Official Wii Component Video Cable

Advantages: Far better picture than standard composite, better looking games
Disadvantages: Expensive, Only needed for larger screens 32" or greater

...After the release of the little white bundle of joy on the 8/12/2006 people were given a composite cable to show off their new shinny new console. AV enthusiasts all know a composite signal is the poor quality option for showing video on their TV's - what people really want is RGB or Component video input. As console manufactures are out to make a profit they usually bundle the cheapest and most compatible option with the console and then release upgrades to that product for people who need or want it. Nintendo understand this and have released two video upgrade options - the Wii RGB cable or the Wii Component cable. Lets get things straight from the off, The Nintendo Wii is not a High Definition Console, What this cable does offer is a enhanced image resolution of 480p. I finally got hold of the component video cable after...

tungst3n 20.01.2007 · Read review
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Review of Nintendo Wii Component Video Cable

Wii component cable- Well worth the money

Advantages: sharper/brighter picture, opens up more ports on TV, saves hassle.
Disadvantages: quite expensive for a simple console improvement

...The Nintendo Wii component video cable really is a sound investment if you are the owner of an HD/ LCD TV, and obviously a nintendo Wii. Before i bought it, i had trouble with the picture quality and contrast on many of the games. Games such as Wii Sports were fine, but more of the action/adventure games such as Zelda or Splinter Cell give a very dark picture which can sometimes be hard to make out what was happening. The only way i could combat this problem was to adjust the contrast on my television which did help, but was alot of hassle. With the component cable, the picture is not only much brighter, but much sharper and defined. It gets rid of the hassle of having to turn the contrast back down after playing on the Wii and improves the overall gaming experiance. Another bonus is that on your HD TV, this cable plugs into...

Mattletcher 10.09.2007 · Read review
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Review of Nintendo Wii Component Video Cable

Belkin Power Cable

Advantages: Works perfectly, Fits Snug, Lengthy enough
Disadvantages: None

...I bought this for plugging in my computer because the power supply I had to buy did not include one. There isn't much to say on a power cable so this is about all I could think of. My main reasons for choosing this where because I knew Belkin is a very respectable brand for when it comes to electronic connector cables and its length suited my needs perfectly. I found that the cable fits very snugly into the back of my computer so that when it gets knocked about for some reason (kicking from mad frustration during games :) ) then it does not fall out. It is easily strong enough to hold its own weight in so it doesn't pull itself out- which is a problem one of my crappy computer monitors was having. This caused me to buy a second one for my computer monitor as I was overall 100% pleased with this one. It has never failed me causing in...

coopsta133 21.01.2007 · Read review
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Review of Belkin Components Power cable Power 3-pole

The GAMEware component cable spices up the Wii's HD graphics.

Advantages: Improves the graphical quality of games, Cheaper than the official cable.
Disadvantages: I suppose some people will unfairly compare the Wii and the 360/PS3 graphics and be disappointed?

...Having previously played my Wii on a regular old television I was more than happy with the graphics in game. However upon moving house and purchasing a Samsung LCD TV which is HD compatible, I figured buying a component cable couldn?t hurt and I had heard good things about its effect upon games. I did not have the money at the time to purchase the official Nintendo one, and when talking about it with the kind and helpful assistants in GAME, they assured me theirs was just as good and a fraction of the price. I had never been let down by them before so I bought it and went home straight away to see the effect it would have, especially on games with already spectacular graphics like Metroid Prime 3 and Super Mario Galaxy. Difference in Picture Quality Being unsure of the effect it would have, I performed a blind test with a friend...

Eisbrecher 10.08.2009 · Read review
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Review of Wii Component Cable

Good but not good enough

Advantages: Improve picture quality for most games
Disadvantages: some glitch still exist

...Cost: You can get it for £21.99 from Amazon. It is very expensive for the genuine article since those compatible cables are around £5 - £7 and some even less. Easy of installation??? I have a Sharp HD ready TV and I didn't look carefully at the connection port before I decided to buy one of this to improve the picture quality of my Wii. Hassle! Not every digital TV has the full five female sockets for all the five male RCA plugs of this cable (try not to be too technical here). My TV certainly hasn't got two phono sockets for the audio plugs. It has the YPbPr sockets (Y = turquoise colour socket, Pb = deep sky blue socket, Pr = orange/red socket, in contrast to the usual Red/Green/Blue sockets) for the HD video RCA plugs (strangely enough they are in green, blue and crimson/red colours instead - colour weakness for the Wii...

volcano 27.11.2009 · Read review
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Review of Nintendo Wii Component Video Cable

make your Picture twice as better

Advantages: better Picture quailty
Disadvantages: unable to play the Wii Shop Games

...The Wii Component Cable is a Cable which Delivers a 480P Picture. (The Wii is not a HD Console but the cable just offers a Higher Picture Quailty) The Cable retails from £19.99 - £29.99 and There is still a sortage as loads of people are after the cable. if you have a HDTV i would advise you to get as the Picture Quailty Improves very well. When useing the Component Cable the Picture is a lot more enhanced. The Cable will support all wii Games and you can see quite a Difference when using this cable compared to the standard cable. But if you see a game with EDTV/HDTV you know you will use the full use of the component cable. After Plugging in the Cable i had to go into the menu and choose the 480P setting after the wii restarted i notice the wii Menu was a little more Clearer. I Notice a Large amount of difference when playing...

k800ifan07 03.05.2008 · Read review
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Review of Nintendo Wii Component Video Cable

HD Quality on the Nintendo wii

Advantages: Excellent picture,resonable price,
Disadvantages: Only supports 480p,

...Now I have too say thank goodness they brought this out for HDTV users, im sure they would be pritty left in the dark with the standard picture quality, I have tried out the standard video cable you get with the nintendo wii and belive me its not nice running it through your HDTV. The quality you get from this HD cable is excellent it brings out the vibrate colours that you just dont see in your standard cable, games for instance like zelda you really notice the difference and the background looks amazing. The only downfall about this new hd cable is that it only supports 480p which is standard compared too the settings most tv's support, mine for instance supports 1080p so you can imagin how much quality im losing, but im still happy its better than the standard lead. The price for this is quite resonable for the quality change...

chering123 12.01.2007 · Read review
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Review of Nintendo Wii Component Video Cable

firewire cable

Advantages: transfer speed over usb
Disadvantages: u have to make sure u have the right pin combinations

...professional looking dvd to treasure and keep forever. even if you do not have a dvd burner, vcds can be created in a cd burner that hold 700 mb of data (* about 40 mins) so you can see store your memories safe forever. so give you an example of the functionality of firewire, recently we went on a holiday to portugal with our new sony cam, as soon as we got home it was as simple as plug, open program click record, open dvd writing software click and dragging the wanted files.. and the dvd is created. of course there are ways to spice up your dvds, creating menus to split up a long video is great , when you are trying to find a specific part instead of fast forwarding for ten minutes, u can choose which scene you would like to watch ( which you choose when creating the dvd) so what are the real benefits of this cable, well to be honest, if you...

danny_westham 24.10.2004 · Read review
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Review of Belkin Components IEEE 1394 cable 4 PIN FireWire

High Definition Awesomeness!

Advantages: Great picture, supports upto 1080p, supports surround sound.
Disadvantages: May not be the best cable for your TV

...The Xbox 360 Component cable is vital if you want to see your Xbox 360 games in high definition. This cable is included in the box with any Xbox 360 Premium or Elite system but if you have a Core or Arcade system you and an HDTV you will want to get one. Appearance: The cable is around 3 metres long and is grey in colour, the ends are clearly marked with colours so you can easily identify which part of the cable is which. There is also a Microsoft sticker on there just to remind you that you have purchased the real deal. Pretty standard cable looks! Features: The Xbox 360 component cable is able to support standard definition and high definition TVs. To do this around two and a half metres down the cable the cable splits into two parts, one part is a composite section, yellow, red and white wires which support many TVs, the other...

hackersupr 04.02.2008 · Read review
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Review of Microsoft Xbox 360 Component HD AV Cable Game console audio / video cable

belkin Pro

Advantages: no
Disadvantages: ok

...the I needed to go away and get a VGA cable to hook it up and that's what I did. Since I have alot of things around my TV (lots of computers things and electricity) I didnt want any sort of crosstalk (disturbance on the cable from other electrical devices- its quite rare now but not unheard of) I made sure that i got a double shielded wire, the best one of these that i could find was the Belkin PRO series. This basically means that it has 2x the amount of protective sheath around the cable so that nothing can get through and distort the signal. Belkin are one of the leaders in computer products, they make everything from routers to cables and I have a few of their products and they have never gone wrong for me, so I trust them and their products. I went to my local computer shop and got this cable for the very reasonable price of £3...

styler766 19.03.2009 · Read review
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