Wii component cables VS the bundled composite cables November 27, 2006
My Official Nintendo component cables arrived today. Hooked it right up and started playing. The first thing that really jumped out at me was when I launched Zelda and saw Link on Epona, I was amazed. It’s sort of bitter sweet, it tends to sharpen the edges so much they become too defined, but it’s WAY better especially during motion. I took a whole bunch of screen shots.
Update 1: After playing Zelda for 5 hours after I took these pictures, I don’t think I could ever go back to the composite cables. The clarity was stunning, it felt kind of like a PC game the way things were so clean.
Update 2: SirVenom here. As of about Christmas ‘06, MadCatz is featuring our images to promote their component cables. See it here.
Some things to note: These pictures OFF of the TV and even with an LCD you get scan lines (which are apparent in picture 4 on the left, those are NOT in game, but something the camera pics up on.
Also, I do agree that taking pictures of your TV (even in a controlled environment, like I did) doesn’t do the pictures justice. I’ve come to learn that gamespot has some really great “captures” with rollovers, showing the difference:
This is on a Samsung 42″ LCD TV.
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COMPONENT ON THE LEFT | AV CABLES ON THE RIGHT
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November 27th, 2006 at 8:24 pm
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November 27th, 2006 at 8:37 pm
Is that running 480p or 480i? I have my Wii hooked up with component cables but only have 480i and I was wondering how big a difference it was from the pack in cables.
November 27th, 2006 at 8:41 pm
This is 480p. The difference is pretty big, you can really tell when you’re actually moving around, these stills don’t do it justice.
November 27th, 2006 at 8:49 pm
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November 28th, 2006 at 8:51 am
COuld you do a couple of screens with 480i difference?
November 28th, 2006 at 9:23 am
480i and 480p would look the same in screenshots. i vs p has more to do with fluidity than pure picture clarity.
November 28th, 2006 at 9:47 am
Umm, am I the only one who doesn’t think it looks better?
It seems with the A/V the “blurrynesS” is just used to cover the jagged lines on shapes.
I have seen other comparisons and just not sure if I should invest in some or not.
November 28th, 2006 at 9:54 am
Am I the only one who thinks it looks crap with both cables ??
November 28th, 2006 at 10:05 am
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November 28th, 2006 at 10:42 am
Like I said before, the photos don’t do it justice, you have to see it in motion.
November 28th, 2006 at 10:43 am
It looks like your sharpness is set way too high in all the pics, exaggerating edge transitions. Imagine a thin black line on a grey background – with sharpness set too high there will be a white halo around the black line to exaggerate the transition. Now look at the jawline and mouth on the Mii’s face. This is poor signal processing that works for selling TVs in walmart but actually degrades picture quality: think of listening to a stereo with the treble cranked. Composite video is low enough bandwidth that it rolls off the high frequency video content (think very fast transitions from black to white) so much that you can amplify the high frequency content by cranking the sharpness without much ill effect, but the same setting on high bandwidth component will give everything an etched look.
November 28th, 2006 at 10:58 am
am i the only one who thinks that the ones on the right look better?
November 28th, 2006 at 11:03 am
To tell you the truth, the ones on the right look better in my opinion.
November 28th, 2006 at 11:04 am
When did you order your cables?
November 28th, 2006 at 11:07 am
Since none of the pictures are of the exact same “frame” I can’t really make comparisons here. I can see differences, but if the point is to illustrate how the component cables change the picture, I don’t see it.
November 28th, 2006 at 11:30 am
For those who can’t tell the difference:
Look at the background and links shield in this shot:
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November 28th, 2006 at 12:14 pm
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November 28th, 2006 at 12:21 pm
When people are desperately doing anything to make the Wii LOOK like a next-gen offering already then I think the Wii may end up as an Icarus and no I don’t mean Kid Icarus.
November 28th, 2006 at 1:23 pm
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November 28th, 2006 at 1:25 pm
How is hooking up your system with cables that are meant for your TV, desperate? It’s just what my TV accepts as an input.
As far as graphics, I was 100% happy with Zelda before the component cables, this is just icing on the sweet sweet cake.
November 28th, 2006 at 1:47 pm
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November 28th, 2006 at 2:17 pm
Turn down the sharpness on your Samsung. That is why it looks too sharp. If you want to set up your set properly, buy a copy of Video Essentials on DVD. You won’t believe how good your set really is.
November 28th, 2006 at 5:19 pm
I certainly see the difference, but a large percentage of people are so used to getting poor video quality (it’s what we’re used to) that they really don’t know what to look for and where. I know that people buy LCD/Plasma for the space-saving, but “tube”/crt tv’s still give the best picture. I stand behind your move toward component cables, even on a $100 tv they will make a difference. Also like Al Dunstan said, using the Video Essentials DVD to properly tune your tv will also make a hell of a difference too.
November 28th, 2006 at 5:38 pm
Wow, that sure is awful. It really does look like GC graphics no matter what cables you use.
November 28th, 2006 at 5:44 pm
GC Graphics huh? Could that at all be because it is still primarily a GameCube game? Ever think of that? Has anyone yet complained about the graphics in the GC version of TP? No, people are saying that they look superb for a GC game. Seriously, people really have to remember that TP was built for GameCube.
November 28th, 2006 at 6:00 pm
[...] I remember playing a SNES thru a 14 inch portable TV via the most basic A/V connection – RF cable with a TV switcher box – and being perfectly happy with it. We eventually bought a composite cable for the old thing to output all that great music to our stereo system, however I doubt many of the non-gamers Nintendo is going after with the Wii have much investment in “High Definition”.read more | digg story [...]
November 29th, 2006 at 7:57 am
MY FRIENDS HERE THIS. I OWN A SANYO FLAT SCREEN 20IN TV THAT AFTER OWING A GAMECUBE FOR 3 MONTHS, HOOKED UP COMPOSITE AND LET ME SAY…IT MAKES A HUUUGE DIFFERENCE. THE WII WILL HAVE THE SAME EFFECT. AFTER COMPOSITE THERE IS NO GOING BACK. DON’T TRUST THESE SCREEN SHOTS, GET UP, GO OUT THERE AND FIND OUT WITH YOUR OWN TWO EYES. A REAL LIFE SIDE BY SIDE ON THE SAME SET, YOU WILL SEE AND THE REST WILL BE HISTORY.
November 29th, 2006 at 9:42 am
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November 29th, 2006 at 12:34 pm
people that don’t notice the difference or think that the images on the right are better have no concept of hi-def. its like my buddy that came over to watch my 40 in LCD and goes “looks the same as my 20in crt… is this supposed to be HD?” you just scratch your head at those people… also the only CRTs that are better than flat panels are the very high end huuge heavy ones that can do HD…
November 29th, 2006 at 1:54 pm
Geez, PS3 fanboys, go post somewhere else.
PS3 fanboys to world: Wii isn’t HD! Wii isn’t next gen! Wii graphics suck!
World to PS3 fanboys: Huh? DId you say something? I’m busy playing Wii.
November 29th, 2006 at 5:34 pm
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November 29th, 2006 at 7:49 pm
[...] If you’re thinking about using the bundled composite cables instead of forking up the extra dough for the offical cables, you may want to think again. Thanks to our good friends over at WiiNintendo.net, we have some stellar comparison photos of Twilight Princess with and without the official composite cables below. Note that official component cables are on the left and the regular AV cables are on the right. I dunno about you, but I’m getting me some component cables; I think it will be worth the wait! [...]
December 1st, 2006 at 9:07 am
I wouldn’t say the comparisons are stellar, mainly because they are photos of the image on a TV, rather than input directly into a computer.
My CRT has component input and the only thing I usually notice between SVideo and Component when using my DVD player is the colors seem more vibrant.
Going to be getting component cables soon for my Wii anyway.
December 9th, 2006 at 1:02 pm
I just bought the Component cables from Asyd and on my 16:9 52 inches TV: THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE AT ALL! Everything still looks edged and squared… And yeah, I changed my setting to 480p…
I’m really disapointed…
December 27th, 2006 at 12:28 pm
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January 8th, 2007 at 2:44 pm
@Gavin
“Wow, that sure is awful. It really does look like GC graphics no matter what cables you use.”
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Twilight Princess is run on GC graphics….
March 22nd, 2007 at 7:08 pm
I bought an official component cable and I’m loving it, but there’s one thing that annoys me: whenever there’s a blue transition, like the sky changing from night to day, I get these vertical lines on the blue area, they’re like half an inch apart and slightly darker blue. Also, when I play GC games on my Wii I get the same type of thing for all transitions.
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June 25th, 2007 at 7:16 am
Been looking for info about this. thx for posting those screens!
I see the difference on these screens and I am gettingt the cable!
January 21st, 2008 at 11:46 am
Your screenshots are awful and do not allow any conclusion. Sometimes, I cannot be even sure that pictures are not swapped…
June 2nd, 2008 at 2:37 pm
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June 20th, 2009 at 11:43 pm
I don’t know why Nintendo don’t make an accessory that scales the wii to 720 or 1080, that’s the only way to get rid of those jagged lines. otherwise you only get the super blurry image of 480i or the super colorful but extremely jagged lines of 480p. The cables don’t make a big difference with the lines, just the colors.
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