wii in HD

[dreamcast4ever83]

hi so i dont really notice much on the wii from 480i to 480p of course that not high def but do you guys notice anything? what is the best way you play you nintendo wii.

[sabrage]

Ironically, the best way to play most Wii games is to emulate.

[xan_racketBOY_fan]

There's a noticeable difference and games (especially retro) benefit from it with a crisper image and bold colors. I'm fairly certain CRT created a thread on this.

[CFFJR]

^Both true.

If you're playing on an actual Wii, its worth it to get a hold of some Component cables and play in 480p.

Having said that though, emulating Wii games can be quite the eye opener. The first time I fired up a game in Dolphin and cranked up the settings I was blown away.

[AppleQueso]

There's a noticeable difference and games (especially retro) benefit from it with a crisper image and bold colors. I'm fairly certain CRT created a thread on this.

Not really a 480i/p thing, more of a signal quality thing I'd think. Component helps immensely in either case here.

An odd quirk (or well, odd to me at least) is that if you leave the Wii in 480i and play a virtual console game, it'll output in 240p if you're using component cables. If you leave it in 480p though, VC games are upscaled to 480p.

The difference between 480i and 480p is probably pretty hard to notice on modern displays, as most tvs deinterlace an interlaced signal anyway. Still it's better to feed it a progressive signal to begin with, and plus it looks a little bit nicer.

[deathsled]

I think it's pretty damn obvious whenever I go somewhere and see a Wii hooked up to a modern TV via composite.

[AppleQueso]

I think it's pretty damn obvious whenever I go somewhere and see a Wii hooked up to a modern TV via composite.

Well yeah, but I thought we were talking just about 480i via component vs 480p via component.

[deathsled]

I think it's pretty damn obvious whenever I go somewhere and see a Wii hooked up to a modern TV via composite.

Well yeah, but I thought we were talking just about 480i via component vs 480p via component.

oh is that what this is supposed to be about?

then of course the difference in picture is negligible...

when I think of 480i I automatically assume it's a composite connection.

[Cronozilla]

There's always a noticeable difference when you remove interlacing artifacts. I'm not sure the signal quality is that much better (the component cables aren't more shielded or anything) between the composite and component cables. But progressive scan will make things like textures drastically sharper.

There are a couple ways to get a better Wii signal, like an upscaler (like in a nicer audio receiver) or using the Dolphin emulator (Obviously this will look better, since it can actually render in HD). However, not all games work awesome with it (and not all DVD drives are compatible with Wii discs)

[d123456]

I notice them, hey I dare you to Pepsi-Test me.
If you play good games that run at 60 fps with sharp visuals (without blurring effects) you´ll notice it immediatly especially when thing are moving fast at 60 fps.
With still shots, it´s a bit harder to notice the improvement