there's RGB cables, which is a straight console to scart cable, no adapters, and requires an RGB scart on your TV - usually AV1 or the first scart socket.

Component is an entirely different kettle of fish. It consists of 3 connectors like composite, but are coloured red, green and blue - and do not carry audio, unless the console connector (like the Wii) has red and white connectors also (L/R audio). Component on the back of a TV that supports it will usually show these 5 inputs together.

I don't think you can do progressive scan without component.
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I've always thought Progressive Scan was the same as when a game asks if you want to play it in 60hz? am i wrong?
 
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