Connecting Wii to a monitor

[Stabby]

Hi, I'm planning to buy a Wii and a monitor to play it with. How do I connect them though? I know I need a VGA cable but I heard that most of them screw up the image quality. My brother has this cheap 20" monitor with an Xbox 360 and it looks great. Even after switching from 720p to 480p I didn't see a noticable difference except some text that was a little blurrier.

So what are my options? Any recommendations for a good 20-24" monitor and VGA converter? Is it best to go with a monitor with component input? I need confirmation though that the image quality will be just as great as 480p on my brother's 360, I'm just too affraid of wasting my money!

Thx in advance!

edit: I almost forgot, I need a monitor/VGA cable that also supports 480i since most VC games and all PAL Gamecube games don't support progressive. I've heard that might be a problem though...

[Concrete donkey]

As far as I'm aware the wii doesn't naturally support VGA. There are VGA converters but they'll never look as good as what it does on a tv (my brother used one when at Uni). One option is to buy a PC monitor that also supports component leads. I have a Dell one which I've used for the PS2 and Xbox but I've never tried my wii on it. Can't speak for support on 480i as most of my machines are american running on progresive.

[paul]

You could give this a go

http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-de-49-en-15-vga-70-245o.html

[briareos_kerensky]

Unfortunately it doesn't support 480i games, First and second party games shouldn't be a problem, but first generation (and probably even further) third party games won't be able to run on that box. As far as I know, it's a common problem with all VGA cables.

[paulus]

Sammy solution?

I have a great little 19" Samsung LCD Monitor/TV, it displays a very nice image through both Component & VGA, it even has a Scart socket but retro consols look awful on it. Both Wii & 360 look lovely on it though!

I think its the Samsung 940MW. I found this one on Dabs:

http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx?quicklinx=4FBS

[briareos_kerensky]

My same solution Samsung 215TW, 16:10 21" monitor with component, composite and S-video inputs (plus VGA and DVI). Component and VGA looks great (DVI is hooked to the PC with runs at native resolution), standard AV inputs could be better but it was the easiest ad less expensive solution...until I save enough to get a decent upscaler

[Stabby]

I have a great little 19" Samsung LCD Monitor/TV, it displays a very nice image through both Component & VGA, it even has a Scart socket but retro consols look awful on it. Both Wii & 360 look lovely on it though!

I think its the Samsung 940MW. I found this one on Dabs:

http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx?quicklinx=4FBS

My same solution Samsung 215TW, 16:10 21" monitor with component, composite and S-video inputs (plus VGA and DVI). Component and VGA looks great (DVI is hooked to the PC with runs at native resolution), standard AV inputs could be better but it was the easiest ad less expensive solution...until I save enough to get a decent upscaler

And how does 480i look on those screens? In Europe Gamecube games don't support progressive and most VC games don't have it either. It's important that those still look good on a monitor, otherwise I might as well stick to my small CRT TV.

[smouty]

You will be better off buying a small Samsung TV if PAL is your thing.
The 19" and 23" Samsungs are great for gaming especially the 23" which has every connection you need and you can use it as a PC monitor albeit at 1366x768.
I have used a monitor in the past but my cube/wii are NTSC and I used component to VGA.

[briareos_kerensky]

And how does 480i look on those screens? In Europe Gamecube games don't support progressive and most VC games don't have it either. It's important that those still look good on a monitor, otherwise I might as well stick to my small CRT TV.

CRT for GC and Wii are the best, no question here. I use component whenever possible (PS2, X Box, GC and Wii) and the monitor does a good job in scaling this source, though it's inferior to VGA (DC) and DVI (PC - tried to run a few games at 1024x768 for test). I've played the GC Metroid Prime games on the monitor on a PAL console and although you can see a bit more of jaggies, they image quality is very good. The PS2 has a lot of jaggies that weren't visible on a CRT (I used Xenosaga III US for comparison), but they are very far from unplayable - surely inferior to a good CRT, but I had to: no space for two monitors and a television on my desk and all in all I'm very pleased with my monitor, even for old consoles like the NES, hooked via composite; the image quality is kinda poor (panel upscaling, ****ty connection and the monitor circuitry does a better job with component signals), but still useable. That's why I'm hoping to get a decent, stand alone upscaler: hook everything to it and then output to the panel's native resolution (1680x1050).

[huxley]

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