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archbrix on 25 January 2016
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Bman54 said:
NightDragon83 said:

Or you could just play your GC games on your Wii (original version only) with the Wii's component cable. Being able to experience games like F-Zero GX in 480p and 16x9 widescreen format on an HDTV is soooo worth it!  Many NTSC region GC games support 480p but surprisingly few also support true 16x9 widescreen.

Yeah, I was wondering if the component cables for my Wii also up-resed GC games too. Definitely a much cheaper option.

Well, component cables don't up-res or up-scale; you need HDMI for that.  What the GCN component cables allow you to do is run your 480 resolution image in progressive scan (the entire picture in a single pass - 480p) instead of interlaced (in two passes - 480i), which results in a better picture.

I've heard that the GCN component cables deliver a sharper image though:

 

Personally, I don't see much of a difference on screen, but maybe it's there.  To answer your question though, yes, the Wii component cables allow compatible GCN games to run in progressive scan.