Improving picture quality

I'm currently playing my Wii system on a 32" 720p LG HDTV, and it appears awfully pixellated even if using composite cables. How do i configure my Wii to acheive its best possible picture quality? policia0354

that's all you could do. wii games are jaggie...

First of all do you have first party cables?

Secondly is your TV trying to upscale to 720?

Lastly, you HAVE set your Wii to 480p right?

Here is my patented trick: go into picture settings on your tv and reduce the "sharpness" setting to 0. It will make the game somewhere blurry, but it will also get rid of some of the jagginess. It will be up to you to decide if you prefer sharp/more jaggie or more blurry/less jaggie look.

Here is something I don't often see suggested, probably because no one buys stand-alone DVD recorders anymore, or they don't feel like spending extra money:

Get an upscaling DVD recorder (recorder is the key) that does at least 1080i, since those usually are built with HDMI now. Plug the Wii into the DVD recorder using the best input the DVD recorder has (usually S-Video). Make sure you're using HDMI or component to run from the recorder to your TV. Turn everything on, and set your DVD recorder to the input. One you've got the image up, set the DVD player to upscale the image to the maximum resolution of your TV.

Basically, playing upscaled Wii games is like watching an upscaled DVD. And if you've ever watched an upscaled DVD on a 1080i TV, you should know how much of a difference it makes. If you haven't, let me tell you: It's a big difference.

The Wii is not made for HDTV's. It looks a lot better on SDTV's.Super-Mario-Fan

well i have a 420p mini hd lcd tv and wii looks way way way way better than it did on my old crappy sd tv

Here is something I don't often see suggested, probably because no one buys stand-alone DVD recorders anymore, or they don't feel like spending extra money:

Get an upscaling DVD recorder (recorder is the key) that does at least 1080i, since those usually are built with HDMI now. Plug the Wii into the DVD recorder using the best input the DVD recorder has (usually S-Video). Make sure you're using HDMI or component to run from the recorder to your TV. Turn everything on, and set your DVD recorder to the input. One you've got the image up, set the DVD player to upscale the image to the maximum resolution of your TV.

Basically, playing upscaled Wii games is like watching an upscaled DVD. And if you've ever watched an upscaled DVD on a 1080i TV, you should know how much of a difference it makes. If you haven't, let me tell you: It's a big difference.

y2kzorak

lol I'll think I'll try that, sounds interesting, wonder why I didn't think of it :P.

Here is something I don't often see suggested, probably because no one buys stand-alone DVD recorders anymore, or they don't feel like spending extra money:

Get an upscaling DVD recorder (recorder is the key) that does at least 1080i, since those usually are built with HDMI now. Plug the Wii into the DVD recorder using the best input the DVD recorder has (usually S-Video). Make sure you're using HDMI or component to run from the recorder to your TV. Turn everything on, and set your DVD recorder to the input. One you've got the image up, set the DVD player to upscale the image to the maximum resolution of your TV.

Basically, playing upscaled Wii games is like watching an upscaled DVD. And if you've ever watched an upscaled DVD on a 1080i TV, you should know how much of a difference it makes. If you haven't, let me tell you: It's a big difference.

y2kzorak

Interesting idea, but your right I don't know if I'd want to shell out a lot more cash on just upconverting.

Here is my patented trick: go into picture settings on your tv and reduce the "sharpness" setting to 0. It will make the game somewhere blurry, but it will also get rid of some of the jagginess. It will be up to you to decide if you prefer sharp/more jaggie or more blurry/less jaggie look.

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