Wii component cables, who's getting them?

stagg · Post by **stagg** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 6:10 pm

After looking at this, http://www.gamespot.com/features/6162297/p-2.html , I decided I am getting them for sure now. The difference is completely noticeable, well, at least way more then I thought they would be.

Skynet · Post by **Skynet** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 6:43 pm

I will get from TRU when I get my console on launch. If not, I'll shop around. I'm thinking I might go instore and see if they will sell them at launch, if they are I will add it to my pre-order if I can.

MulletMan13 · Post by **MulletMan13** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 6:47 pm

I bought a few sets of 3rd party cables for about $7 each... the problem is that they are Chinese and the shipping was about $30. But nevertheless they are getting good reviews, and I figure component cables can't really differ much with pin placement and the like. So I'm going to have 2 extra sets ... thinking of putting them on fleabay but not sure.

royhubbs · Post by **royhubbs** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 12:32 am

Im getting em from nintendo online, I ordered them before the 22nd which was the cut off date for them to be shipped on the 28th.. so I still have some waiting to do.. Until then Zelda remains sealed

Smiley · Post by **Smiley** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 9:21 am

Once I actually get a wii, I will get a pair of those cables.

Post by **melancholy** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 4:50 pm

I desperately need an S-Video cable for my Wii. My entire system is centered around S-Video, so to play my Wii I have to unhook everything from the back of the TV. I have to wait until Best Buy gets them, though, because it's too expensive otherwise.

Gmc · Post by **Gmc** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 6:34 pm

Thats pretty much the difference we get here in Europe for using RGB Scart leads compared to the usual composite leads. We dont use S-Video here really...

atf487 · Post by **atf487** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 7:02 pm

MulletMan13 wrote:I bought a few sets of 3rd party cables for about $7 each... the problem is that they are Chinese and the shipping was about $30. But nevertheless they are getting good reviews, and I figure component cables can't really differ much with pin placement and the like. So I'm going to have 2 extra sets ... thinking of putting them on fleabay but not sure.

Keep 1, and I'll buy them in a few weeks.

Cid Highwind · Post by **Cid Highwind** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 1:59 pm

Gmc wrote:Thats pretty much the difference we get here in Europe for using RGB Scart leads compared to the usual composite leads. We dont use S-Video here really...

Ugh yeah composite is nice when taking my console to other places, because most tvs have composite connections on the front, but the image quality is horrible. I really noticed it after I was forced to go back to composite for my DC after having used Scart for a couple of years.

Lartrak · Post by **Lartrak** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 2:52 pm

Cid Highwind wrote:
Gmc wrote:Thats pretty much the difference we get here in Europe for using RGB Scart leads compared to the usual composite leads. We dont use S-Video here really...
Ugh yeah composite is nice when taking my console to other places, because most tvs have composite connections on the front, but the image quality is horrible. I really noticed it after I was forced to go back to composite for my DC after having used Scart for a couple of years.

It must be nice to have a high quality standard cable with audio and video integrated into a single plug - which can be daisy chained, what's more... It'll be a long time before HDMI (the only thing which has the advantages of RGB SCART and might succeed in the US) is ever widely accepted as a standard, and probably decades before it is even close to as common as composite is in the USA.

I don't think composite looks terrible on standard def smaller TVs, but on most larger displays (like my projector) or on HDTVs, it looks pretty bad.. Though I do have a friend who has a large rear projection Sony which must have a really killer comb filter, as it is the only large screen TV I've seen that has good quality with composite. For example, Dead Rising's text is almost as legible on it as on an equivalent size HDTV.

APE · Post by **APE** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 2:57 pm

I'll only accept HDMI as a standard when they remove the bullshit HDCP requirement.

royhubbs · Post by **royhubbs** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 4:39 pm

Mine shipped today

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neoak · Post by **neoak** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 6:34 pm

APE wrote:I'll only accept HDMI as a standard when they remove the bullshit HDCP requirement.

Seconded, but it seems HDCP has some vulnerabilities, so its a matter of time before its cracked al? CSS.

DaMadFiddler · Post by **DaMadFiddler** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 6:41 pm

$7 third-party component cable

S. Thompson · Post by **S. Thompson** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:59 pm

What about an s-video cable - anyone know where I can find the likes of that?

- Fuzmeister

Number Six · Post by **Number Six** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 12:09 am

Yeah, S-video cable. My TV doesn't support progressive scan, and without it the difference between s-vid and component is negligible. Especially for the price. The jump from composite to s-vid, though, is night and day, and thus justified.

Yonke · Post by **Yonke** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 1:03 am

i just order it from nintendo........ 40 bucks w/s&H oouchh.....

DaMadFiddler · Post by **DaMadFiddler** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 1:29 am

Yonke wrote:i just order it from nintendo........ 40 bucks w/s&H oouchh.....

This is why I posted a link to the budget set. 3rd-party accessories generally aren't that great, but it's pretty hard to mess up a simple cable

Veggita2099 · Post by **Veggita2099** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 1:33 am

Thing is will this help those of us with normal televisions? I never have really understood the various cables.

MulletMan13 · Post by **MulletMan13** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 1:56 am

DaMadFiddler wrote:
Yonke wrote:i just order it from nintendo........ 40 bucks w/s&H oouchh.....
This is why I posted a link to the budget set. 3rd-party accessories generally aren't that great, but it's pretty hard to mess up a simple cable

These are the sets that I ordered 3 of. Shipping for one is about $26, so unless you're buying in bulk these aren't that much of a better deal.

I bought three of them... and atf claimed one. I think I'm going to throw the third on ebay and see what it fetches.