Ive heard that the improvement is sometimes less dramatic on hdtvs. It made an incredible improvement in sharpness on my sdtv keeping the wii in 480i mode since thats all my old crt tv supports. List of gamecube games with alternate display modes. What is the difference between 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i. Do wii games render in 480p or is it upscaled 480i. The wii u is the first nintendo console to support hd graphics. When analog tv shows are upconverted and broadcast on digital tv stations, theyre broadcast in 480p or 480i. And will i be able to see a huge difference between the 480i and. The 480p resolution has a total of 858 pixels going across the screen and 360 pixels going down the screen.
As an fyi, 480p is not supported at all as an input resolution. Forums console console technology do wii games render in 480p or is it upscaled 480i. Sitting 810 feet away from one of these, 480i video ranges between good dvd and barely watchable old tv shows. Do 480p videos look any better on higher resolution tv. Downscaling all the way to 480p will virtually eliminate the jaggies, but the blur produced when downscaling this far is often not worth the reduction of jaggies on consoles, there is no such thing as displaying a game in 900p, 540p or anything other than 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i or 1080p. There has been a lot of confusion over component video which is understandable, and whether progressive scan 480p output from a dvd player is better than 480i, interlaced output. One thing i can say about component cables and 480p on the wii rather than composites is that everything is clearer. The first zelda screenshot, you can see so much more detail, zelda himself, and check out the rope on the ladder. From the wii channels menu, click the wii button on the lower left of the screen. My question is that ive been using 3rd party cables and i recently picked up a component cord off ebay, since the game isnt supported in 480p at least.
Yes, component cables will improve your image, but we recommend keeping your expectations in check. Just check the system menu and wii settings and tell me how it looks on 480i vs 480p both on. Differences between 360p, 480p, 720p, 1080p videos. Released in late 2012, it is the first eighthgeneration video game console and competed with microsofts xbox one and sonys playstation 4. This may vary monitor to monitor, but my monitor doesnt always recognize the signal. Some wii software supports a 480p progressive output that displays at an enhanced quality compared to the standard 576i display. Very cool way to see the difference in different hd resolutions. The audio might be offsync since it was edited separately. Of course, visual differences between gamecube and wii are.
Can someone help me with 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, and. Look at the system menu using component cables and switch back and forth from 480i and 480p. I suspect part of it is that the monitor i use was simply optimized for sd interlaced broadcast content, since its a broadcast monitor. Im probably a little late on being salty about this but i just found out tales of symphonia us edition doesnt support 480p and only outputs to 480i. Take a 480i image and show both fields simultaneously and you have 480p, or progressive. The wii u is a home video game console developed by nintendo as the successor to the wii. If the lofi graphics that result from the stock wii cable bug you, this cable will. Shadow assasins for wii mention that it runs in 16. The wii is outputting a 480p signal but going through this thing it doesnt look anything like it.
There are many modes of hdtv, commonly found in table 53 of the atsc spec or annex a53 if you want to get into it. Using output modes that generate signals with 1440 horizontal pixels e. If you got your grubby little hands on wii, then maybe youve been wondering if the component cables really make a. I can see a difference between wii at 480i and 480p in my tv samsung hd 44 crt. Let us take a look at some of the most common video resolutions mentioned below.
The 480 identifies a vertical resolution of 480 lines, and the i identifies it as an interlaced resolution. This entry will give you even more history on the format. Progressive vs 480i480p by dan filice dec 31, 2005 12. These screens are simply obsolete and would cost more than a new low. The 720p, 1080i and 1080p formats are hd high definition formats. In the second half of the video, i do my own 480i480p comparison and the difference is nowhere near as pronounced as the other composite vs. A social networking service known as miiverse is integrated into the wii us system software. I recently upgraded my capture of gamecube games from composite to component and i was really impressed with the results. Since your hdtv or framemeister is already capable of deinterlacing 480i, the benefits of 480p may not be apparent to you without a direct comparison. Discussion in console technology started by unclepauly, dec 29, 2009. Maybe it only looks better in games that support 480p, but looks like crap otherwise. If this is your first visit read the welcome thread and register now to post and access most features of. Even with shipping it only came to about a third of the cost of what i would have payed in stores for a wii component cable. When images are in the same spots for long periods of time, some television screens suffer screen burnin.
The 480p and 480i formats are called the sd standard definition formats, and 480i is roughly equivalent to a normal analog tv picture. Component, with red, blue and green rca connectors for video plus 2 rca audio connectors capable of carrying 576i, 576p, 480i, 480p, and other video modes not. Wii wont display in 480p over component on any crt, no matter. Wii 480i vs 480p gamespot comparison dvd talk forum. Just thought that anyone dissapointed in the wii graphics, theres a lot of promise in better cables, lol.
A video comparison using 480i composite cables and 480p component cables. Tv goes digital how digital television works howstuffworks. Are you on the screen in wii settings where you can change the settings to 16. Nubsthegamer super mario sunshine 480i composite vs 480p component comparison video. Wii with framemeister vs wii u comparison shmups forum. I get a tiny amount of flicker on 480p but not 480i, but it only happens on the wii menu games are fine. You have to turn on the wii, go the wii menu, and then plug in the hdmi cable, and then the image will finally show. If your display supports 480p, the component cables are by far the best way to use your wii. In the product description for it, it says the cables allow you to use the wii in 480p, rather than 480i. Yes, 480i is 480 lines interlaced, 480p is 480 lines progressive. I was lazy and just used the landscape preset on my camera so each picture isnt exactly the same exposure etc. The wii u is backward compatible with all wii software and accessories. Just want to figure out if there is a further gain in sharpness, such as there was between the rvl001 wii and the rvl101 wii revision which has been confirmed in 2014.
Without being able to show examples in person, its hard to explain why i prefer 480i to 480p from systems that support both from the dc to the wii, but i do. I took these comparison shots with my nikon d70 slr camera with the 1870mm lens. Video game resolutions are not 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i or. I was curious to see if there would be a difference between the two, as the signals are slightly different. Whether you would notice a difference in the ones that do depends very much on how well your tv deinterlaces 480i content. Has anyone bothered to test if theres a noticeable difference between 480i component and 480p component on the wii. What you are comparing is the 480p quality difference between an i. As of now, 480i, 576i, 480p and 576p are limited to a horizontal sampling resolution of 720 pixels.
You have to manually force your tv to display interlaced to compare 480i to 480p. Since the framemeister is known to have poor 480p handling and poor component. But if i understand this stuff correctly, 480p is enhanced definition, not high definition. I finally got my component cables for the wii yesterday went straight to the screen options and changed the setting from 576i to edtv 480p. The feature to signal the aspect ratio via the scart connector is not supported. This is the native format encoded onto a dvd digital versatile disc. For ntsc wii systems, this is really the only choice you should consider, as ntsc wii s dont support rgb and all other output methods the wii supports are inferior to component.
Wii 480i vs 480p the legend of zelda twilight princess. I havent really seen the difference between wiis 480i vs 480p myself. Wii component 480p vs gamecube composite 480i youtube. I set the wii to 480p and widescreen in the system menu, but the ossc doesnt seem to output it at 16. To view wii display output in 480p, you must change your wii s tv resolution setting from 50hz 576i or 60hz 480i to edtvhdtv 480p.
Early screenshots showed the wii us upscaling adding a slight green push. Progressive tvs can convert 480i to 480p on the fly, so if you switched your dvd player from 480p to 480i, your tv would still show it as 480p. Both 480i and 480p are based upon the standard 525 line ntsc broadcast system. Do 480p videos look any better on higher resolution tv screens. I needed to do this, as was hooking the wii up via hdmi, but. Should this be the case whats the general opinion on 576i vs. Just check the system menu and wii settings and tell me how it looks on 480i vs 480p both on component. The wii component video cable allows you to hook your wii console system to a highdefinition tv hdtv or enhanceddefinition tv edtv to view 480p progressive output. When hooked up through that, you want let the system know you want it to output 480p. People using gaming consoles like ps2, ps4 or wii also have doubts on whether to get a bvm or just go with a pvm. Miiverse allows users to share accomplishments, screenshots, drawings and handwritten notes.
Yes, you can definetly tell the difference, especially on large tvs. It is the resolution television had at its beginnings. Side by side comparison of the nintendo wii playing zelda. Also, is there a big difference between a 2012 and 20 plasma tv or only. If you play wii on a hdtv and are using component480i480p or composite480i cables you are doing yourself a disservice.
I dont know if i have the latest wii u firmware im using whatever shipped with. Super mario sunshine 480i vs 480p comparison youtube. In all honesty i think the 576i setting actually looks better sharper anyway. Ive attempted to display my wii in 480p via component on two hdtvs. The retrotink 2x can accept 240p and 480i from all inputs.
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