Would be grateful if somebody would help with wii problem

i have a hdtv and i hooked my wii up to it but the problem is that it doesnt display in widescreen. now i went to the Wii's system and set it to wide screen but its not actually widescreen. theres a huge black area on both sides of the screen.

do i have to use component cables for this to be rectified or something? im using the cables that came with the Wii.

would apreciate it if you could help as i want to experience mario galaxy on friday to the fullest

I also have a LCD HD TV, with the official Nintendo cables and some games will give me about a 1/2 " of black on each side.

If you have a game that supports widescreen 480p and you still get those black spaces on each side of your screen then your LCD settings need to be changed on your TV, just experiment with the widesreen settings NOT the overscan setings, that will distort your game a little bit. Hope tihs helps.;)