XRGB Mini make a significant difference with the Wii?

[jade88]

I know it's obviously not going to make it look like the Dolphin emulator lol, but is it worth hooking up my Wii via component to the Frameister? I know what the XRGB Mini can do with 240p images, but how do you guys feel about 480p? Does it make a significant difference over just plugging in directly to a TV?

[Guspaz]

The XRGB Mini has a reputation of poor handling of 480p, and poor handling of component video. The Wii outputs 480p component video. From the comparisons that I've seen, your Wii might look better plugged directly into your TV.

[Ikaruga11]

Depending on how good your TV's upscaler is in comparison to the Framemeister, it may look better or worse. Input lag may be better or worse. The only surefire way to know is by testing it yourself.

[rotational]

I recently dug my Wii out and set it up primarily to play GC games, and tried 480p component through the Framemeister to see how it handled it - it was extremely poor. Odds are you'll be much happier going component straight to the TV (which by the way looks pretty gorgeous if your TV has a decent upscaler).

[creamygarlicdip]

it could be your wii. My wii outputs the worst quality component video out of any system I've owned. I tried two different component cables, both looked awful.

[Ikaruga11]

it could be your wii. My wii outputs the worst quality component video out of any system I've owned. I tried two different component cables, both looked awful.

Yeah, the Wii has notoriously blurry video output. Even the official Nintendo component cables won't get rid of the blur completely.

Later Wiis have improved video output.

[ZellSF]

No, not worth it. The XRGB-mini's 480p handling isn't good, your TV will likely be better and you'll be adding 25ms of input lag with the XRGB-mini.

Later Wiis have improved video output.

Citation needed.

It's not that I think this is impossible, but why is everyone passing this off as fact when no one's really verified it yet?

[Extrems]

Early Wiis are at least competitive with 2x oversampled CMPV-DOL in 480i and 240p.

[Ikaruga11]

No, not worth it. The XRGB-mini's 480p handling isn't good, your TV will likely be better and you'll be adding 25ms of input lag with the XRGB-mini.

Later Wiis have improved video output.

Citation needed.

It's not that I think this is impossible, but why is everyone passing this off as fact when no one's really verified it yet?

http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.ph ... 9#p1066811

In the exact same thread comparing the GameCube's video output to the Wii's.

Early Wiis are at least competitive with 2x oversampled CMPV-DOL in 480i and 240p.

Something being oversampled doesn't sound good to be honest. What does that do for 480i and 240p?

[Extrems]

Something being oversampled doesn't sound good to be honest. What does that do for 480i and 240p?

It's a recent development from 2 months ago. You saw it in the GC/Wii/Wii U comparison.