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Press_the_Button on 14 February 2008

I'm in a quandry. TV constantly used by the misses to watch soaps, Wii can't be used cos it's the only TV. Now aside from banning soaps on the TV (along with all the nagging that'd ensue), I am trying to figure out how to connect the Wii to one of my PC monitors - one has DVI and VGA, the other just VGA.

 I've tried using the Wii plugged into the TV card, but that was useless - the delays caused by the PC processing the signal ruined it.

 So I'm left with looking for a cable to plug my Wii into my VGA. An internet search has come up with only one lead (if you excuse the pun) - http://www.thegametrain.com/wiiplaystation-3-vga-cable-480p720p1080i1080p-p-478.html which seems to be what I want, but alas they have none in stock. Anyone know of any better UK based providers of such cables? 



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Katilian on 14 February 2008

Not that I can really help you, but someone posted a link to this the other day:

http://www.vdigi.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1%A0

Perhaps you can try searching online for UK stores that stock that. No idea in regards to the quality or anything like that as my monitor has component inputs so I haven't had the need to get VGA cables.



nordlead on 14 February 2008

what you need is a scan converter. Since I'm from the US, it would be hard for me to find a shop that sells what you need, but if you google "TV to VGA Converter" you should find what you need.

For example, I found this one by Startech
http://www.startech.com/Product/ItemDetail.aspx?productid=CPNT2VGAA&c=US

however, it is a bit pricey ~$100

 EDIT: however, something like this would be more useful in case you wanted to plug other systems into your monitor, not just a Wii or PS3




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dajeff on 14 February 2008

i might be needing this threadsoon.... saved for easy retrieveal



sc94597 on 14 February 2008
Katilian said:
Not that I can really help you, but someone posted a link to this the other day:

http://www.vdigi.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1%A0

Perhaps you can try searching online for UK stores that stock that. No idea in regards to the quality or anything like that as my monitor has component inputs so I haven't had the need to get VGA cables.

 I just got mine yesterday. I think its really good quality and it even produces 480p. It was 40usd I don't know what that is in the UK.The only issue is that it doesn't support 480i games. SO if you have a game with 480i only you have to hook it up to a tv. 



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azrm2k on 14 February 2008

Yeah i'd go with that cable if sc94597 says it works good.

I bought an X2VGA transcoder months back and it works amazing but it's more expensive and a simple VGA cable wasn't offered back then (or I just couldn't find one ).

As for the 480i Wii and GC games not the cable nor a transcoder would get around that as most monitors can't handle 480i resolutions. In that situation using the TV card is your best bet. You can try to minimize the delay by using Dscaler, that's what I use with my 480i GC games.

I'd still suggest getting the cable for your 480p games as it looks far better.



wiiforever on 14 February 2008

^those cables should wrok but don't come cheap at all. Why do u need to connect it to ur monitor? It's a bit pricey but if u must, go with http://www.vdigi.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1%A0



BenKenobi88 on 14 February 2008

Dscaler or VirtualDub can be used with a TV card to play games without lag. It still doesn't look that great though.

I'm thinking of throwing down money for that VGA cable, but that would disable my monitor for computer browsing, which kinda sucks...I'd like to be able to do both at once.

But I have a regular TV in my room anyway...so I usually use that for playing games.



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BenKenobi88 on 14 February 2008
wiiforever said:
^those cables should wrok but don't come cheap at all. Why do u need to connect it to ur monitor? It's a bit pricey but if u must, go with http://www.vdigi.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1%A0

 Congrats on not contributing again...that link was already provided.



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azrm2k on 14 February 2008

Well Ben you could always get a splitter of some kind so you wouldn't have to worry about switching cables every time you play or stop playing. My transcoder allows you to just have a switch between computer input and the console input. Of course it's meaningless to me as I use DVI for my computer and VGA for the Wii....