ant1532 said:
damn, it's such a big difference. In the composite you can't even see the fairy.
chill, im kidding
composite to component is a huge difference. the difference you see in those comparison pics is nothing to what its really like.
what is a small, pretty insignificant difference to me are running in progressive scan, and widescreen. I prefer 4:3 since both my TVs are 4:3. progressive scan is fine, but it doesnt make much difference to me. just having component, even in interlaced mode, is good enough. but I do turn down the sharpness on my TVs to about 1/3 or 1/2 to make it some of the graphics look less jagged.
it is ABSOLUTELY worth it to get say, the $25 React component cables at Best Buy.
don't bother with the $50~$60 cables from other companies, they're not worth it.
get either the React or Nintendo cables. or even the cheaper ones, as long as you dont have to wait long. best option seems to be, goto a Best Buy store for the React ones.
I have 4:3 Sony 32inch WEGA 480p/1080i CRT from 2001 which does not do 720p, and also a cheap but decent 4:3 Panasonic 20inch 480i CRT from 2004. both showed great improvement when upgrading from composite to component. before I got the Wii component cables, and when I had the GCN version, I couldn't stop playing the GCN version because my GCN already had component hooked up. even my dad, who is not a gamer at all, said the difference was like night and day.