New Plasma tv and need advice about wiring wii in!

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Hi Folks

This is my first post so be gentle

I`ve just bought a new Panasonic TH 37PX80 tv and so far have put a DVD player into it via a quite expensive IXOS scart lead, my Sky + in through a cheapo scart lead and my Wii through the front using the Wii supplied cable. Sadly I don`t think the picture is very good from the Wii Will I be better off using a HDMI cable from the Wii into the tv and also upgading my cheapo scart from Sky+ ?

Any advice much appreciated as I`d like to make my system perform to the best of its abilities!

Cheers

Lee

 

[Anonymous]

welcome to the forum!

I have an xbox 360 and 37 px80 and the difference in getting the componet cable to wire it was amazing over the old scart lead.

I would reccomend getting the wii componet cable and connecting it this way to you TV, if I remember correctly the wii outputs only in 480p but even then you should (hopefully) notice an improvement in the quality of the picture. I doubt you will be able to test the cable first but as its only £20 from amazon and can probably be found for cheaper its not an expensive option.

Good luck, let us know how you get on.

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks for that! Even my wife said the picture was better from the Wii on our old tv, not good! I`ll look into getting one of those leads as all the other picture quality is good just the Wii lets it down.

 

[Anonymous]

I recently bought my Wii component cable (Madcatz, 3m) from an ebay shop. Paid no more than £9.00 for it, including delivery. So shop around. Got mine in 2 days. Brilliant service. Just need to check the difference over the original cable now, but I expect it to be noticeable.

 

[aliEnRIK]

As well as component, theres also the option of using an svideo cable for the wii (another step up from what you have now). Or indeed a proper RGB cable (The freebie cable is composite ONLY,, which is why it looks cr*p). Any will be a big step up from the supplied freebie lead.

Personally speaking, id get a decent dvd player with hdmi (Like the toshiba at amazon)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Toshiba-XDE500-Advanced-Upscaling-Technology/dp/B001ELK374/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1231657728&sr=1-4
and id certainly upgrade the scart on your sky. My dad uses a russ andrews 'picture only' scart which at times produces astoundingly good pictures (And he originally used an IXOS for 40 quid!)

Id recommend a thor scart ~

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Thor-Scart-to-1-5m/dp/B0009E66SW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1231657951&sr=1-1

 

[Binman]

Ive got a similar TV (37PX70) and I have my wii connected via a relativley cheap scart lead bought from Play.com. The difference from the standard cable supplied with the wii is very noticable (but still a little soft). There is also a setting on the Wii settings to change the video output - have a tinker. Edges are much sharper, and text is much clearer. You would probably get the same effect from using a component cable.