Chuck Posted December 10, 2006 Posted December 10, 2006 I need a Wii Official Component Cable, If you know that a shop around you has one - Im willling to give the person who finds and sends me it, before friday, an extra £10 ontop of the price of the cable and P&P.
Mr_Master_X2 Posted December 10, 2006 Posted December 10, 2006 I wouldn't start that treasure hunt until this Friday 15th...since they aren't actually out until then. Which is when I will be getting one.
Chuck Posted December 10, 2006 Author Posted December 10, 2006 Arnt they out now, just in short supply?
Caris Posted December 10, 2006 Posted December 10, 2006 Haha, someone using the term noob and recommending Mad Catz. "lol"
Nintendork Posted December 11, 2006 Posted December 11, 2006 The best Wii output is 480p/576i. Component is designed to carry vastly higher signals. You think that official is going to improve that signal? You are wrong. You think that having a third party cable is going to be detrimental on that signal? You are wrong. Cables don't just explode, they don't fall apart. It's like paying for branded paracetamol. Idiotic. Controllers, fair point, memory cards.. maybe, but cables? Heyll no.
Caris Posted December 11, 2006 Posted December 11, 2006 Nah mate i aint wrong, ive had Joytech cables, Mad Catz cables, Gamester cables and there all shit, they either show a blurry image, soak the colour out of the picture, stop working etc the list goes on. A cable can improve picture qaulity, why do you think companys like Belkin make improved DVI and VGA cables? To improve the picture thats why. Same goes for the Wii. I would put a "owned" picture up here but i aint a noob.
Nintenchris Posted December 11, 2006 Posted December 11, 2006 Nah mate i aint wrong, ive had Joytech cables, Mad Catz cables, Gamester cables and there all shit, they either show a blurry image, soak the colour out of the picture, stop working etc the list goes on. A cable can improve picture qaulity, why do you think companys like Belkin make improved DVI and VGA cables? To improve the picture thats why. Same goes for the Wii. I would put a "owned" picture up here but i aint a noob. What he said^^ This was the same for the Cubes RGB cable... Nintendos one was slightly better than the 3rd party ones.. only slightly but noticeable.
Nintendork Posted December 11, 2006 Posted December 11, 2006 Caris is such an AV expert that he needed help picking out a camera. You guys don't know what you're talking about. A quick look at the audiophile and videophile discussions on AVForums create a clear distinction between a person who knows what they are on about- and those who do not, it's the language, the reasons and the way they set out their argument "Fanboys remain loyal to their particular obsession, disregarding any factors that differ from their point of view. They are also typically hateful to the opposing brand or competition of their obsession regardless of its merits or achievements." Most people can't hear the difference between a 128kbps .mp3 and 1440kbps raw audio. The same applies to videogames. The fact that none of you have benchmarked or read any standard tests between 1st and 3rd party component cables is a fact, that is all.
Jordan88 Posted December 11, 2006 Posted December 11, 2006 I have a friend like Nintendork in the way he cannot take it when he is wrong.
Caris Posted December 11, 2006 Posted December 11, 2006 Caris is such an AV expert that he needed help picking out a camera. Desprate attempt to be right? Theres a slight diffrence between a Digital camera and and a video cable. Just admit it, your wrong.
Nintendork Posted December 11, 2006 Posted December 11, 2006 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_hoc_ergo_propter_hoc
Bren Posted December 11, 2006 Posted December 11, 2006 just ignore caris, its not his fault he's from Newcastle. O the shame.
Caris Posted December 11, 2006 Posted December 11, 2006 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_hoc_ergo_propter_hoc Dunno why your showing me that, you do you realise i have seen what both cables can display with my own eyes right? Oh and beofre you ask it was the same TV.
S.C.G Posted December 11, 2006 Posted December 11, 2006 Related question *sort of* I've ordered the offical VGA cable for the Wii which apperently has the same or at least similar output to the official component cable, at any rate it should look better than scart but should I be expecting it to produce similar picture to that of the component? Thanks.
Oli1983uk Posted December 11, 2006 Posted December 11, 2006 Now come on guys stop this or I will close the thread, this is so far off topic. To get back on topic if anyone can help the OP then please do.
darthbane2k Posted December 11, 2006 Posted December 11, 2006 http://www.goldenshop.com.hk/AI-trad/wii/index.html in stock too. The link I provided are for the Japanese ones, imported from Hong Kong. Thats what I bought and had delivered within 2 days with EMS Speedpost, simply because I could not wait for the UK ones to be released. The japanese ones work fine in 480p 60hz and I have never had to have witnessed my Wii in dreadful composite.
Flaight Posted December 12, 2006 Posted December 12, 2006 God, I can't find component cable either Gameplay is taking preorders for their own brand of it but that's coming out like late January (according to them). I've ordered the offical VGA cable for the Wii which apperently has the same or at least similar output to the official component cable, at any rate it should look better than scart but should I be expecting it to produce similar picture to that of the component? Thanks. VGA cable as in "D Tanshi" D-terminal from Japan? If so, it is YPbPr component of a sort, so the quality would be comparable to component we get in the west.
S.C.G Posted December 12, 2006 Posted December 12, 2006 God, I can't find component cable either Gameplay is taking preorders for their own brand of it but that's coming out like late January (according to them). VGA cable as in "D Tanshi" D-terminal from Japan? If so, it is YPbPr component of a sort, so the quality would be comparable to component we get in the west. Thanks for clarifying that unfortunately though I have received the cable today and it wasn't what I was expecting at all, it's not VGA as it has been suggested to be by a couple of sources and it's not DVI either, apperently from what I could research online it's "DFP" ? there doesn't seem to be a port for it on the bacl on my HDTV for it in any case like I was expecting there to be. The only way I could think of in order to get it to work would be to use the HDMI / DVI in port, which would involve purchasing a HDMI to DVI cable and then a DVI to DFP converter which might not even work and will most likely degrade the signal in the process I guess. *sigh* looks like £20 wasted my only other option now is to get a component cable, except my TV only has one component input which is taken up by my 360, so I would need to buy a splitter to get two inputs which again would most likely degrade the signal, or I could use VGA for my 360 but I've heard that leads to colour bleeding, dk if thats true though. Arrrgggh! why can't there just be one Uber cable with all possible connections for the Wii? stupid question I know as it's not really viable but I am slightly annoyed by this, I just want to play Zelda in better picture quality then composite / scart, even though it looks fine I know it could look better with component. meh... *rant over*
CompSci Posted December 13, 2006 Posted December 13, 2006 Thanks for clarifying that unfortunately though I have received the cable today and it wasn't what I was expecting at all, it's not VGA as it has been suggested to be by a couple of sources and it's not DVI either, apperently from what I could research online it's "DFP" ? there doesn't seem to be a port for it on the bacl on my HDTV for it in any case like I was expecting there to be. The only way I could think of in order to get it to work would be to use the HDMI / DVI in port, which would involve purchasing a HDMI to DVI cable and then a DVI to DFP converter which might not even work and will most likely degrade the signal in the process I guess. *sigh* looks like £20 wasted my only other option now is to get a component cable, except my TV only has one component input which is taken up by my 360, so I would need to buy a splitter to get two inputs which again would most likely degrade the signal, or I could use VGA for my 360 but I've heard that leads to colour bleeding, dk if thats true though. Arrrgggh! why can't there just be one Uber cable with all possible connections for the Wii? stupid question I know as it's not really viable but I am slightly annoyed by this, I just want to play Zelda in better picture quality then composite / scart, even though it looks fine I know it could look better with component. meh... *rant over* buy this to sort your component connect problems http://www.play.com/Games/Xbox360/4-/741480/Joytech_XBox_360_Control_Center/Product.html i have it works fine, it darkens the 360 picture by a bit (it makes it look better)but DOES NOT degrade the 360 pic quality, then u have 4 more spaere component slots
Flaight Posted December 13, 2006 Posted December 13, 2006 Thanks for clarifying that unfortunately though I have received the cable today and it wasn't what I was expecting at all, it's not VGA as it has been suggested to be by a couple of sources and it's not DVI either, apperently from what I could research online it's "DFP" ? there doesn't seem to be a port for it on the bacl on my HDTV for it in any case like I was expecting there to be. D-terminal does indeed have the same shape as DFP and VGA socket. but I dont know if thats what you got in that thing you bought. If it came from Japan it is D-terminal, probably version D4. Japanese Wii can output D4 compatible signals directly out of Wii. There was a very brief discussion about modding d-terminal in my earlier thread. I put up a D-terminal pic there in one of the replies, see if yours look like it. As for modding it, I'm afraid I personally don't know. VGA is based on a RGB rather than YPbPr component, so I reckon you would need some sort of conversion in between to get the correct signal.
Sanchez Posted December 13, 2006 Posted December 13, 2006 http://www.goldenshop.com.hk/AI-trad/wii/index.html in stock too. The link I provided are for the Japanese ones, imported from Hong Kong. Thats what I bought and had delivered within 2 days with EMS Speedpost, simply because I could not wait for the UK ones to be released. The japanese ones work fine in 480p 60hz and I have never had to have witnessed my Wii in dreadful composite. Thanks, I ordered one.
Jordan88 Posted December 13, 2006 Posted December 13, 2006 Best official cables I have seen on eBay are £30 and £8 EMS postage from Japan. Or some shops may have them Friday, I rang Gamestation and they said they are out Friday but not sure if they will have any. Ebay £38
Chuck Posted December 13, 2006 Author Posted December 13, 2006 Thanks, I might bid although I wanted one from the uk.
Jordan88 Posted December 13, 2006 Posted December 13, 2006 Yeah same here but there all stupid prices from UK. EMS delivery takes 3-5 days it says and includes tracking so its not to bad imo.
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