My Wii games look worse in HD

Limbo · 01-28-2008, 04:34 AM

I haven't posted on this forum in a long time (not that I was ever a huge poster), but I'm getting back into the Wii in anticipation of SSB, but I have one problem that's frustrating me.

My Wii looks terrible on my Samsung HDTV.

Yes, I'm pluggin in the cords right, I have everything set up correctly, but games on my hdtv which is about two years old look terrible. Jagged edges appear in places i didn't think possible, and the graphics are reallllly disappointing.

When I plug the Wii into my much older, normal TV, everything looks fine, and there are fewer jagged edges and everything is just...tidier on the screen.

I need some advice, because I am someone who enjoys quality graphics in their games (kill me now), and I feel like I'm getting cheated out of the best picture I can get.

I have a 480p cable, and I'm considering buying a new HDTV to play Wii on, and need any advice you can dish out.

What type of HDTV should I get? LCD? Plasma?
What brand?
Any other advice?

Anyways, I didn't know whether to put this here or in the Nintendo hardware section, since it's not really a problem with my Wii. Thanks for listening, and I'm glad to be back.

LiquidD · 01-28-2008, 04:40 AM

it's not your tv. it's just the crappy wii graphics and 480p is not true hd so you should expect some jaggies there.
i know, everyone is going to flame me and tell me how i have never played on an hdtv before, 480p is hd, and i'm and idiot and then before i come here to check on what people have posted, my post will get deleted.

Limbo · 01-28-2008, 04:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LiquidD

it's not your tv. it's just the crappy wii graphics and 480p is not true hd so you should expect some jaggies there.
i know, everyone is going to flame me and tell me how i have never played on an hdtv before, 480p is hd, and i'm and idiot and then before i come here to check on what people have posted, my post will get deleted.

So you're saying non HD looks better than HD because 480p isn't true hd?

Would it be better than to buy a newer non-hd tv that has component inputs? I read in another thread that component cables improve non hdtvs as well, but the tv has to have inputs for them.

zapasant93 · 01-28-2008, 05:00 AM

i dont think the wii suports HD, i dont know why it would look worse tho, im not an expert in that, sorry

LiquidD · 01-28-2008, 05:11 AM

it probably just looks worse because his tv is bigger. is your hdtv bigger than your standard tv?

bamawii · 01-28-2008, 05:17 AM

my wii looks great on our Sony 60''.......I have a projection flat panel.....not a plasma. I also think that makes a big difference

masterjedi · 01-28-2008, 05:19 AM

I have a '46 Samsung DLP tv and my Wii games look fine. I don't even run the component cables. I think the size and perhaps the type of tv have a lot to do with it. I have a friend who has a '56 DLP tv and some of his Wii games look terrible; particularly his Mii channel.

LiquidD · 01-28-2008, 05:21 AM

maybe it is bigger tv's...?

bamawii · 01-28-2008, 05:22 AM

bigger is better.....

Quote:

Originally Posted by bamawii

my wii looks great on our Sony 60''.......I have a projection flat panel.....not a plasma. I also think that makes a big difference

LiquidD · 01-28-2008, 05:42 AM

i really don't agree... i mean, there is a reason for 720p, 1080p and all that junk. it's not like you're going to get the same resolution of a ps3 on 1080p on your wii only because you have a bigger tv.

Bloodfin182 · 01-28-2008, 06:03 AM

I didnt read the entire thread, but you did buy/or are using the Wii component cables, right?

I upgraded to a 32" HDTV, and my Wii games looked absolutely terrible until I got the component cables. Then go to your console settings and switch it to HD.....looks great for me now

LiquidD · 01-28-2008, 06:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bloodfin182

I didnt read the entire thread, but you did buy/or are using the Wii component cables, right?

I upgraded to a 32" HDTV, and my Wii games looked absolutely terrible until I got the component cables. Then go to your console settings and switch it to HD.....looks great for me now

you should have read the entire thing because he said that he had all the connections right.

sremick · 01-28-2008, 09:12 AM

Large HD televisions magnify the shortcomings of the Wii's limited SD graphics. The digital scaling wrecks havoc on the aliased graphics ("jaggies"), the bigger screen makes them larger, and the sharpness of LCD/plasma makes the artifacts appear crystal clear.

There have been many, many discussion threads about this already.

Singhson · 01-28-2008, 10:51 AM

HD TV outputs 720p, and the wii outputs max 480p!
YOU might have a 1080p which might be amplifying the edges, just pop into the place you bought your tv from and ask reccommendations, some of them really know thier stuff. Whats the model numer of your Samsung?
we're buying a M86BD model, that 1080p too, we'll see how that goes.
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zapasant93 · 01-28-2008, 11:09 AM

actually, it could really be your tv, because i have played my wii on my aunts enoumous HD tv, and it looks perfect

Singhson · 01-28-2008, 11:16 AM

yeah, zapasant93 has a point, it might just be a hand shake problem from tv to console try it on another hd tv, or next best similar product to yours!

Sterculius · 01-28-2008, 12:11 PM

it's more likely just an issue of trying to put SD data on an HD TV. I just got a 32" LCD HDTV yesterday and came home started messing around with different things on it DVDs, games, cable tv...etc.

Just to compare I plugged in my xbox 360 first on SD output, and then on HD out put. The SD looked HORRIBLE with blurry textures and different colors than normal, all kinds of stuff. But the HD out put looked very crisp with every color and texture looking like it was supposed to. So I'm assuming it's just that the SD output is expecting to be on an SD tv, and thus doesn't quite show up correctly on HDTV. Just like how when you play GBA games on gameboy advance they look crisp and everything, because they're MEANT to be on that little screen and are programmed for it with the reflective LCD in mind and all that, but if you pop it into the GB-Player for gamecube, it looks a little blurry and the colors are slightly off.

I haven't got around to trying out the Wii on it yet though, I'll update when I do. I'm at work right now, so it'll be a while.

Deanis · 01-28-2008, 01:17 PM

Plugged into a Sony 42" 1080p, Wii looks pretty damn good. It's certainly clear and sharp...Low-res textures look particularly muddy, but then they do on our 55" rear-projection anyway....

I don't think theres too much you can do, different TV's process lower res stuff better than others, and obviously the more expensive ones seem to do it better. (The Sony's picture looks 720p, eg it gets upscaled).

FRuMMaGe · 01-28-2008, 02:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Limbo

I haven't posted on this forum in a long time (not that I was ever a huge poster), but I'm getting back into the Wii in anticipation of SSB, but I have one problem that's frustrating me.

My Wii looks terrible on my Samsung HDTV.

Yes, I'm pluggin in the cords right, I have everything set up correctly, but games on my hdtv which is about two years old look terrible. Jagged edges appear in places i didn't think possible, and the graphics are reallllly disappointing.

When I plug the Wii into my much older, normal TV, everything looks fine, and there are fewer jagged edges and everything is just...tidier on the screen.

I need some advice, because I am someone who enjoys quality graphics in their games (kill me now), and I feel like I'm getting cheated out of the best picture I can get.

I have a 480p cable, and I'm considering buying a new HDTV to play Wii on, and need any advice you can dish out.

What type of HDTV should I get? LCD? Plasma?
What brand?
Any other advice?

Anyways, I didn't know whether to put this here or in the Nintendo hardware section, since it's not really a problem with my Wii. Thanks for listening, and I'm glad to be back.

Turn the sharpness down. Works like a charm