Mad Catz HD Component Cable for Wii and Wii U

Functionally, this cable has performed without issues on my Wii for a few years now. The build quality is great too so I have no worries about it lasting longer. Price-wise, it is half the price of the Official Wii Component Video Cable but it is also twice as much as some other 3rd party cables with similar ratings on Amazon which have become available since I bought this one. For that reason, I can't really recommend this cable very highly nowadays.

So last year my wife decided to give me a red Wii as a Christmas present, which was great! I now can play the classic Nintendo games on Wii such as Mario Bros, Legend of Zelda, Metroid, Donkey Kong and all the other Nintendo exclusives. Being the proud owner of an 80 gig PS3 the first thing that jumped to me was the quality of the graphics, as you may know, the Wii does not include component cables but the average composite cables instead (the yellow, white and red ones) Even when using component cables, the most resolution you can get from a Wii is 480p/480i. With this in mind I decided to order these cables despite many people saying they would not make a big difference. Well? They do! I am playing on a Sony LCD 55" TV set, so even with the TV calibrated accordingly the color definition was not the best when using composite cables. After plugging these to the Wii and setting them up accordingly*, the difference was not small but the opposite, the colors and the definition improved in a very notorious way. Again, the pixelation that comes with a 480p resolution is still there but the clarity and color is definitely better with component cables. I can't say much about the sound as I have this plugged directly to the TV (I still need to update my audio receiver to one that accepts HDMI) I can definitely recommend these if you want to see an improvement in the video quality, but please consider the Wii limitations in regards to HD graphics. *I happen to have a friend who was telling me these type of cables were not worth it in his experience. Well, he did plug them, but forgot to go to the Wii menu and change the video output from composite to component, which explained why he was seeing no difference.

The quality and price of this cable were both excellent, the image quality is perfect. The only problem with this cable is that there should be more distance between the audio and video components (that little hub where they join together), the component cables are stretched to the maximum to fit my Pioneer receiver.

Cable works with my Wii and my Sony Bravia, but I cannot get anything to come out at 480p, it always displays at 480i. Even though my menu settings in the Wii are for 480p, it just never seems to transmit that...or at least that is what my TV is reporting. I did read some other reviews where other people had this same problem and said it was the cable. I've also read where that somehow the cable tells the Wii that it is capable of carrying 480p and to "unlock" tha feature. I don't know if this is true or not. I guess I could do a test with the original cable that came with the Wii for I have yet to take that out of the packaging. Regardless, the cable works with my Wii, just not as advertised. I also agree with other reviewers where they complain that the cable end is "bundled" and difficult to split off is you have the video part going into your TV and you want the audio part to go into your AV receiver. I had to get some additional cables at Radio Shack in order to make that happen.

Believing I was going to get a bit better picture from these cables to play Smash Brothers Brawl I got the colors washed down. I changed the settings to 480P, re checked all cables in proper spots, and all else. The sharpness did improve a bit however the colors were so washed out. Whites looked grayish. I popped in the original cables that came with the Wii and the colors popped up beautifully again. I am assuming I must have received a defective product. White colors should be white- not gray... Question- when I chose the 480P and wide screen settings- not sure why the Smash Bros Brawl game stayed in the square se3tting.. I though it was supposed to use up the whole wide screen. I made all necessary changes to the tv, console, game to use the wide screen 480P method. Who knows. I'll be asking for Amazon to re send me new ones however can't recommend because they're totally useless .

Recently bought new smart TV and when I eventually tried the Wii the screen was grainy and black and white It had worked fine with old TV. After doing some research and troubleshooting I found this product as a suggested solution to my problem. Hooked it up and what to you know, I now have better color and graphics than ever before. It was not only a solution to my problem but a great upgrade at a low price. The quality of the cable is readily apparent and hookup is a snap. This is such an improvement over the original cables that I would recommend upgrading even if your original cables are working because you can enable the HD in your settings with these cables.

The cable doesn't split out with much separation for the audio/video connectors making it impossible to plug the component connectors to my TV and the audio connectors to my stereo. I had to buy extenders for the audio pair to reach my receiver. Component does look better on my TV (Samsung DLP) so overall it was worth it. It would work fine if you are connecting the audio to your TV or your receiver accepts component video.

These cables are solidly built and seem high quality while holding them. They are easy to connect, and feel solid in every way. The picture looks great, I can't complain about that at all. The only real downside to these cables is that the video and audio cables are stuck close together. My Yamaha receiver has video connection on one side and audio on the other, so to get this to work I had to spend another $5 for RCA cable extenders to reach across the receiver. While it's no huge deal, I shouldn't have had to do that, and it reduces sound quality a bit now because there's a big extension cable there. It was really stupid of Madcatz to assume everybody has a similar setup to theirs. They should have made the audio and video separate, like every other component cable kit I've seen. Regardless, with the price now at $10 for the cables plus the extra $5 or $10 for the extension adapters and extra audio cable, it's still worth it to get.

Na was soll man zu einem Komponentenkabel sagen, das Kabel habe ich gebraucht gekauft. Die Abwicklung war wie es sein soll. Das Kabel entsprach der Beschreibung und ist in Ordnung. Also ausgepackt angestöpselt und schon ging das Spielvergnügen los. Fazit es muß nicht immer neu sein.

I am new in arena of Gaming and Wii is the first console I have ever bought. I was anyways impressed by Wii without HD Cable but this cable made big difference. While playing "Need For Speed - Carbon" I always used to think that there should have been an option of deeper control for Car's Headlight. Speeding at 110 miles per hour, you cannot see the turns and edges of the road clearly. That was one of the complaints I had against this game that graphics are eye straining. The day I got this cable and plugged in the first word I said was "Wow" and then now it makes sense to play game. You will notice big improvement in screen and clarity of graphics. I will recommend to go for Component/HD Cable. If you have spent 300 pounds in console and games then it is worth spending few more quids to get best out of this console.

I have a 40 inch LCD screen and always found the image quality of the Wii composite (SCART) output seriously inferior. A lot of dot-crawl and color noise, waving, etc.. If you have a similar setup just notice all the noise around border of the Wii remote pointer... See what I mean? This cable is truly amazing: for only 14 pounds you significantly enhance your gaming experience. The build quality is very good and the length is way more that enough anyone should need, even in the most weird setups. A "must have" for the owner of the Nintendo Wii and TV screens over 32 inches.

Da ich das Verbindungskabel zwischen Wii und TV durch ein Leerrohr in der Wand schleusen mußte, benötigte ich ein extra langes Komponentenkabel. Die meisten Fabrikate sind nur ca. 2,3 Meter lang, was für mich zu kurz war. Dieses hier von MadCatz ist 3m lang. Ich bin sehr zufrieden mit der Qualität.

If you're deliberating as to whether or not to purchase component cables for your Wii then I would suggest that you buy this! Reasonably priced, provides an excellent picture and very good value for money. Forget the branded Nintendo cable, too expensive, this does the job at a fraction of the price!