Hacking component quality...

[mrpinkeye]

Everything is been said already, everybody got to make good points.
I'd just like to add a few things:
Regarding the original question, games look the same whether you load them from USB, Disc or SD card.
The video output of the Wii has nothing to do with the way games are loaded into the system.
Now specifically for the Wii, I would get component cables ( or whatever equivalent they have in Europe now, SCART, or RGB I don't know what is called anymore ) regardless of the type of display you choose.
Component are always better, not only will colors be better ( less bleeding ) but also it's the only way to enable progressive scan mode, on both GC and Wii games.
Without component cables , you are stuck with 480i, the Wii will refuse to output 480p.

Now with that out of the way, CRT vs LCD :
If you can find a old fashioned widescreen CRT TV, 32"+ ( my father has one of those ) then enable progressive mode, I believe that's the best you can do with the Wii.
Games will look good, naturally antiliased from the TV scanlines, and VC games will look as close as the real thing as it gets.
If you decide to get an LCD HD TV, I would say 22" is perfect.
If you get a larger TV, the bigger it goes, the worse will the Wii look, even with component, I promise you that ( I tried myself ).
I was actually trying to get a 22" LCD myself, one that goes to 720p at the most.
Remember, 1080p on such a small device is pointless, and the more the device has to upscale the Wii, the worse it will look.
If there was anything out there with a native 480p resolution and widescreen ( and probably cheap as dirt ) then I'm sure the Wii would look best on it !

So big screen, stick with CRT.
Up to 22", the Wii will look great as well ( not so for VC games though ).

Me, I'm waiting for the Wii U, then I'll get a 47" or something, and enjoy my HD Wii !

thanks for the detailed reply

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i cant find any crt's that have component inputs, only RGB SCART which mine already has...

 

[JoostinOnline]

i cant find any crt's that have component inputs, only RGB SCART which mine already has...

AFAIK they don't exist.

 

[PPSainity]

i cant find any crt's that have component inputs, only RGB SCART which mine already has...

AFAIK they don't exist.

Well, I don't know about the availability overseas in Europe where SCART ruled, but in North America, plenty of TV's featured component connections, mainly the HDTV variety mind you and not SD sets.

But, wait a minute, I thought you have a CRT. Are you buying a new CRT TV just for the component connection? That would be a waste of money in my opinion.

-[]D

 

[JoostinOnline]

i cant find any crt's that have component inputs, only RGB SCART which mine already has...

AFAIK they don't exist.

Well, I don't know about the availability overseas in Europe where SCART ruled, but in North America, plenty of TV's featured component connections, mainly the HDTV variety mind you and not SD sets.

Like every HDTV has component cables, but I have never heard of a crt with component cables.

 

[mrpinkeye]

i thought if a cheap crt had component it would be a cheap way of gettin 480p, instead of buying a lcd HD tv!

i didnt think they made them either but got the impression from an earlier post it was possible. im just gonna try RGB on my crt (lol) and see what thats like

 

[PPSainity]

.....Like every HDTV has component cables, but I have never heard of a crt with component cables.

Before HDTVs only high end SD CRTs has component connections. But almost all but the crappiest CRT HDTVs had component connections as that was the only way to input HDTV signals at the time other than OTA RF. Well except for in Europe and their SCART fetish

Wait, by CRTs, are you only referring to SD CRTs? Cause I'm not.

-[]D

 

[mrpinkeye]

do we have HD CRT's in europe?

iv just looked on ebay, there are TWO hd crt tvs in the whole of the UK listed!! lmao

 

[Arm73]

i cant find any crt's that have component inputs, only RGB SCART which mine already has...

AFAIK they don't exist.

They exist.
I have a Sony Trinitron CRT TV (24") and it has componet, composite and S-video inputs ).

Connectors
Rear Input Connectors S-Video x 1 • Component x 1 • Composite x 2 • Audio (RCA) x 3 • RF x 2
Rear Output Connectors Composite x 1 • Audio (RCA) x 1
Headphone Jack Without Headphone Jack

In Europe CRT TV have SCART imputs. Some good CRT TV also are able to receve RGB signals trough the scart input ( RGB Scart ) whic is pretty close to Component over here.
I'm sure in Europe the sell the equivalent of component cables here for the RGB scart, and if I had one of those sets, I would definitely purchase one !

 

[mrpinkeye]

i got my RGB scarrt cable. i cant tell the difference!

the tv definatly now says "AV1 RGB" whereas before it just said "AV1"

in the wii setting do i and interlaced or progressive? thats the only setting i can change within the wii right?

 

[Arm73]

i got my RGB scarrt cable. i cant tell the difference!

the tv definatly now says "AV1 RGB" whereas before it just said "AV1"

in the wii setting do i and interlaced or progressive? thats the only setting i can change within the wii right?

On my North American Wii I have an option for 408i or 480p.
To enable pregressive mode over component I set it at 480p
On Europen Wiis I have no idea, but if your choices are interlaced or progressive you should go for progressive.
Depending on the TV, you might no see a huge difference, but the colors should be more accurate, the dark tones more discernable and less flickering on the screen should go easier on your eyes.