Sky Render said: @wiiforever A/V (aka. composite) are the standard RCA cables you find with just about every TV-based device. They're the yellow, white, and red cables you refer to. The yellow is video, red and white are right and left channel audio. S-Video is a wider plug, and looks a bit like a second-generation keyboard plug (ie. small and round, but still a bit bigger than an RCA plug). Component is a 3-cable video feed: Y, Cb, Cr (or black/white, blue chroma, red chroma). They're all shaped like standard RCA cable plugs, but are colored green, blue, and bright red respectively. |
Just to add that Wii's component cables also include two more cables for audio.
Summing up:
Composite cables: 1 video connector and 2 audio connectors (3 in total).
Component cables: 3 video connectors and 2 audio connectors (5 in total).
Naraku_Diabolos said:
Trust me, it will look like crap. When I played Endless Ocean (I think my friend needed to decrease the sharpness on his Samsung HDTV), the character models were pixelated. It looked horrible, like a PS2 in HD. Tried Galaxy and it was the same thing. When I use the component cables without switching to 480p, the picture is more clear. I can't do that on my HDTV in my basement; it doesn't run progressive scan. But the component cables make a really good picture in just 480i, but crappy in 480p. |
That's if you have a crappy TV which can't upscale 480p properly, don't blame the Wii or the cables for it.
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