Hardware Wii2HDMI questions

JuanMena · Mar 14, 2020

Recently I bought a Component Cable for my Wii. That shit didn't worked at all.
I was wondering if an Wii2HDMI could work for me to play Wii games on my 4K TV.
My Wii is from 2008 (probably earlier than that) and I know that old Wii's has Hardware troubles with Hi-Def signals. So before I buy one... I want to know if anyone here has tried that adapter on old Wii's.

I do not expect nothing more but being able to see an improvement on picture quality. Connecting the Composite cables on that tv is just plain ugly and the component cables didn't improved my picture quality at all.

AND YES MY TV IS SET TO "GAMING MODE"

fvig2001 · Mar 14, 2020

I think it uses the component signal, so it might have problem if your Wii's component output is fucked.

I tried it out on my Wii on a whim and it seems to work but it produces a weird signal that looks awful on my capture card. It works well enough on my TVs. Sadly, it didn't work with my mCable.

eyeliner · Mar 14, 2020

I have a couple wiis. Both use Wii2Hdmi no problems.

JuanMena · Mar 14, 2020

Thanks!

I will assume that my Wii would not have any problems with it.

I was just asking for someone using Wii2HDMI + Old Wii.

Draxikor · Mar 14, 2020

Like I said before is always better to use the component cable, buy a good one not the most cheap , the Wii2hdmi use the same quality of the component signal so you wont see any graphic improvement, and since that adapter convert analog to digital is sure to add input lag.

JuanMena · Mar 14, 2020

Draxikor said:
Like I said before is always better to use the component cable, buy a good one not the most cheap , the Wii2hdmi use the same quality of the component signal so you wont see any graphic improvement, and since that adapter convert analog to digital is sure to add input lag.

Hello @Draxikor have a great weekend.

I didn't thought about that and you're absolutely right!

ToddofWar420 · Mar 14, 2020

I have mine going to a 4K HDMI Splitter so I can have all my consoles in one HDMI output. (TV is wall mounted with all cords running in the wall behind it) However, it likes to blackout so I'm currently trying to find a work around. I can't access no other ports cause TV is against the wall. I tried using a regular HDMI cord as well but no signal came thru. It may just be the splitter problem tho..

Codemastershock · Mar 14, 2020

Draxikor said:
Like I said before is always better to use the component cable, buy a good one not the most cheap , the Wii2hdmi use the same quality of the component signal so you wont see any graphic improvement, and since that adapter convert analog to digital is sure to add input lag.

Not entirely true. The picture quality is mostly the same as component, dont expect upscaling and the adapter is using the component signal to convert to HDMI, so if the op is having issues with component, there is a possibility of it not working too.
But at the same time, the conversion varies a lot being a knockoff product.
Most newer TVs dont care at all about upscaling SD content, they just put the most basic products to just "work", the chance of connecting to component and having input lag is greater than on wii2hdmi. In my case, I have more successes with wii2hdmi than component. My TV does have acceptable input lag, but when I have to connect it to another TV, nowadays it is not easy to find screens with component and the input lag of my wii2hdmi is very nice. Most games you will not see any difference between one or another. The only game that I do recommend to test input lag is Rhythm Heaven Fever, the game lacks any lag compensation setting, so you will feel if the wii2hdmi is better or not compared to your TV upscaler. In my case, I cant play this game using component cables.
Buying better quality component cables is good to avoid interference, but it will not make response times better.
Being both very cheap devices, I think the op should try.

JuanMena · Mar 14, 2020

I'm not looking for improvement on Input Lag. I know there's gotta be some in all cases as the Wii is too old to use in New TV's.

What I'm looking is a way to connect my Wii to my 4K TV AND have a clear picture. When I connect my Wii to the 4K screen it looks blurry. It's nothing serious, but it definitely could look better. Besides, my family says that I
'm crazy and that I have no pattience with my games. And that they don't feel any input lag.
That is UNTIL THEY START TO PLAY MARIO PARTY and then they asks me why their characters doesn't play as well as they used to.
I can't help but Facepalm and say: "I-N-P-U-T L-A-G"

Anyways... as Component cables didn't worked for me (either bad luck, busted cables, Wii hardware fault or all of them)
I would like to know if THESE things could improve the picture quality of an old wii hooked to a 4K TV:

https://articulo.mercadolibre.com.m...cking_id=a5bd451f-32e2-47e3-ad0a-dc7a8a86e853

https://articulo.mercadolibre.com.m...cking_id=b6b3a04d-7fe0-42d0-b815-b810bb9b0921

https://articulo.mercadolibre.com.m...cking_id=d9b66ce9-7c48-4a8e-b242-8f62a5359798

Draxikor · Mar 14, 2020

Codemastershock said:
Not entirely true. The picture quality is mostly the same as component, dont expect upscaling and the adapter is using the component signal to convert to HDMI, so if the op is having issues with component, there is a possibility of it not working too.
But at the same time, the conversion varies a lot being a knockoff product.
Most newer TVs dont care at all about upscaling SD content, they just put the most basic products to just "work", the chance of connecting to component and having input lag is greater than on wii2hdmi. In my case, I have more successes with wii2hdmi than component. My TV does have acceptable input lag, but when I have to connect it to another TV, nowadays it is not easy to find screens with component and the input lag of my wii2hdmi is very nice. Most games you will not see any difference between one or another. The only game that I do recommend to test input lag is Rhythm Heaven Fever, the game lacks any lag compensation setting, so you will feel if the wii2hdmi is better or not compared to your TV upscaler. In my case, I cant play this game using component cables.
Buying better quality component cables is good to avoid interference, but it will not make response times better.
Being both very cheap devices, I think the op should try.

? I'll never say the wii2hdmi iamge is better to component i guess you misunderstood something in my coment. All digital TVs has input lag some at minimum other a lot and that's the problem with those adapters that convert analog to digital if the tv has a lot of input lag this device will add more, also is your tv cant handle SD resolutions well that's problem of the TV i have a FHD samsung 40" with the cheapest component cables and never have problems with the image or input lag and yeah i play Rhythm Heaven with zero lag.

Codemastershock · Mar 14, 2020

I cant make a bold statement because, even if two wi2hdmi have the same shell, they can work differently being knockoff devices.
The picture clarity is mostly the same as component, it is not upscaled.
And LCD panels are not made with multiple resolutions in mind, so get your expectations lowered because anything that isnt 4K in your 4K TV will get blurry and stretched.

Draxikor · Mar 14, 2020

JuanMena said:
I'm not looking for improvement on Input Lag. I know there's gotta be some in all cases as the Wii is too old to use in New TV's.

What I'm looking is a way to connect my Wii to my 4K TV AND have a clear picture. When I connect my Wii to the 4K screen it looks blurry. It's nothing serious, but it definitely could look better. Besides, my family says that I
'm crazy and that I have no pattience with my games. And that they don't feel any input lag.
That is UNTIL THEY START TO PLAY MARIO PARTY and then they asks me why their characters doesn't play as well as they used to.
I can't help but Facepalm and say: "I-N-P-U-T L-A-G"

Anyways... as Component cables didn't worked for me (either bad luck, busted cables, Wii hardware fault or all of them)
I would like to know if THESE things could improve the picture quality of an old wii hooked to a 4K TV:

https://articulo.mercadolibre.com.m...cking_id=a5bd451f-32e2-47e3-ad0a-dc7a8a86e853

https://articulo.mercadolibre.com.m...cking_id=b6b3a04d-7fe0-42d0-b815-b810bb9b0921

https://articulo.mercadolibre.com.m...cking_id=d9b66ce9-7c48-4a8e-b242-8f62a5359798

If it was me i choose the first one or the third, i guess your are using the 480p fix right then you can try too to modify the main dol to remove the deflicker filter maybe that can improve a bit the image. The thing with the first cable is that it looks exaclty as my cables are the best ones and more expensive still are the HD retrovision

vbarros22 · Mar 14, 2020

You better be luck because Wii2HDMI is worse than component
But EXIST a wii2hdmi that can upscale image to 720p/1080p but is very rare to find one. The link you posted is the bad one
My TV 43 wont look good with component and Wii I am kinda sad with this

JuanMena · Mar 14, 2020

Draxikor said:
If it was me i choose the first one or the third, i guess your are using the 480p fix right then you can try too to modify the main dol to remove the deflicker filter maybe that can improve a bit the image. The thing with the first cable is that it looks exaclty as my cables are the best ones and more expensive still are the HD retrovision

The thing is that the cables I used before and didn't worked are exactly those cables. So I'm unsure.

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vbarros22 said:
You better be luck because Wii2HDMI is worse than component
But EXIST a wii2hdmi that can upscale image to 720p/1080p but is very rare to find one. The link you posted is the bad one
My TV 43 wont look good with component and Wii I am kinda sad with this

Oh really? There are clones? Glad to know!
Wii2HDMI scenario is a Hit or miss thing, then, tight?
What do you think about using those boxes that converts the signal?

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Codemastershock said:
I cant make a bold statement because, even if two wi2hdmi have the same shell, they can work differently being knockoff devices.
The picture clarity is mostly the same as component, it is not upscaled.
And LCD panels are not made with multiple resolutions in mind, so get your expectations lowered because anything that isnt 4K in your 4K TV will get blurry and stretched.

That makes sense.

Codemastershock · Mar 14, 2020

vbarros22 said:
You better be luck because Wii2HDMI is worse than components

not entirely, I saw the other topic about it and there were complaints and good experiences. There is a upscaled model, though.
In my case, the picture is very slightly darker and the audio is louder, there were people complaining about tinny or distorted sound from the HDMI port and I didnt have his...

Draxikor · Mar 14, 2020

vbarros22 said:
You better be luck because Wii2HDMI is worse than component
But EXIST a wii2hdmi that can upscale image to 720p/1080p but is very rare to find one. The link you posted is the bad one
My TV 43 wont look good with component and Wii I am kinda sad with this

The problem is your TV not the Component cable i mean if your Tv can handle well resolutions under 720p no matter which cable you use (SCART,SVIDEO, HDMI 480p) the result always be the same, remember that a year ago a bug was discovered in the first wii revisions that alter the 480p content from the Wii.

spinal_cord · Mar 14, 2020

Component cable will only give you a better output if your TV upscales to goo quality. Wii2HDMI is not excellent at upscaling to 720/1080 but it will give you a picture, probably a bit better than composite, but not by much.
I have used a wii component cable in the past with a Philips plasma TV and the output was excellent, pixel perfect representation, very sharp. Then later I used the same Wii and cable on my newer Samsung TV and the quality was appalling, blurry as hell, not any better than the composite cable.
Some TV's just put zero effort into up-scaling lower resolution pictures, it gets even worse on older systems with 240 output.

Codemastershock · Mar 14, 2020

spinal_cord said:
I have used a wii component cable in the past with a Philips plasma TV and the output was excellent, pixel perfect representation, very sharp. Then later I used the same Wii and cable on my newer Samsung TV and the quality was appalling, blurry as hell, not any better than the composite cable.
Some TV's just put zero effort into up-scaling lower resolution pictures, it gets even worse on older systems with 240 output.

That is why I think Nintendo thought Plasma panels would be the "future of high definition content", they do have improvements in their native resolution but they dont have issues with other resolutions because they are not scaled and resized digitally in real time, they are just "shown" like a CRT screen is.

What I can say is that, if the Wii picture quality is not good for modern displays, avoid at all costs connecting a PS2 to it. Even with CRT screens the image was very underwhelming compared to the GameCube and Xbox.

JuanMena · Mar 14, 2020

spinal_cord said:
Component cable will only give you a better output if your TV upscales to goo quality. Wii2HDMI is not excellent at upscaling to 720/1080 but it will give you a picture, probably a bit better than composite, but not by much.
I have used a wii component cable in the past with a Philips plasma TV and the output was excellent, pixel perfect representation, very sharp. Then later I used the same Wii and cable on my newer Samsung TV and the quality was appalling, blurry as hell, not any better than the composite cable.
Some TV's just put zero effort into up-scaling lower resolution pictures, it gets even worse on older systems with 240 output.

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eriol33 · Mar 14, 2020

I have wii2hdmi on my hdmi television, honestly I couldn't see any difference at all compared to the component cables, so I ended up not using it. I expect the display will be even worse in 4K screen, unless your TV has some magical anti aliasing.

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