MadCatz Uses Wiinintendo Images to Promote Component Cables

I really don’t see any difference.

Thanks, I was wondering how much of a difference they made.

Thanks, I was wondering how much of a difference they made.

Nice!
Though I don’t see a big difference myself.

SirVenom is right, it needs to be seen in motion. If you click on the large pictures, you can definitely see a difference, check out this shot in particular:

http://www.madcatzstore.com/store/images/comparison2.jpg

Look at Link’s shield, the statue in the distance and the stone ruins in the background.

That’s a surprising difference actually.

Is that just the difference of composite vs component both at 480i, or is that composite at 480i vs component at 480p? If the latter (which I assume it is), I’d be curious to see the comparison between composite at 480i vs component at 480i if possible. (Or does the console detect and switch automatically. I know mine currently does not allow me to select 480p b/c I’m not using component cables. Conversely it might be impossible to select 480i when you’re using them?)

In either case the wording needs to be clarified that this is the difference of a combination of cable and resolution change (even if the res change is tied to the cable), versus merely a difference in cable quality alone.

That’s a surprising difference actually.

Is that just the difference of composite vs component both at 480i, or is that composite at 480i vs component at 480p? If the latter (which I assume it is), I’d be curious to see the comparison between composite at 480i vs component at 480i if possible. (Or does the console detect and switch automatically. I know mine currently does not allow me to select 480p b/c I’m not using component cables. Conversely it might be impossible to select 480i when you’re using them?)

In either case the wording needs to be clarified that this is the difference of a combination of cable and resolution change (even if the res change is tied to the cable), versus merely a difference in cable quality alone.

I wonder how S-video looks. Should be about as good as component on a standard TV.

S-Video, I would say is half-way as good between Composite and Component.
With Component being the best today, you see the different when you switch from Composite to a S-Video or Component.
You notice the darker colors like Blue and Reddish Brown will stant out a lot more than it does on regular composite. In fact, the overall brightness illuminates and give a richer and cleaner image. Especially in Zelda, when you’re in the caves, the image gets very dark, almost completely black. With component, the picture is a lot better and you can see the walls and characters better.

Try playing your Gamecube games with a Component cable and you’ll tell the difference too. Before there was component/HD I thought S-Video was great, until now I’ve seen it all.

// Roth

@DavidR

Good question, when I took those shots I didn’t change any settings except for selecting HDTV and standard TV in the Wii options menu.

My original post about this from 11/27/06 is here, with more examples and discussion:
http://wiinintendo.net/2006/11/27/wii-component-cables-vs-the-bundled-av-cables/

standard tv and composite tv mode doesnt give the same difference as composite vs. component, cause you still got seperate color signals when using component, and HDTV mode optimizes the video for component only.
try real composite vs. component.

standard tv and composite tv mode doesnt give the same difference as composite vs. component, cause you still got seperate color signals when using component, and HDTV mode optimizes the video for component only.
try real composite vs. component.

Okay, the correct version ( i was tired ond wrote the other one on a Wii)
Standard TV mode is a mode that outputs video that isn’t optimized.
HDTV/EDTV mode is a mode that outputs video that is optimized for Component 480p.
Component uses 3 seperate cabled for video signalling, which makes sure that thoose 3 colors aren’t interfering, and kept clean.
Composite uses 1 cable with all colors, making them able to interfer.
Using standard mode, still sends the signals seperate when using a Component cable, so the colors still looks good.
To get a real differnce, try to make a screenshot of Composite in standard mode, and Component in HDTV mode, and THEN you’ll get a difference!

Okay, the correct version ( i was tired when i wrote the other one on a Wii)
Standard TV mode is a mode that outputs video that isn’t optimized.
HDTV/EDTV mode is a mode that outputs video that is optimized for Component 480p.
Component uses 3 seperate cabled for video signalling, which makes sure that thoose 3 colors aren’t interfering, and kept clean.
Composite uses 1 cable with all colors, making them able to interfer.
Using standard mode, still sends the signals seperate when using a Component cable, so the colors still looks good.
To get a real differnce, try to make a screenshot of Composite in standard mode, and Component in HDTV mode, and THEN you’ll get a difference!

Okay, the correct version ( i was tired when i wrote the other one on a Wii)
Standard TV mode is a mode that outputs video that isn’t optimized.
HDTV/EDTV mode is a mode that outputs video that is optimized for Component 480p.
Component uses 3 seperate cabled for video signalling, which makes sure that thoose 3 colors aren’t interfering, and kept clean.
Composite uses 1 cable with all colors, making them able to interfer.
Using standard mode, still sends the signals seperate when using a Component cable, so the colors still looks good.
To get a real differnce, try to make a screenshot of Composite in standard mode, and Component in HDTV mode, and THEN you’ll get a difference!

hey everyone i have a set of these component cables, i have a 61 inch rca hdtv, when i use the component cables on my wii it looks great but in certain parts of some games the picture gets very pixellated, not the whole screen but you can see like green and red dead pixels floating around, i have never experienced this before and my brothers 360 has hd but does not do this on my tv, any one have any ideas? do you think i got a bad set of cables? should i have ebgames replace them? the guy there said its cause the wii wasnt meant to be hd, dont know what to do to resolve this, would like to beable to play my wii without this problem. thanks everyone

They kind of both look like dogshit… I wouldn’t use the Wii as an advocate for high def cables in the first place…