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[Jefklak]

A quick question. Right now, my Wii is connected via shitty composite (yellow plug) and a pinnacle pctv rave tv card. Since I bought a new nice looking monitor, which supports composite, s-video, DVI and VGA, I'd like to connect the console directly to the monitor, so I can play without turning the computer on. I already tried the composite connection, which looks - as expected - quite bad. Color reproduction is very good, but the image stability and jaggies everywhere are so ugly...

As I can't connect it via component and can't use DScaler as with the tvcard, I was thinking about buying the component cables, a component to s-video cable, and connect that to the monitor. s-video still isn't great but at least it looks better than composite. In the end, is there a significant advantage over using s-video via the monitor, VS using composite + tweaking software via the PC?


Thanks.

 

[Colonel Nelson]

Why the component->svideo silliness? Why not just try a svideo cable first?

I think if you want really good results, you're either going to need a monitor with component in, or a transcoder (like x2vga 2, vdigi, etc.).

 

[Stench]

What Dell monitor is this that you're using?

 

[Jefklak]

Colonel Nelson, a wii s-video cable does not exist in PAL regio, at least I think so.
I absolutely do NOT want to use an external device that uses another power source, so no transcoder or vga box stuff. I'd rather use the tv card then.
I just bought a new monitor, I'm not going to buy another one...

Stench: DELL 2007WFP 20" Widescreen

I love the image quality. It's a LG/Phillips S-IPS panel, instead of cheaper TNs.

 

[Jacobi]

how bout x2vga

 

[Colonel Nelson]

Ah, ok, I'll shut up now. I have no idea how anything works in the PAL region.

I can tell you that S-video is a big improvement over composite, so that might be worth the trouble. But you'll miss out on 480p, which is another very noticeable jump.

 

[Durante]

I have a Dell 24 inch that even has component, and I suggest you DO NOT use any of the ports on your monitor for SD content from a console (anything except PS3 and 360). The scaler is acceptable, but not nearly as great as DScaler, and you miss a lot of configuration/tweaking options.

Personally I use a component capture card (and component cable) with dScaler to display my Wii signal -- I believe that allows me to get the best image quality possible. If you don't want to buy additional hardware I'd suggest sticking with composite and dScaler, and using a good spatial/temporal comb filter. But dScaler compatible s-video input cards are quite cheap these days.