Wii tv connections

AndyBorzi

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My wife said she will be buying a wii for my birthday (cor bless 'er) so I am building a list of stuff to get.

I will be getting a 2nd controller but have noticed that there are two types of additional tv connectors you can buy: RGB and Composite ( i think ). Or is the supplied connector good enough?

I have a 37" LCD tv which has both types of connections on it - so which would be the best to go for?

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Composit is the 1 supplied..

RGB is a SCART cable (with signals for red green blue seperate)

and Component is Red Green Blue Phono leads.. capable of HD signals or 480p in the wii's case. Which is the best signal you will get..

most LCDs have component these days.
 
I got a third party component cable yesterday and it does indeed make a nice difference to the menus and where ever there is text on screen as i found with composite that text was blurry and harder to read.

Defo go for component if you can get a cable :)
 
$loth said:
Are RGB and scart the same thing?

I have comosite but not component inputs, should I just use the scart when I get mine?
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They use the same shaped socket but RGB is a digitial input (I think) and is of better quality
 
$loth said:
Are RGB and scart the same thing?

I have comosite but not component inputs, should I just use the scart when I get mine?
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No... SCART is a carrier for RGB, Composite (and SVideo), along with Audio. Your TV needs to be capable of receiving an RGB signal to take advantage of it (if it can - great). Otherwise it'll just be the same as Composite.
Also RGB is not Digital.
 
SCART is just the name of the socket/connector , it can carry a variety of different signals - RGB , composite, audio L/R among others . its designed with the funny shape so it can only be plugged in one way and so the EEC can rest safe at night knowing idiots have their TVs and VCRs connected up properly :p

RGB is an analogue signal which gives better results than composite by separting up the individual colours and transmitting them separtely to minimise noise/interference on each channel - they are then recombined in a device which supports RGB to give the picture. Not only SCART but also component and VGA can carry an RGB signal as well.

@$loth - check your tv supports RGB through the scart socket - not all TVs do in which case you'll end up most likely with a composite signal being used and probably no better off.
 
SCART is really just the connector type, you can input a composite signal via SCART (comes with the Wii) or RGB which is of superior quality

-edit- beaten :)
 
I'm using the SCART (RGB) cable with my TV , it gives a much crisper/clearer picture than the supplied composite lead
 
what brand cable is it, if you don't mind me asking?
I'm thinking about getting an RGB cable, but most of the scart ones i've seen don't state if they are RGB or composite.
 
Werewolf said:
what brand cable is it, if you don't mind me asking?
I'm thinking about getting an RGB cable, but most of the scart ones i've seen don't state if they are RGB or composite.
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The genuine Nintendo one , cost me £22.99 in the high street :o
 
mrgubby said:
The genuine Nintendo one , cost me £22.99 in the high street :o
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Ye got mine today and its miles better than the standard composite, no more fuzzyness in Zelda :D
 
It's a pity you can't use the old Nintendo RGB scart cables like you could with previous consoles.

I used my 15 year old Super Famicom RGB scart cable with my N64 and Gamecube, worked great.

They really should have put vga/dvi or something on the Wii, my tv is old poop. :(
 
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