I need tips for running my Wii on an HDTV

My Wii looks like a fuzzy nightmare on my Panasonic Vierra Z85. I know this tv is capable of truely amazing visulas, my PS3 looks deadly wicked on it.

But when I fired up my Wii, it looked about 10 times worse than on my regular tv. I turned on 480p, it helped a little, but still it looks terrible.
Now, I want to keep enjoying my Wii, but I just can't stand looking at it when it's on my new tv.

Is there any website or something that can give me tips on what to put my picture settings to? I have to do something, I can't go on playing like this.

Do you have component cables? If not then get them.

I dont use them so i would not know. But i have heard they improve the graphics a little

Do you have component cables? If not then get them.

I dont use them so i would not know. But i have heard they improve the graphics a little

alexh_99

YessirI have it hooked up with Component cables.

[QUOTE="alexh_99"]

Do you have component cables? If not then get them.

I dont use them so i would not know. But i have heard they improve the graphics a little

Conjuration

YessirI have it hooked up with Component cables.

If it's set to Widescreen mode and 480p then that's as good as it's going to get. The Wii doesn't go any higher, sorry.

-Betta

If it's set to Widescreen mode and 480p then that's as good as it's going to get. The Wii doesn't go any higher, sorry.

-Betta

Thebettafish

Do you have component cables? If not then get them.

I dont use them so i would not know. But i have heard they improve the graphics a little

alexh_99

[QUOTE="alexh_99"]

Do you have component cables? If not then get them.

I dont use them so i would not know. But i have heard they improve the graphics a little

MAILER_DAEMON

i guess you learn something new everyday

From my own personal experience, if you're running the component cables through an audio receiver instead of directly into the tv, it may further distort the picture settings. I've yet to figure out why this is happening to me, and I'm fairly adept at these things. My audio receiver and plasma tv have multiple ports for hdmi, component, etc. My PS3, satellite, dvd player, all work great HDMI, but unless I hook the wii component cable directly to the tv, it's crap. I don't know if that will help or not, or whether your particular brand is plasma or LCD. That could make difference too. LCD is a little more sensitive to the pixel number on widescreen settings, it seems. I get motion sickness watching anything less than 720p on a large LCD tv, hence my decision to go with plasma. Just theorizing there though. I've not hooked up my Wii to LCD to know for sure.

As for the audio receiver issue, if that IS a culprit, I got around it by hooking the component cables up to the tv direct, save the audio cables. I just run them through the audio receiver alone to get surround sound with a better Wii picture.

From my own personal experience, if you're running the component cables through an audio receiver instead of directly into the tv, it may further distort the picture settings. I've yet to figure out why this is happening to me, and I'm fairly adept at these things. My audio receiver and plasma tv have multiple ports for hdmi, component, etc. My PS3, satellite, dvd player, all work great HDMI, but unless I hook the wii component cable directly to the tv, it's crap. I don't know if that will help or not, or whether your particular brand is plasma or LCD. That could make difference too. LCD is a little more sensitive to the pixel number on widescreen settings, it seems. I get motion sickness watching anything less than 720p on a large LCD tv, hence my decision to go with plasma. Just theorizing there though. I've not hooked up my Wii to LCD to know for sure.

As for the audio receiver issue, if that IS a culprit, I got around it by hooking the component cables up to the tv direct, save the audio cables. I just run them through the audio receiver alone to get surround sound with a better Wii picture.

mprezzy

THis issue can be caused if you receiver does internal switching from a component input to an HDMI output. Soif the only cable you have running from the receiver to the tv is hdmi then it means that your receiver is not switching very well. Some of the receivers do that better than others.

I don't think that the wii is high definition. That might be the problem.

And Hi-def looks like $**t anyway.

Lynx777

[QUOTE="mprezzy"]

From my own personal experience, if you're running the component cables through an audio receiver instead of directly into the tv, it may further distort the picture settings. I've yet to figure out why this is happening to me, and I'm fairly adept at these things. My audio receiver and plasma tv have multiple ports for hdmi, component, etc. My PS3, satellite, dvd player, all work great HDMI, but unless I hook the wii component cable directly to the tv, it's crap. I don't know if that will help or not, or whether your particular brand is plasma or LCD. That could make difference too. LCD is a little more sensitive to the pixel number on widescreen settings, it seems. I get motion sickness watching anything less than 720p on a large LCD tv, hence my decision to go with plasma. Just theorizing there though. I've not hooked up my Wii to LCD to know for sure.

As for the audio receiver issue, if that IS a culprit, I got around it by hooking the component cables up to the tv direct, save the audio cables. I just run them through the audio receiver alone to get surround sound with a better Wii picture.

jaminator45

THis issue can be caused if you receiver does internal switching from a component input to an HDMI output. Soif the only cable you have running from the receiver to the tv is hdmi then it means that your receiver is not switching very well. Some of the receivers do that better than others.

It will vary from TV to TV. It all depends on how good the upscaler chip is in your TV. One solution is if you have a home theatre reciever that supports upscaling, you can run your Wii to the receiver and then to the TV. I remember on another gaming forum, some guy was running his Wii to his Sony receiver and then to his HDTV and had wonderful results. Honestly, I wish that the PS3 had video inputs on it, because the PS3 is the best upscaler I have ever seen. Standard definition DVD's (same resolution as the Wii) look gorgeous when you play them on the PS3. PS2 games also look a lot more crisp when you play them on the PS3.

One thing you can do is to lower sharpness as much as you can. The picture won't look as sharp but the jaggies will be reduced.

Do you have component cables? If not then get them.

I dont use them so i would not know. But i have heard they improve the graphics a little

YessirI have it hooked up with Component cables.

[QUOTE="Conjuration"][QUOTE="alexh_99"]

Do you have component cables? If not then get them.

I dont use them so i would not know. But i have heard they improve the graphics a little

TX360

YessirI have it hooked up with Component cables.

I got a 42", it's the Vierra Z85. My PS3 and Blu Ray look absolutely killer on this set, but the Wii just looks so bland on it. I really think it looked better on my 27" Panasonic Tau sdtv.
Maybe I'm just noticing the flaws more because the new tv's so much bigger than my old one? IDK, i guess I can live with it, but it's still disappointing.