Wii on CRT (480i and 480p)

[rjay63]

I bought my first Wii a couple of weeks ago and am very impressed with it so far. Currently I am enjoying some Sega Gunblade NY action...very nice on a 28" 4:3 CRT via RGB SCART.



Double Strike/240p looking good on Shinobi.



I've also managed to connect it an old school PC CRT and 480p looks stunning...here's A Boy & His Blob. Looks better than on my friend's Wii U connected to his 43" HDTV. Then again this is a 'native resolution' screen.



Only downside is my Logic 3 Gamecube Arcade Sticks are incompatible with the Wii (known problem)!

[jebug29]

The Wii was a pretty cool console if you bought the right games. I see you already have A Boy and His Blob.

I still use a CRT as my main TV (though my iMac enjoys it's 21" lcd screen). I really like using a crt more because I don't have to worry about video resolution as much, and things like my old consoles and VHS tapes still look pretty good on it.

[rjay63]

jebug29:

Thanks for replying. I use CRTs as they are cheapest and best way to view 480i/480p/240p. You can potentially get slightly better pictures on modern displays if you use high end scalers and IPS monitors but the advantage is slight (apart from bigger screens).

[rjay63]

OK so yesterday I softmodded my Wii and installed Swiss so I can force my Gamecube games to 480p (originals only). Here's the original Wind Waker on my 20" PC CRT, nice and sharp!





Of course the HD remake on Wii U is graphically better but as you can see the GC version has nothing to be ashamed of!