naznatips said: The Wii looks awful on LCDs compared to Plasmas unfortunately. There will be a lot of aliasing on the LCD, and colors will be darker, blacks less defined. Component cables help, but because you went LCD, prepare for aliasing hell.

 

This isn't an LCD vs Plasma issue, this is a TV with cheap scaler vs TV with good scaler issue. If you have a good LCD, the Wii won't look terribly aliased because it will be scaled well.

As stated, Component cables are very nice for the Wii.

^This is true, Wii looks great on my LCD with components because it has a great scaler. If you have a Westinghouse, not so good, Samsung, LG, Sony, Sharp, you are going to be just fine. Wii looks great on my 32" Samsung LCD with component.

@kaz--your test is flawed--it assumes that b/c you have done something you havent already repented, also what if i look with lust and desire at my wife?

DNR is dynamic noise reduction it just removes noise from a signal. About 1080p, by nature all digital TV's are progressive and will convert a signal as such be it interlaced or progressive. 1080i 1080p really makes a minor difference in most size displays as it's the SAME resolution. The biggest difference you'll notice is in computer generated items like the PS3 or 360 which can actually produce 60 frames per seconds. DVD's and Blu-rays only use 24 Frames per second well under 60 and under 30 even. The tv actually adjusts itself in some cases to use 24 Frames in a second to match the film or it doubles and even triples some frames to produce 60. Personally the closer you can get to the source the better the image will look. If it's source is native at 720 with 24 frames if you can manage that on your TV it will look better, unless the device/tv have good scaling functions.

^so should i turn it up of leave it down, b/c right now it sound like you ight as well have it cranked up

mesoteto said: ^so should i turn it up of leave it down, b/c right now it sound like you ight as well have it cranked up

Well put your ear to a speaker is there any static or foreign noises? If so you're fine the way you are you might even try turning it down. If there's 0 interferance you don't need the DNR but it won't hurt to leave it on.

okay--i wasnt sure if it would hurt to have it on

mesoteto said: okay--i wasnt sure if it would hurt to have it on

Yeah it really shouldn't hurt the TV to have it on, but you can try to turn it off, every function you have off should only save electricity. About Vios, it's only 480p with some HD programing like any other digital service I believe. The problem with that is 480p is still relatively low definition compared to your TV. Depending on the brand the interal scaling device(the thing that fits the image to the screen) in the TV or the cable box might not be the best. You can try buying a suitable box with component output and it -should- increase the picture quality 10-30%. It would not only allow you to use your 480p but it would increase signal clarity to the TV which is always good. S video is better than Composite but only marginally, component is much better than composite for the box or the Wii. Over air signals should always be around, as far as buying an HDTV antenna what brand of TV did you buy does it have an internal antenna and QAM tuner? Also the guy at Sears is an idiot, most over Air HD signals are in 1080i but trust me it won't hurt you to have a 720p set, I do.

see they make an hd box but i am not sure how much it will cost us to upgrade to it--when we signed up we didnt have a HD tv so we didnt need the hd box

mesoteto said: see they make an hd box but i am not sure how much it will cost us to upgrade to it--when we signed up we didnt have a HD tv so we didnt need the hd box

Yeah I understand what you can do is call Verizon and tell them you recently switched to an HDTV. You can tell them you don't want HD programing but you would like to know if they offer a box with a superior connection to S-Video like Component. Cable offered it to use when we switched to HDTV and called them about the poor picture quality through their box(which was s-video) and gave us a component output box that still counted as SDTV so we didn't have to pay for the HD box(though now I think the HD and SD box with cable are the same...)