What is this mess? Why is the picture quality so bad – surly a console launched in 2006 should have better graphics than this?!

If you have experienced this horror recently, read on…

It is true to say that the Wii was never designed with its graphical ability as being its primary USP. But playing on the console on a large HDTV screen (say anything above 32”) and your are left with a pixelated, standard definition, mess.

Now this certainly isn’t a problem for a lot of gamers – simply staying a few steps further away from the TV should suffice for most. However, for some, this lack of graphical prowess can be a little bit of a disappointment.

There is a solution – what many don’t know is that the Wii can output at 480p – it’s just the standard composite cable that the Wii ships with that can’t. So what do you do, you say? Well simple. You buy a Nintendo Wii Component Cable!

The Wii Component Cable will allow you to take a 480p signal to your HDTV drastically improving the picture. Awesome!  

If you live in the UK – you can pretty much pick these up easily for under £10 with free delivery. I would recommend it!

The picture improvement is quite impressive. Gone are those blurry images leaving some real definition for you to oodle over.

Just image search for “wii composite vs component” and have a look at some of the results.

If you can’t be bothered searching for it yourself have a look at this for an example.

Audio Video AV Directory – Audio video (AV) suppliers and companies.