The Alternative to High Definition Wii

Advantages: Better quality picture
Disadvantages: A little on the expensive side

...If, like me, you don't have a High Definition TV, and you want a little bit more graphical juice out of your Wii, then I highly recomend you invest in a Nintendo Wii RGB Cable. This cable, (yep, that's all it is), which works in exactly the same way as a SCART cable (it plugs into the same hole at the back of the Wii, and into a SCART socket on your TV) is very very good indeed. I first noticed a difference as soon as I loaded up my Wii. The main interface was much much clearer, the words were a lot easier to recognise, and everything was so much more brighter. The colours on the different channels, especially the Virtual Console Game channels looked so vivid, I couldn't believe I made do with a SCART cable for so long! I decided, that to see exactly how good the cable was, I'd play all of my Wii games, and see how they've changed...

mrten_8 20.01.2007 · Read review
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Review of Nintendo Wii RGB Cable

An essential buy for any Wii owner.

Advantages: Better picture quality, easy to install
Disadvantages: Expensive, not supported by all TVs

...As I have a TV that doesn't support Component Cables, I decided to splash out on Nintendo's RGB cable to see if I could get improved visuals on my Wii. The cable is very simple to install, as it plugs into the same slot on the Wii as the standard cables, and into the SCART socket on the back of your TV. As soon as I loaded up my Wii I could immediately see the difference. Everything was brighter and clearer than before - the various channel icons on the main screen looked so much more vibrant and colourful, and everything seemed much sharper and more prominent, especially noticeable when looking at on screen text. I realised, however, that the new visuals would be worthless if they weren't noticeable in the games, so next I decided to load up some of my games and see if they had improved too. First of all I decided to try...

nobodyshere 28.01.2007 · Read review
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Review of Nintendo Wii RGB Cable

A scart is a scart is a scart

Advantages: Quality fully wired scart cable
Disadvantages: bulky connector head

...There are many cheap scart leads and many expensive scart leads. The cheapest may not be fully wired and hence not pass on all signals such as AV switching and screen mode through to the TV, and the most expensive may not appear to give value for money. The Ixos XFT02 is their entry level scart lead costing between £13-£20 depending where you look. The scart is fully wired, is constructed with oxygen free copper conductors with gold plated connectors, and is well shielded against emf interference. The scart does exactly what it is meant too without being too expensive for non-enthusiasts. These aren't the cheapest of scarts, but are at the low end of quality leads which are designed for signal performance rather than price. The only drawback is that the connector head is quite bulky with the side-exiting lead, so this may foul...

cootuk 04.06.2005 · Read review
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Review of IXOS First XFT02 Video / Audio cable

Wee madness on the Nintendo Wii

Advantages: It is simple, adictive and very interactive, keeps you fit
Disadvantages: Not found any personally

...] Mitsumi DWM-W004 WiFi 802.11b/g wireless module Compatible with optional USB 2.0 to Ethernet LAN adaptor MultiAV output port for component, composite and S-Video Storage 512 MB built-in NAND flash memory Expanded storage via SD card memory (up to 2 GB) Nintendo GameCube Memory Card (required for GameCube game saves) IBM's Wii "Broadway" CPU ATI's Wii "Hollywood" GPU Slot-loading disc drive compatible with 8 cm Nintendo GameCube Game Disc and 12 cm Wii Optical Disc Mask ROM by Macronix Video 480p (PAL/NTSC), 480i (NTSC) or 576i (PAL/SECAM), standard 4:3 and 16:9 anamorphic widescreen MultiAV multi-output port for component, composite, S-video, RGB SCART and VGA Audio Main: Stereo - Dolby Pro Logic II-capable Controller: Built-in speaker Power consumption 18 watts when...

bigfatdogs 31.05.2008 · Read review
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Review of Nintendo Wii

Sony HDD+DVD recorder, 1080p upscaling.

Advantages: Perfect recordings in SD mode, even better in HQ mode. Goodlooking unit.
Disadvantages: Only one digital tuner, can't watch one channel whilst recording another

...Off air DVB-T recordings in SD are totally indiscernable from the original broadcast quality, that alone is very impressive, but even more so is that HQ mode, which records at a staggering 15mps seems to actually *improve" over the broadcast quality! And it is HQ mode recordings when being upscaled via HDMI (To a 40" panny 1080p) that it really is impressive, No smearing, true deep colours etc. But HQ mode cannot be burned to DVD, HQ recording mode is only available to the HDD. DVD playback is excellent. Minus points: No USB/network capabilities. CD playback is good but bass light. The default setting output is S-Video, had to rummage around menu to activate full RGB SCART, and Component. An excellent recorder, but sonics slightly lacking richness. 9/10...

jdigitallyfiltered 26.12.2008 · Read review
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Review of Sony RDRHXD995B.CEK

Xbox 360 Advanced AV Cable

Advantages: Vastly improves the 360s graphics on SDTVs
Disadvantages: None

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ch_123 25.11.2006 · Read review
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Review of Microsoft Official Xbox 360 Advanced Scart AV Cable

Toshiba DVD player only £20

Advantages: All
Disadvantages: Only one scart connection

...What more can you ask for? A great brand DVD player at an eve better price! These little beautys are now selling online for £20 which is an abolute steal! The specification is as follows PAL Progressive Scan Sound & Power Output DTS Digital Output They play all the following types of disc... DVD, DVD+R/RW, DVD -RW, DVD-R, MP3, VCD, CD-R, CD-RW, SVCD, CD, JPEG (JPEG/Image CD), and are even DivX compatible And on the back they have several connections these are 1 x Component Video Connection, 1 x Co-axial Digital Connection, 2 x Audio Analog Phono Connections, 1 x Composite Video Connection, 1 x RGB Scart Connection. Having only one scart is a bit annoying but you can get around this if you wire it up correctly to your system :D The quality of the DVD player is great and I have not had a problem with it in the few months...

jonahea 01.10.2008 · Read review
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Review of Toshiba SD-280

LG 22LH2000. Satisfyingly adequate

Advantages: Connectivity, Weight, Price
Disadvantages: Build quality

...concerned about was connectivity because I have a number of digital cameras that have HDMI connections, a VCR and DVD player that connect via SCART and an S-Video to Composite Video output from my PC for when I want to use a second monitor. The 22LH2000 has 2 x SCART sockets (of which one is RGB), 1 x HDMI, 1 x Coax aerial, 1 x VGA monitor socket, an audio input and a set of Composite Video sockets. For the sake of experimentation (and nothing else) I did try plugging my PC into the VGA socket and the TV functions perfectly well as a monitor, with a maximum resolution of 1360 x 760 pixels. The quality of the display was more than adequate ? although a little less crisp than my Emprex monitor. I?m sure I could fine tune this if it was ever going to become a permanent arrangement. Initial set-up was easy enough, with the TV handling most...

rabidbadger 10.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of LG 22LH2000

Philips Wireless TV Link SLV3220

Advantages: Well made, easy to set up, looks good.
Disadvantages: Signal not brilliant

...I have had this since December 2007. The set-up is nice and easy, sender box has 2 inputs, 1 a scart lead, the other an RGB lead with a scart adapter. The first thing I noticed was that Wireless LAN causes really bad inference, so I have to turn that off when using it. Once that is turned off the quality is reasonable, but I sometimes still get inference from other wireless networks. I noticed on the box it says that Sky remotes will not work with this, but I currently have it connected to my Sky box and the remote works perfectly fine, no delay at all. I currently have the sender downstairs in the living room and the receiver upstairs in my room, so there's about 10-15 meters between them at most, with a ceiling and a wall between them. But I'd say that this is about the maxumim range as I've had to position them carefully to...

rokmysox 25.03.2008 · Read review
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Review of Philips Wireless TV Link SLV3220 Wireless audio / Video delivery system

LG DR275 DVD Recorder

Advantages: Multi-format recording/playback
Disadvantages: Unreliable

...I've had one of these for just over a year now and lets just say it has been... problematic. First the good points (yes there are some!) It will record on DVD-R/RW and DVD+R/RW discs and play DivX, VCD's and MP3/WMA files and also view JPEG images, in fact pretty much anything you can throw at it. Also has component output so if you have a HD television you can take advantage of it's progressive scan output, and standard digital and analogue audio output jacks. Now for the negative points. There is no digital tuner, so once the analogue tv signal is switched off the internal tuner will be redundant. Also it will not 'pass-through' an RGB Scart signal from one Scart socket to the other - for example if I connect my Sky Digibox to the recorder's AV-in Scart socket it will not output the Digibox's RGB signal from the recorder's AV...

Gilly78123 09.06.2008 · Read review
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Review of LG DR 275