Connecting Wii/PS2 to monitor

chipman

I got hold of a copy of Monster Hunter Tri and when I realised I couldn't actually see the text (A problem I've had in Xbox games that actually support HD - how is this happening on Wii as well?) I remembered how much larger my monitor is than my actual television.

So basically I was wondering if there was a way to get non-HD consoles that usually connect through composite/component/SCART to hook up to this VGA/HDMI monitor.

I tried to look things up and I got the impression that either I could get a very expensive conversion thing of unknown quality or possibly a capture card for the PC.

Also I noticed there are USB video capture things - I'm guessing these will either be bad quality or not real-time owing to the limits on USB speed, but it would be nice if I was wrong seeing as those were just £5.

Basically the topic of video inputs is pretty much unknown to me, this monitor is the only HD-capable screen in the house.

UncleSporky

There is a Wii upscaler that outputs to HDMI, but it is expensive for very little benefit. If nothing else though, it gives you that sort of output you need.

http://kotaku.com/5505009/wii-upscaler-review-can-the-wii-really-do-high-definition

maximumzero

For the Wii I'd go with VDigi's VGA cable

K0dos

I use this component to vga converter to connect to my Asus monitor and connect the audio cables with an rca to 3.5mm adapter that I got from Radio Shack. This setup works pretty good as long as the game supports 480p, this will not work for 480i at all.

Akatsuki

You will never get great quality regardless of the solution you take I think.