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Yes get them.

Failing that get an RGB scart which also give a much better picture!



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bigjon said:

When I bought my Wii the guy at GS said not to bother, but I trust the opinion of you guys more. Should I buy them or not, and if yes, which brand is the best combination of performance and cost.



Anything is better than Composite.  If you have an SDTV, I recommend an S-Video cable.  If you have an HDTV, definitely get Component cables.  You will easily notice a difference.  Even the tennis court in Wii Sports looks like one solid green color on Composite, but actually has texture and detail with S-Video.

Entroper said:
bigjon said:

When I bought my Wii the guy at GS said not to bother, but I trust the opinion of you guys more. Should I buy them or not, and if yes, which brand is the best combination of performance and cost.



Anything is better than Composite. If you have an SDTV, I recommend an S-Video cable. If you have an HDTV, definitely get Component cables. You will easily notice a difference. Even the tennis court in Wii Sports looks like one solid green color on Composite, but actually has texture and detail with S-Video.

^ The bolded part is false:

http://www.hometech.com/video/ul-c2vfa.jpg

RF Video is worse ;)

 



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If you have an HD TV than of course you should.




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I never tried the other cables. I bought the Component with the system and only use those. I was very pleased with how sharp the picture was. Far better then I expected the Wii to look.

I have a Sony 50" XSRD 1080p LCOS TV.

Super Monkey Ball one looks awesome (and in 16:9). I was impressed considering how old of a game it is. For the 20 bucks, it’s definitely worth it for me.



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Absolutely, I can tell a big difference on my friend's Wii. Just buy the first party ones done by Nintendo.



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bigjon said:

When I bought my Wii the guy at GS said not to bother, but I trust the opinion of you guys more. Should I buy them or not, and if yes, which brand is the best combination of performance and cost.


Go back and tell that dude that hes an idiot. The difference is HUGE hurry up and buy it.

 

So it WON'T get rid of the choppy outlines...
Awww....That's why I wanted them...

Still, for 6 bucks....



 

 

 

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PS2 games, and everything else, look better with component cables, unless you have a TV 15 years old.



If your tv is progressive scan capable, then definitely yes.

Monoprice.com sells some cheap (but good) ones (or at least they did back when I bought them)