http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/diy-nintendo-wii-component-cables/ Engadget Comments for DIY Nintendo Wii component cables http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/diy-nintendo-wii-component-cables/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/diy-nintendo-wii-component-cables/Nov 22nd 2006 5:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/diy-nintendo-wii-component-cables/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/diy-nintendo-wii-component-cables/Nov 22nd 2006 5:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/diy-nintendo-wii-component-cables/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/diy-nintendo-wii-component-cables/Nov 22nd 2006 5:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/diy-nintendo-wii-component-cables/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/diy-nintendo-wii-component-cables/Nov 22nd 2006 7:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/diy-nintendo-wii-component-cables/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/diy-nintendo-wii-component-cables/
Not sure if i can wait for offical cable, but dont want to have the ghetto setup the forum poster has either... eww.]]>Nov 23rd 2006 12:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/diy-nintendo-wii-component-cables/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/diy-nintendo-wii-component-cables/Nov 23rd 2006 12:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/diy-nintendo-wii-component-cables/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/diy-nintendo-wii-component-cables/Nov 24th 2006 2:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/diy-nintendo-wii-component-cables/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/diy-nintendo-wii-component-cables/"NO, HD is at minimum 720 vertical lines"

No, read the HD spec. 480p (progressive), at the 16:9 aspect ratio, is included in it.

Also, you can't use standard component cables with the Wii because it uses a proprietary connector to attach to the console.]]>Nov 25th 2006 6:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/diy-nintendo-wii-component-cables/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/diy-nintendo-wii-component-cables/480p is ED (Enhanced Definition).

HD (High Definition) starts at 720p

]]>Nov 26th 2006 11:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/diy-nintendo-wii-component-cables/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/diy-nintendo-wii-component-cables/:-)

Second, I started trying the suggested method but am not comfortable with any of the suggested pin-replacements. Paper clips are so stiff I've already broken a few of the (very, very thin) plastic walls of the cable housing, and pretty much any standard crimp/solder-on pins from e.g. Radio Shack are the wrong size. I would love a piece of just-the-right-size leaf-spring copper, but don't really have the chops for that. Maybe some aluminum foil? Hrm...]]>Nov 30th 2006 6:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/diy-nintendo-wii-component-cables/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/diy-nintendo-wii-component-cables/
480p is not HD, period, but rather ED. ED is in the specs for digital TV, that's probably what the poster above is confusing it with. Digital TV is anything from 480i through 1080p that is broadcast digitally instead of analog broadcast. All HD broadcast is digital although not all digital broadcast is HD. I think (don’t quote me on that) analog broadcast for TV in the US is 330 lines even though analog TVs are capable of more than that.

http://www.dtv.gov/whatisdtv.html

That’s a good site for DTV info if anyone want something a little more concrete than Wikipedia.]]>Dec 1st 2006 9:27PM