Gaming Component or RGB cable?

[Digeman]

Hey guys. Well the wii's gonna be out in just a few days and i was thinking about buying one of them cables everyone's been talking about since the difference seems to be rather huge

Well anyways i read on some topic before that it isn't much use if your tv can't handle the cable and i was wondering how you know it can handle the RGB or Component cable? Are there any more cables other than those two?? Is it worth buying anything that is worse than the component cable? Any help is apreciated!

 

[Pado]

From best to worst:

1) Component cable http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Component_cable
2) RGB cable http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCART
3) S-Video Cable http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-Video
4) Composite http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Composite_cable

Only Component supports 480p, which is the highest video quality the Wii supports. Get that if your TV supports it.

 

[Digeman]

Thanks for the link. But how do i know what my tv supports?

 

[legendofphil]

Either look on the back or look in the manual.
Very simply:
If you have 3 peg sockets (red, blue, green) you have component, usually with 2 more (red and white)
if you have 3 peg sockets (yellow, white, red) you have composite, sometime just yellow and white becuase its a mono tv.
if you have a rectangular(ish) shape socket you have SCART, you may have to check your manual if it doesn't say RGB.
and lastly, if you have a circular socket that has pin inputs inside you have s-video, usually with 2 peg sockets (white and red).

 

[Melchizedek]

Yes, but apparently, even if you have component plugs, it doesn't necessarily mean your TV supports 480p...

 

[legendofphil]

Even if the TV doesn't support 480p its still worth buying the cables over RGB SCART.

 

[Bowser128]

Yes, but apparently, even if you have component plugs, it doesn't necessarily mean your TV supports 480p...

Yes, but that's VERY rare outside of North America.

 

[Fat D]

On SDTV resolutions YUV Component and RGB SCART have the same quality basically, which to choose depends on
a) which piece of equipment has the better converter (shouldn't be much of a difference)
and
b) if you want upgradability to ED/HDTV later (major factor if you consider getting an Ed or HD set, medium if you don't.)
c) If your TV supports it (most important factor)

 

[Paralel]

480P/60 & 576P/50 are technically considered EDTV resolutions, not SDTV resolutions. However in Australia 576P/50 is considered HDTV.

480i/60, 576i/50, 480P/24/30, & 576P/25 are considered the upper limits of SDTV resolutions.

 

[Vater Unser]

does anyone know if the american Wii supports RGB?
if not, I'm seriously f*cked, because then I'll only be able to play Wii games in black/white

...
my TV displays NTSC only in black/white, so I'll have to use an RGB cable to play in full color...but although the european GameCube supported RGB, the american one didn't, so I'm concerned that the american Wii won't support RGB either...

 

[Hooya]

I have a feeling that the cables for the Wii will not be region locked, unlike the software. You might have to buy the SCART cable from amazon.co.uk though, since I've never seen a TV in the US with an SCART input. Won't the component inputs be YPbPr anyway, so that's not region specific, is it? Or doesn't your TV have component input?

What the heck kind of TV doesn't support color for NTSC? Did you import your TV from the UK or something?

 

[legendofphil]

PAL is used through out Europe (and many other areas aswell) not just the UK.
Although the cable will be region free, there is a strong possiblity that NTSC (US and JPN) won't output an RGB compatible signal.
With the European launch so close there is small posiblity that it will.
Else you can find an NTSC->PAL convertor but these usually work in composite only.

 

[Pado]

cables are not region specific

... it all depends on the machine

and the TV

Vater Unser: lol .. how old is your TV .... even my 15 year old PAL Sony TV (retired

) had no problem displaying my NTSC N64 or NTSC SNES in color with composite ...

 

[Paralel]

PAL is used through out Europe (and many other areas aswell) not just the UK.

Yep, as this image shows, the world is really split between three different (and incompatible) analogue standards, although most SECAM countries support PAL to some extent as well. I guess the penguins don't watch any TV since antarctic doesn't seem to have a standard:

 

[lookout]

==================================== Wii Max 480p =====================================================

 

[Qpido]

@ Lookout:

Isn't that Creo DVI something u can hook up to your PC screen?

Q~

 

[lookout]

@ Lookout:

Isn't that Creo DVI something u can hook up to your PC screen?

Q~

It for boths PC Monitors and LCD TV or Plasma TV

Plasma TV

yes ~ you can hook up your PC to Plasma TV.



I wonder if there a Wii DVI cable?

 

[Renegade_R]

Wii will not have a DVI cable as DVI is a digital interface. The Wii can only output in analog interfaces...hence composite and component connections only.

 

[Vater Unser]

What the heck kind of TV doesn't support color for NTSC? Did you import your TV from the UK or something?

many european TVs don't support NTSC properly...
at least we have one TV that supports NTSC, but it's in the living room, and I won't be able to play Wii in the living room all the time

I already asked the Nintendo support if NTSC Wiis support RGB cables, but they didn't answer my mail...
I guess I'll have to buy a NTSC->PAL converter, then, but I've been told they have a shitty quality...so it'd look WORSE than with a composite cable :'(

btw, the american and japanese N64 supported RGB, so there is a chance the american Wii will support RGB, too...