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Press_the_Button on 15 February 2008

Hmmm, I think I'll wait for the lead to turn up and look to get a new TV at some point just for the Wii should the lead not be up to the task. I'll report back on this thread on how using the lead goes for those who are tracking this or discover it when faced with the same situation.



I am largely platform agnostic. I fail to understand why some people get overly fanboyish about what is an inanimate piece of electronics that's obsolete even before it's launched, when there are far more important things to champion, such as preventing environmental destruction or preventing millions of people dying unnecessarily from illnesses. This fact however, doesn’t mean I am not someone who doesn’t enjoy gaming as a pastime (as I have done for the last 20 years) or doesn’t have a strong interest in how the market is evolving – hence my presence on this site.

Platforms owned – PC, DS, X-Box 360, PS3, PSP and Wii.

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Press_the_Button on 17 February 2008

Just an update on some progress I made getting my Wii using my VGA monitor.

Firstly I found this link where leads for Wii's are discussed and it mentions connecting a Wii to VGA ...

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=16262&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

Secondly, while I'm still waiting for the company to have the lead I ordered in stock, I discovered an internal TV card lying discarded in a box and replaced the external USB one I had been using previously. Success! I plugged the Wii composite cable into the internal cards composite adapter and viola! one good quality and more importantly, responsive Wii display on my monitor and I've been playing on it all afternoon.

The one thing that is a shame is the lack of S-Video ability on UK Wii's as my TV card has a S-Video adapter too which would have been perfect to use as it'd have enabled 480p display *sigh*



I am largely platform agnostic. I fail to understand why some people get overly fanboyish about what is an inanimate piece of electronics that's obsolete even before it's launched, when there are far more important things to champion, such as preventing environmental destruction or preventing millions of people dying unnecessarily from illnesses. This fact however, doesn’t mean I am not someone who doesn’t enjoy gaming as a pastime (as I have done for the last 20 years) or doesn’t have a strong interest in how the market is evolving – hence my presence on this site.

Platforms owned – PC, DS, X-Box 360, PS3, PSP and Wii.

Press_the_Button on 22 February 2008

Another update. I now am able to view Component (480p) resolution Wii images on my PC monitor courtesy of the Winfast PxDTV2300 H TV card - the only TV card I have found that has Component inputs, cos the rest had only composite or RF inputs. It's a PCI-E card though, which might not suit everyone, but the image quality is great and there's been no problems playing games using it - costs only £40-ish too, which is great value.



I am largely platform agnostic. I fail to understand why some people get overly fanboyish about what is an inanimate piece of electronics that's obsolete even before it's launched, when there are far more important things to champion, such as preventing environmental destruction or preventing millions of people dying unnecessarily from illnesses. This fact however, doesn’t mean I am not someone who doesn’t enjoy gaming as a pastime (as I have done for the last 20 years) or doesn’t have a strong interest in how the market is evolving – hence my presence on this site.

Platforms owned – PC, DS, X-Box 360, PS3, PSP and Wii.

Press_the_Button on 28 February 2008

One more update to this as I got the lead that ordered. Alas, it doesn't quite work - on my 19" LCD it displays the Wii picture but it's too big for the screen and flows off the top and the right - with no way for me to scale it down, but that could be the monitor being crap. On my widescreen it doesn't display anything.

It could be that neither monitor is able to display 480p resolution, but I'll do more testing at the weekend when I have more time.



I am largely platform agnostic. I fail to understand why some people get overly fanboyish about what is an inanimate piece of electronics that's obsolete even before it's launched, when there are far more important things to champion, such as preventing environmental destruction or preventing millions of people dying unnecessarily from illnesses. This fact however, doesn’t mean I am not someone who doesn’t enjoy gaming as a pastime (as I have done for the last 20 years) or doesn’t have a strong interest in how the market is evolving – hence my presence on this site.

Platforms owned – PC, DS, X-Box 360, PS3, PSP and Wii.

dajeff on 28 February 2008

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3322945&CatId=1427

this works for Wii. it come with female adapters for A/V, Component, and S-Video. I just got it in the mail a few days ago.