Do you buy a component cable for your HDTV or did you stick with composite?

[TheBigFatJ]

KruzeS said:
Kn, I'll tell you this. As far as I know, you can still run the Wii on 480i/576i over component. So, even if you like the blurryness of the interlaced mode on your Wii better, you'll still be able to take advantage of the better colors. If you can part with the $10-30 for the cables, I'd give it a shot anyway.

It's not the interlacing that makes it blurry, it's the phsyical transport (the cables, in this case). Component are a lot sharper than composite, regardless of whether or not you choose to enable progressive scan.

On my set (1080p DLP), for example, it appears to make no difference whether I use progressive scan or interlaced from the Wii, but switching to component made things look *significantly* sharper.

Comparison shots here:

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/home-entertainment/the-story-of-wii-component-cables-exorbitantly-priced-on-ebay-worth-it-217054.php

It would be even more obvious in a game with better textures, like SMG.  As you can see, the texture detail is far better, the color is better, etc.  The composite ones give me a headache.