Wii Component Video Cable

If you've been playing console games for any length of time, you're used to overpriced accessories, and the Wii is no exception. Branded SD cards, component cables with a proprietary adapter, $20 for a nunchuck, etc. If you're willing to pay the extra for first-party assurance, this cable is for you.After having the Wii for a few months and having to crawl around behind the entertainment console every time we took it somewhere else (it's a hit at family gatherings and other get-togethers), I decided to get another A/V cable. This way, I would just have to unplug the console and leave the A/V cable (the power adapter and sensor bar are much easier to unplug and pack) when we traveled. I highly recommend this if you take your Wii on the road often. If you do decide to do this, you might as well get the component cable for your place.It does exactly what is says: enables 480p display of the signal coming from your Wii. This is not HD, but it looks better than the normal 480i. I have compared the difference on my 50" Panasonic TH-50PX80U (720p) and on my parents' 50" Pioneer PDP-5080HD (720p), and while it does smooth the lines and make the overall picture more crisp, it's not like going from standard to high definition. If I showed you the different pictures a week apart, you might not be able to tell the difference. When we're traveling and using the composite cables, I don't notice unless I'm looking for it.That said, if you're going to be staring at the picture for hours and hours at a time, it's probably worth 12% of the cost of the unit to make that picture look its best. You can go the third-party route, but it's worth it to me to know it's going to work and look good instead of wondering about the manufacturing quality of that $10 generic cable.It is a bit annoying that you can't splice the audio and video ends as much as with the composite cable, but that's easily taken care of with a trip to your local audio shop for extenders or the routing of signals from your TV to your receiver: most newer TVs will have digital or optical out and almost all TVs have composite out.I haven't experienced degradation in signal from bundling the cable behind the TV, but I keep it away from the rest of the cables, so that might help. I also had to muscle the connectors in, but all good component cables I've bought are the same way. Unless you're taking them off every week, just be happy they'll never come off.As other reviewers have pointed out, the Wii does not automatically switch to 480p when you start using this cable. You'll have to manually switch it in the Wii Settings. Also, it should go without saying, but make sure you do have a free component input on your TV and that it can display 480p.Pros- First-party, Nintendo-branded- Makes picture a little more crisp- Can set this up to stay at home and travel with the compositeCons- Overpriced- Can only split audio and video connectors a littleVerdictI'd buy it again.

These cables are great! If you have an HDTV or just a TV with component inputs, these cables are a necessity for better picture. I have both a CRT style TV with component inputs and a 1080p HDTV. Both TV's have more vibrant colors and better picture when using the component cables. Make sure that your HDTV supports 480p if you want the Wii to display in that resolution. DO NOT TRY TO ENABLE 480P IN THE WII SETTINGS IF YOUR TV WILL NOT DISPLAY THAT RESOLUTION.For those not noticing a difference compared to the included Composite Cables this can be atttributed to 2 things:1. You have forgotten to enable 480p in the Wii Settings2. Your HDTV does not display 480p as well as it's native resolution like 1080i/1080p. Not all HDTV's are built the same.***VERY IMPORTANT FOR 480p Output***-Please note that your TV must be a high-definition TV (HDTV) or enhanced-definition TV (EDTV) to view 480p output.-You will also be required to change your Wii settings from Standard TV (480i) to EDTV/HDTV to view 480p.***VERY IMPORTANT FOR 480p Output***Super Mario Galaxy looks even more incredible with these cables!! Awesome.Thanks Amazon for the great price! Thanks Nintendo for another fantastic product!

I bought the Mad Catz, simply because it was cheaper than the Nintendo, considering that its just a copper wire encased in plastic, i thought MadCatz will do. And it works great.For those who are pondering about "My TV does 480i so 480p isnt gonna make much difference". STOP!. Just go get the cable the difference is very obvious.I have a TOSHIBA 32 inch LCD Flat panel and the images were fuzzy, sort of like 'out of focus'. I know this because i had a regular 27 inch SONY TV before and it was sharp in the SONY(Because it was smaller than the TOSHIBA and was a SDTV) But the moment you switch to a higher resolution(HDTV) TV the Wii started showing its graphic weakness.Got the Component cable and the pictures are sharp in my TOSHIBA now and i love the clarity.Go get the cable Nintendo or other manufacturer and you wont regret it.

This cable thing does what it is supposed to do--enable your Wii to work with that progressive scan crap. Using their magic science, Nintendo has developed this cable to be very sturdy quality with nice, smooth, clean connectors that stick in to your TV with ease and sophistication. It's sorta expensive, but if you want the 480i to be the 480p, what else you going to do? Hot wire the damn thing yourself? You don't know how to make a cable like this, stop thinking thoughts like that.The odd thing about this, however, is that since Wii is 480 resolution, some games actually look better in 480i mode rather than progressive mode. Progressive will sharpen your lines up, so playing certain games will give you a case of the worse aliasing (that is, the horrible jagged nightmarish sharp appearance of lines as little squares) you will ever experience. Gamecube games seem to look really terrible in 480p on my 32 inch LCD TV (they actually look pretty bad in both modes, though). However, if you're wanting to get the best detail, and you sit a bit far back from your TV, you probably won't notice, and if that is the case (or you don't actually care) I would tell you to please, sir or ma'am, purchase this item, and not a non-Nintendo cable, as they tend to burn out after a while.

Soy bastante exigente con la calidad de imagen. con este cable se nota mucha la mejoría. Gran precio para el cable original

It worked - no problems. Expensive, but no hassles.For non-AV fanatics, the visual difference is not all that great, but it's definitely there.

I was having troubles connecting my Wii to the tv without having the infamous brightness issue occurring, and for a while, I had a set up where it was connected through a VCR player via scart splitter.It was a mess.However, I'm entering a phase where I will be moving back and forth often, and I can't lug around that elaborate set up with me, so I decided to chance it, and purchase a proper cable for the Wii, to see if it fixed the issue.Enter the Component Cable. This cable initially put me off due to the high price. However I saw no alternatives, as I did not wish to gamble with third party cables and the price either matched, or was lower than other retailers I know of.So I purchased this cable. The delivery was speedy and having plugged it in to my TV, and set the settings on the Wii settings menu to HDTV (that's important), the brightness issue was completely resolved, the corners were more defined vastly improving graphics on the games I've tested thus far, and the colour was also greatly enhanced, leading to an all around much sharper image.Of course, the only con I can think of here is the price. This is high above what I'd usually be comfortable paying for a cable. However, I focus my reviews on quality and not retail price, and if you can look past that, you won't be disappointed in the cable.So if you're suffering from the brightness issue or would rather see games in higher definition (although still not true HD - the wii isn't capable of that), purchase this cable.

Je ne pensais pas au vu des commentaires plus ou moins chaud arriver à une telle différence d'image mais: WOUAH on a simplement plus l'impression d'avoir affaire à la même console, les images ne sont plus baveuses et ne scintillent plus grâce au taux de rafraichissement grandement amélioré, aucune latence : pour des jeux comme Guitar Hero par exemple plus besoin de décaler l'image comme avec le câble original de la Wii... Je ne le conseille pas je le recommande indiscutablement il est indispensable... Bien que trop cher quand l'on compare ça a un cable HDMI Amazon Basics à 6,99 pour connecter une console vraiment HD ça pique un peu mais si vous aimez la Wii vous ne pouvez vous en passer...

posseggo la wii da parecchi anni ma ho acquistato il cavo component solo a gennaio 2012 poichè pensavo non fosse utile. A Natale ci siamo regalati un plasma 50 pollici e su questo l'immagine dei giochi wii era quasi inguardabile con sfarfallii fastidiosissimi.Fidandoci dei giudizi di altre recensioni, abbiamo "investito" 26 euro per l'acquisto di questo cavo.Oggi l'abbiamo ricevuto, come sempre il servizio di amazon è celere e professionale, e devo ammettere che il passaggio dal cavo normale al component ha notevolmente migliorato la grafica che risulta più nitida e i colori più vividi. Compatibilmente col fatto che la visione della wii su un tv HD è quella che è,un netto miglioramento è garantito dal cavo component.