All,
I have, what I hope to be, an easy question.
I've got a home theater system setup in my basement. It includes a DVD player, receiver, projector and speakers. I'm wanting to get a Wii, but I'm not sure what cables/converters I need to get, if any.
The Wii, as I understand it, will come with composite cables, which I already have with my GameCube. To get 16:9 (which my projector and screen are set at normally) or 480p resolution, I need the component cable.
Because my projector is twenty feet from my components, I only have a single HDMI/DVI cable running from my receiver to my projector. No other cables are run between the two through the ceiling. We do occasionally play some GameCube games, though, that requires running the composite video cable across the floor and up to the projector. Not only does that suck, the video runs off the projector screen.
Inputs into the receiver dont appear to be an issue. Inputs into the projector appear to be. The projector will only take DVI, S-Video, composite, or VGA. It's my understanding that component, like composite, is analog and will therefore not carry a signal over the HDMI/DVI cable. So, I'm left with doing the same thing with the Wii that I'm doing with the GameCube without providing some other kind of workaround.
So, now I come to the question: Am I right in my assumption that, given my setup, I'm either stuck with composite or finding some sort of workaround? If a workaround is possible, would anyone have any suggestions?
I appreciate any insight.
Thanks,
Craig
There's only a very slim chance that the Wii won't offer VGA in the near future, which would be ideal for you, but all Wii solutions will require running new cables.
Component video is really good quality (though not as good as RGB/VGA). That it's analogue is not much of a strike against it.
maybe you could use s-video?
QuoteThe Wii, as I understand it, will come with composite cables, which I already have with my GameCube. To get 16:9 (which my projector and screen are set at normally) or 480p resolution, I need the component cable.
The Wii will output 16:9 on the composite cable. It adds content, smooshes it, then you stretch it.