Review 1 for Nintendo Component Video Cable for Nintendo Wii
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Great Bang for the Buck
11/06/2008
By NicholasK
from West Monroe, Louisiana
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What's great about it: Crisp and well rounded on HDTVs
What's not so great: Bit too sharp on some older Wii titles
"Recommended more for HDTVs, these component cables enhance your Wii experience on all fronts. Only downside is that some games can produce a picture too sharp with these cables equipped. But that slight downside set aside, this is a must-buy who wants to get the most out of their Wii!!!"
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
Yes
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Review 2 for Nintendo Component Video Cable for Nintendo Wii
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BEST BUY
10/19/2008
By Csheerer
from Philly
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What's great about it: Easy to connect
What's not so great: None
"RESOLUTION IS AWESOME WITH THE NEW CABLE, IF YOU HAVE A 42 SCREEN IT'S A MUST BUY"
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
Yes
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Review 3 for Nintendo Component Video Cable for Nintendo Wii
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Top 10 Contributor
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Bad Experience
10/06/2008
By CallawayMan
from Grand Forks, ND
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"I'm sure these are great and they felt like they were high quality but the one that I bought only came in black and white. I returned them planning on buying another set but instead an employed showed me the Rocketfish cables so I thought I'd try them and they are great!"
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
Yes
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Review 4 for Nintendo Component Video Cable for Nintendo Wii
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GREAT UPGRADE
09/27/2008
By scooter4478
from VA.
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What's great about it: GREAT PICTURE
What's not so great: NONE
"THE RESOLUTION IS AWESOME WITH THE NEW CABLE. I WOULD RECOMMEND IT TO ANYONE WITH A 42 INCH OR BIGGER HDTV."
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
Yes
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Review 5 for Nintendo Component Video Cable for Nintendo Wii
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Bit over priced, But
09/23/2008
By Reaper22z
from Missouri
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What's great about it: Great graphics..
What's not so great: A bit over priced..
"I first bought the cyclones for $60 and did not see a very good improvement over the composite cables, took them back and got the Nintendo component cables half the price too.. and these are way better, graphics are pretty cool on my 50" 720P plasma, a real noticeible difference in the wii golf and bowling. House of the dead is way cool as well..."
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
Yes
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Review 6 for Nintendo Component Video Cable for Nintendo Wii
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Waste of Money
08/24/2008
By patrcom
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What's great about it: None
What's not so great: Quality
"I recently bought a 50 inch plasma panasonic 1080p hdtv and have my wii hooked up to it. After reading the reviews for these cables, I decided to give them a try. I hooked them up, changed the settings in the wii menu to the 480p setting and changed the screen to the widescreen option then restarted the system to make sure the settings were in effect. The color improvement was so slim that I had to try to convince myself that there was actually an improvement. Also, the edges of certain images (bowling pins, mii characters, etc) actually seemed to get worse with these cables. These are getting returned to bestbuy and maybe I'll try the react cables."
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
No
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Review 7 for Nintendo Component Video Cable for Nintendo Wii
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Top 500 Contributor
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buy this
08/01/2008
By Mallard
from Maryland
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What's great about it: better graphics
What's not so great: should have come with the game to begin with
"Adding the component video cables really improved the graphics of my Wii. The graphics on the endless ocean game are just so much better. I have an HD TV. The old cables really didn't do it justice. I do resent however that you think you got a game for $250 and you have to keep buying more stuff. The game should have come with these cables and two controllers to begin with."
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
Yes
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Review 8 for Nintendo Component Video Cable for Nintendo Wii
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must have...
04/28/2008
By Downifur
from Chicago, IL
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What's great about it: great picture quality!
What's not so great: price
"A little pricey but this is a must have item. If you're using the cables that came with the system you're not getting your money's worth yet from the console. I don't understand all the tech stuff behnd this but I have the component cables for all my gaming consoles and Nintendo's work just as well as the other proprietary brands' cables. decent price for the one-time-buy."
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
Yes
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1 of 1 people found this review helpful.
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Review 9 for Nintendo Component Video Cable for Nintendo Wii
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Must have for HD or Digital TV owners
04/25/2008
By Kevfu1234
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What's great about it: Great upgrade in 480p picture
What's not so great: Cables are limited when seperating for surround sound
"So when I first got my Wii I went through all my settings to properly set-up the best possible pictures I could gain for out of the box play. Immediately I noticed that my Wii hand would jitter around a bit when playing on a 65" screen, and to eliminate it I thought maybe I would update a few things. I bought these cords knowing at least I'll gain a better picture and it did more than that. After hooking up the cords not only did the picture upgrade so did the accuracy. No longer did I have the jittery hand! These cords really do justice to your Wii and is a must have. As for the cords hooking up to surround sound, people have two options, they could get extensions for the audio cords, or hook it up to your TV and then run your TV sound out to the sound device. There you go, problem solved!"
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
Yes
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Review 10 for Nintendo Component Video Cable for Nintendo Wii
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Top 100 Contributor
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For all Wii owners!
03/21/2008
By Celestin
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What's great about it: Graphic improvement
What's not so great: If only they came with every Wii, audio and video plugs are too close.
"I've had my Wii for a few months now and I knew I was missing something. The graphic quality on the standard AV cable doesn't look good as well as i thought it would be...So after getting these and hooking them up...There is a difference! The image is more clearer and better..Buy this to bring the best out of your wii..."
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
Yes
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Review 11 for Nintendo Component Video Cable for Nintendo Wii
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Top 50 Contributor
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A Must-Have For HD Owners
02/27/2008
By Blindspot
from Hagerstown, MD
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What's great about it: Progressive Scan GREATLY improves picture quality!
What's not so great: May need extensions for seperate sound systems...
"Simply put, if you have an ED or HDTV, you MUST get these cables! The Wii runs progressive scan for most of its games, and many of the old GameCube games have PG support as well (a little-known fact as Nintendo removed the output from later 'Cubes). I will agree that the short separation of audio and video can get in the way (and will dock it a star as such). I have mine streeeetched to fit and I have a system with the audio and video inputs almost right next to each other. Other than that, ED games running 16x9 with sweet, sweet DolbyProLogicII is DEFINATELY the best way to experience the Wii at its finest!"
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
Yes
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Review 12 for Nintendo Component Video Cable for Nintendo Wii
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Can still hook up audio to receiver
02/22/2008
By thewizardfred
from IN
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What's great about it: Everything, if you have component inputs
What's not so great: It didn't come with the console
"It's a pain that you can't split off the audio cables, but to the reviewers who took theirs back: They do make RCA audio cable extenders female to male, or even adapters for the ends of regular cables, try back at Best Buy or your local "electronics shop"."
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
Yes
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Review 13 for Nintendo Component Video Cable for Nintendo Wii
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Top 250 Contributor
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A must have!
01/24/2008
By Stanman
from Cerritos, CA
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What's great about it: There OEM component cables by Nintendo for Wii.
What's not so great: None.
"You need to have these to get the most out of your Nintendo Wii. Picture is more clear and the sound is noticable if you have a hi-fi system. The price is good surprisingly, because the fact there from Nintendo you kind of expect to pay more. You'll love the results on your Wii a lot more with this purchase."
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
Yes
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Review 14 for Nintendo Component Video Cable for Nintendo Wii
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What about the sound?
01/21/2008
By sportsmoviesgames
from Maine
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What's great about it: noticable upgrade in video
What's not so great: can't seperate audio cables
"As another reviewer had posted, you can't separate the audio cables from the 3 video cables, and each cable is only about 6-8" long before they are unified. This means that you can't run the video to the tv and the audio to a receiver (unless the plus are RIGHT next to each other). Kind of annoying especially since flat panel tvs don't exactly have great speakers. Its really too bad, because a simple detail like that makes this an okay product, not a great one."
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
Yes
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1 of 2 people found this review helpful.
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Review 15 for Nintendo Component Video Cable for Nintendo Wii
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short cable
01/20/2008
By neonparents
from las Vegas
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What's great about it: don't know
What's not so great: you can't split cable for receiver and tv
"I got this cable to get a better picture for my Wii. I had to take the cable back because you can't separate the sound (to plug into my receiver) and picture cables (to plug into my TV). Don't they think about people wanting to use Surround sound?"
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
No
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0 of 3 people found this review helpful.
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Review 16 for Nintendo Component Video Cable for Nintendo Wii
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Great Product
01/14/2008
By Gamer1
from Miami
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What's great about it: Greatly improves picture
What's not so great: Not packed as standard cable
"I was hesitant to buy the component cable since I did have component video connections on my SDTV (yes believe it or not SDTVs can have them too) but since it is standard...I can't use the full 480p. But i did anyway since the regular composite cables made the picture look sliced up (many lines were visible across the screen). When I plugged in this cable though, I had to reconnect the original one to make sure I wasn't seeing things! All those horrible lines were gone and thats with it set to 480i (again I only have Standard). I was instantly sold. Leave it to Nintendo to make an affordable and excellent product as always.
So I repeat, the idea that these cables are only for 480p is incorrect. As another reviewer mentioned, if you have component connections on your TV, then do yourself a favor and get this cable. It makes everything look better. Now if only I had a HDTV......"
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
Yes
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Review 17 for Nintendo Component Video Cable for Nintendo Wii
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Top 500 Contributor
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420p
11/29/2007
By zeravlaj
from So Cal
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What's great about it: vivid graphic
What's not so great: must have a 420p on TV otherwise it won't work
"The advantage of getting this input cable is to replace the s-video cable for better graphics. With this cable you can set the video output option to WII's full potential 420p resolution, which gives it more immerse graphic and more fun to play. This is highly recommended for WII owner."
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
Yes
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0 of 2 people found this review helpful.
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Review 18 for Nintendo Component Video Cable for Nintendo Wii
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Top 250 Contributor
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Great for any component-capable TV
10/18/2007
By BenGeekn
from San Jose, California
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What's great about it: 480P for EDTVs and HDTVs, better signal for SDTVs
What's not so great: None
"This cable isn't just for HDTVs - the Wii's maximum resolution is 480p, which is technically EDTV.
However, even if your TV doesn't support 480p, if it has component video inputs (often used for DVD players), you will still get better picture quality, especially if you are using the standard Composite (single yellow) video connection.
The difference between Component video and S-Video connection isn't as great, but the Wii only comes with the Composite cable anyway, so if you're going to buy a new cable for it, why not get the better one?
Now back to 480p, if you have a 480p-capable TV, you will definitely get a sharper image, and if you have an HDTV, you will likely get less motion artifacts as well since your TV won't have to deinterlace the Wii's output signal. The deinterlacing process often causes odd effects like "fuzzy" edges on the edges of objects moving horizontally, so not having to deinterlace is a good thing.
Long story short, if your TV has component input, get this cable!"
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
Yes
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Review 19 for Nintendo Component Video Cable for Nintendo Wii
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HD-TV? Wii? BUY THIS CABLE!@
10/02/2007
By TheGamer
from lancaster NH
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What's great about it: AMAZING picture qua;ity enhancement
What's not so great: none
"THis cord is a must have for all Wii and Hdtv owners... it drasticly enhances picture quality and it makes game play much more fun.. i would deffinetly recomend it for all wii gamers"
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
Yes
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Review 20 for Nintendo Component Video Cable for Nintendo Wii
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