Wii Component Cable: Where the fuck art thou?

Kewop Decam

I can't find these damn cables anywhere. EB has the MadCatz one, but they sell them for $50 when the Madcatz site sells them for... $20 . Anyone know a site I can get these shipped overnight? Most of the places I searched are either out of stock or look like someone made it in their garage.

Mike99TA

I ordered one from nintendo.com last week and it arrived 2 days ago.

Kewop Decam

did the site say it would take a while? Right now it says shipping could be delayed.

Also, I want em NOW!!! I'm impatient as hell since I got back home and have an HDTV to put this thing on.

Sheep

Anyone know which cables WalMart carries?

I got a nice gift card for Christmas and figured that would be what I use it on.

SpaceDrake

Wal-Mart has tons of 'em for $20. Nice quality, eight feet long, all that. I forget the brand name but they aren't shit.

Kewop Decam

mine doesn't.. dammit! They don't even have a tag for one.

apotheos

I ordered mine Christmas morning and they arrived IN CANADA on that Friday. Yes, they said they were out of stock when I ordered them, and yes, I got piles of warnings about how shipping may be delayed.

xzzy

I made the mistake of including a nunchuck with my component cable order from Nintendo.

One week, no shipment. :P

GrimDog420

i got a 3rd party one for 20 at game crazy. if you have a ps3/ps2/wii/xbox360 this cable is pretty nice.


http://www.totalconsole.com/store/comersus_viewItem.asp?idProduct=368

EggyToast

Yeah, I think a lot of companies are underestimating their stock. I ordered FF3 on ebgames.com and it says it's backordered (still does). ordered on tuesday, paid the slowest shipping, and it arrived 2 days later. I was a bit surprised, to say the least.

Kuratosu

I bought the $10 ones from Play-Asia on the 28th and just got 'em today. They seem to be just fine. Although they seem to be backordered at the moment.

Smacky The Frog

I got my cables from Rhino (RIP) for $20. They were just sitting there with the Wii accesories, first set I've ever seen.

supabeast

Has anybody seen Wii s-video cables around? And is the Gamecube s-video cable compatible?

Kewop Decam

Smacky The Frog wrote:

I got my cables from Rhino (RIP) for $20. They were just sitting there with the Wii accesories, first set I've ever seen.

my Rhino doesn't have em. That's the first place I called.

GrimDog, that's a damn nice cord. My 360/PS2/Wii are all on the same level on my shelf too. This gets rid of the need for me to buy a system selector now.

Going to order this right now

EDIT - seems like that would be a pre-order for that product. I guess I gotta wait.

jclast

supabeast wrote:

Has anybody seen Wii s-video cables around? And is the Gamecube s-video cable compatible?

I haven't seen any, but GameCube cable won't work. The multi-out plug is a different shape on the Wii than on the GameCube.

No Great Name

My bestbuy always has oodles of wii s-video cables, but never any component.

Dareth Ram

apotheos wrote:

I ordered mine Christmas morning and they arrived IN CANADA on that Friday. Yes, they said they were out of stock when I ordered them, and yes, I got piles of warnings about how shipping may be delayed.

I'm pretty sure the Canada orders are shipped from their Richmond, BC HQ. I live in Vancouver, and I got them two days after I ordered.

OtakuD00D

GrimDog420 wrote:

i got a 3rd party one for 20 at game crazy. if you have a ps3/ps2/wii/xbox360 this cable is pretty nice.


http://www.totalconsole.com/store/comersus_viewItem.asp?idProduct=368

I FUCKING NEED THAT.

I don't care how close to broke I am. I need that.

Smudge

I got these 14.99 ones.

http://www.penguinunited.com/

Ordered them on the 30th and got them the second with just the standard ground shipping.

Have since hooked then up and they work great. Nice to finally have the wii in 480p.

Too bad that I fear that my $5 datel component switch with IR might not be working (or the ancient cables I dug up don't work)

ElJeffe

Kewop Decam wrote:

GrimDog, that's a damn nice cord. My 360/PS2/Wii are all on the same level on my shelf too. This gets rid of the need for me to buy a system selector now.

I dunno, the RGB cables look pretty scrawny. I found a set at Frys that were $40 (:() and of similar girth, and the quality of the image isn't exactly top-notch. Certainly better than composite, of course, but I'm hoping someone releases a set with decent quality that doesn't cost $60, and can actually be found in stores.

Kewop Decam

ElJeffe wrote:

Kewop Decam wrote:

GrimDog, that's a damn nice cord. My 360/PS2/Wii are all on the same level on my shelf too. This gets rid of the need for me to buy a system selector now.

I dunno, the RGB cables look pretty scrawny. I found a set at Frys that were $40 (:() and of similar girth, and the quality of the image isn't exactly top-notch. Certainly better than composite, of course, but I'm hoping someone releases a set with decent quality that doesn't cost $60, and can actually be found in stores.

The size of the cord determines the quality or something? Also, is the set from the same company or wha?

Raijin Quickfoot

I grabbed one I found at Best Buy. It was on the peg with the S-Video cables. It helps that I work there.

Kewop Decam

Raijin Quickfoot wrote:

I grabbed one I found at Best Buy. It was on the peg with the S-Video cables. It helps that I work there.

Mine is lame and only has S-Video.

Reagan

What percent would you say that these Component Cables will make my picture better?

I'm by no means a snobby gamer... will this $20 make a big difference for me?

xzzy

Kewop Decam wrote:

The size of the cord determines the quality or something? Also, is the set from the same company or wha?

It's generally an indication of shielding. Not an infallible one.. some expensive cables can be very thin and have no signal problems, some cheap ones can be really thick and have lots of problems.

But it works as a rule of thumb. A cheap thin cable is guaranteed to have signal problems.

xzzy

Reagan wrote:

What percent would you say that these Component Cables will make my picture better?

I'm by no means a snobby gamer... will this $20 make a big difference for me?

Standard def?

A lot of shimmering will disappear, colors will be richer, and edges will be a little bit sharper. Not as good as HD, but it still makes an excellent SD image.

No Great Name

I guess I lucked out, two days ago my BB had nothing wii related, but today they had everything. About twenty sets of the 25$ react componnt cable, wiimotes/chucks, ect...


everything except trauma center. Although that may be for the best, 'll wait for it to drop in price.

DaringDirk

I've got a question about the 480p setting, and this thread seems like the perfect place to ask. My TV is an older model HDTV, and there are two component inputs: one for 480i, and one for 480p/1080i.

I'd like to plug the Wii (once I get one) into the 480p jack, obviously, but also want to play GameCube games with it.

Anyone know if it actually plays GameCube games in 480p when the Wii is set to 480p, or if it actually sends a 480i signal when playing GameCube games?

Big Dookie

DaringDirk wrote:

I've got a question about the 480p setting, and this thread seems like the perfect place to ask. My TV is an older model HDTV, and there are two component inputs: one for 480i, and one for 480p/1080i.

I'd like to plug the Wii (once I get one) into the 480p jack, obviously, but also want to play GameCube games with it.

Anyone know if it actually plays GameCube games in 480p when the Wii is set to 480p, or if it actually sends a 480i signal when playing GameCube games?

If your Wii is set to use 480p, then all Gamecube games played on it that support 480p will be displayed in 480p.

The Wolfman

DaringDirk wrote:

I've got a question about the 480p setting, and this thread seems like the perfect place to ask. My TV is an older model HDTV, and there are two component inputs: one for 480i, and one for 480p/1080i.

I'd like to plug the Wii (once I get one) into the 480p jack, obviously, but also want to play GameCube games with it.

Anyone know if it actually plays GameCube games in 480p when the Wii is set to 480p, or if it actually sends a 480i signal when playing GameCube games?

You have the Wii set up for 480p. If a GC game supports that, it comes up with the little "Do you want progressive scan" box as if you were holding B on the cube. If the GC game doesn't do prog scan, it just plays it in regular 480i.

So you might possibly be screwed. Can your second component jack not do a 480i signal and only a 480p? Seems a bit weird to me why the TV wouldn't just switch it on the fly, but I don't know much about TV's.

DaringDirk

Big Dookie wrote:

DaringDirk wrote:

I've got a question about the 480p setting, and this thread seems like the perfect place to ask. My TV is an older model HDTV, and there are two component inputs: one for 480i, and one for 480p/1080i.

I'd like to plug the Wii (once I get one) into the 480p jack, obviously, but also want to play GameCube games with it.

Anyone know if it actually plays GameCube games in 480p when the Wii is set to 480p, or if it actually sends a 480i signal when playing GameCube games?

If your Wii is set to use 480p, then all Gamecube games played on it that support 480p will be displayed in 480p.

So, according to:

http://www.hdtvpub.com/games/nintendo/gamecube.cfm

Metroid Prime, Wind Waker, and Mario Sunshine should all be good. I'm assuming Metriod Prime 2 is also covered, just not listed there. Never had a 'Cube, so hoping to get these exclusives. Thanks for the info!

The Wolfman wrote:

You have the Wii set up for 480p. If a GC game supports that, it comes up with the little "Do you want progressive scan" box as if you were holding B on the cube. If the GC game doesn't do prog scan, it just plays it in regular 480i.

So you might possibly be screwed. Can your second component jack not do a 480i signal and only a 480p? Seems a bit weird to me why the TV wouldn't just switch it on the fly, but I don't know much about TV's.

Yeah, my TV is a Zenith, and it is weird like that. One component in ONLY does 480i, and the other ONLY does 480p/1080i, and actually won't display 480i. Since the games I'm interested in seem to all be 480p though, that should be fine.

Dareth Ram

DaringDirk wrote:

Big Dookie wrote:

DaringDirk wrote:

I've got a question about the 480p setting, and this thread seems like the perfect place to ask. My TV is an older model HDTV, and there are two component inputs: one for 480i, and one for 480p/1080i.

I'd like to plug the Wii (once I get one) into the 480p jack, obviously, but also want to play GameCube games with it.

Anyone know if it actually plays GameCube games in 480p when the Wii is set to 480p, or if it actually sends a 480i signal when playing GameCube games?

If your Wii is set to use 480p, then all Gamecube games played on it that support 480p will be displayed in 480p.

So, according to:

http://www.hdtvpub.com/games/nintendo/gamecube.cfm

Metroid Prime, Wind Waker, and Mario Sunshine should all be good. I'm assuming Metriod Prime 2 is also covered, just not listed there. Never had a 'Cube, so hoping to get these exclusives. Thanks for the info!

Usually anything published by Nintendo has it.

ElJeffe

xzzy wrote:

Reagan wrote:

What percent would you say that these Component Cables will make my picture better?

I'm by no means a snobby gamer... will this $20 make a big difference for me?

Standard def?

A lot of shimmering will disappear, colors will be richer, and edges will be a little bit sharper. Not as good as HD, but it still makes an excellent SD image.

Assuming your set has component inputs, it'll make a pretty dramatic difference over the cruddy composite cables that came with the system. S-video will also give you a really big difference over composite, though. Component is nicer than s-video, but the difference is small.

Your clal as to what's right for you.

Caswynben

If you have an LCD television, component cables make a HUGE difference.
And Walmart has a 20 dollar set that look brilliant on my TV.

Reagan

ElJeffe wrote:

xzzy wrote:

Reagan wrote:

What percent would you say that these Component Cables will make my picture better?

I'm by no means a snobby gamer... will this $20 make a big difference for me?

Standard def?

A lot of shimmering will disappear, colors will be richer, and edges will be a little bit sharper. Not as good as HD, but it still makes an excellent SD image.

Assuming your set has component inputs, it'll make a pretty dramatic difference over the cruddy composite cables that came with the system. S-video will also give you a really big difference over composite, though. Component is nicer than s-video, but the difference is small.

Your clal as to what's right for you.

I do have the inputs but my set is a freaking apex... seems like maybe I'll get these cables if I see them in the store, but I wont specifically put effort in getting them

SimBen

Dareth Ram wrote:

apotheos wrote:

I ordered mine Christmas morning and they arrived IN CANADA on that Friday. Yes, they said they were out of stock when I ordered them, and yes, I got piles of warnings about how shipping may be delayed.

I'm pretty sure the Canada orders are shipped from their Richmond, BC HQ. I live in Vancouver, and I got them two days after I ordered.

What you tell me, combined with the fact that I live in Montreal, kills me inside a little.

I won't get it next week, will I.

Torso Boy

So where is the Nintendo love for s-video? The official site says fuck all and stores are collectively shrugging when I ask them about it.

apotheos

The Wolfman wrote:

You have the Wii set up for 480p. If a GC game supports that, it comes up with the little "Do you want progressive scan" box as if you were holding B on the cube. If the GC game doesn't do prog scan, it just plays it in regular 480i.

You know, once I got my cube cables I never ever had to hold B to get the prompt. It always just showed up on compatible games. I've always wondered if that was just me.

TM2 Rampage

Torso Boy wrote:

So where is the Nintendo love for s-video? The official site says fuck all and stores are collectively shrugging when I ask them about it.

Back when I was still searching for component cables in stores (then I got them off Nintendo's site and a couple days later saw some $40-priced 3rd party ones at Fry's... although they're just the same cables that React/Asis/Penguin United/Psyclone[for their cheaper kind] put their names on... oh well, at least mine are gold-plated), my Best Buy had only React S-Video cables.

supabeast

Well, at least now I know that Best Buy actually carries the s-video cables. Mine had no cables of any kind today, and no damned nunchuks, either.

malkoth

dont mean to sound like a n00b here but whats the difference between s-video and component cables? i just bought a spiffy new lcd tv for my wii but still need to get cables for it.... just wonderin