Poll: 480i vs. 480p, what will the people be using?
by David Hinkle 
{ Nov 7th 2006 at 10:25AM }
Never one to turn down a fan's request, when reader Adam sent us an email asking us to run a poll for him, we were happy to oblige and interested in the outcome of said poll. We haven't officially asked you guys what you were planning on playing your games in yet, so what better time than two weeks before the console's release?
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
adsf @ Nov 7th 2006 10:47AM
How does 480p wide screen content look on your hdtv?
NakedRobot @ Nov 7th 2006 10:52AM
None of the above. 576i is currently my only option, PAL FTW.
roddie @ Nov 7th 2006 11:12AM
For video games, 480p looks just fine on my HDTV (55" CRT RP) - Most DVDs at 480p look fine as well, except for the really cheaply made ones (which tend to sparkle a lot).
Finding component cables for my Wii is #1 on my list of things to do now, as I won't even bother using S-Video/Composite connections.
Note - I've been using my GC at 480p for years.
Algernon @ Nov 7th 2006 11:16AM
480i for me... waiting for some GOOD HD service in my area till i switch over
SuicideNinja @ Nov 7th 2006 12:00PM
Well, since High-Def is essentially a next gen standard, I'll take any limping-in the Wii can do. Still...I'm not looking forward to switching between PS3/360 to Wii for different games. If it's worse than the downgrade of switching from Xbox/Gamecube to PS2...which sucks...I'm going to be sad.
danjo1 @ Nov 7th 2006 11:25AM
I voted 480p, but it doesn't really matter for me because my tv upgrades everything to 1080p(HP md5880n). Ultimately if you have a tv like that then the difference between 480p or i is minimal.
Dark Morford @ Nov 7th 2006 11:26AM
480i here. My 27" SDTV doesn't support progressive scan, though it does have a set of component inputs which make DVDs look nice. I'll most likely run my Wii over S-Video, same as the rest of my consoles.
ajprice @ Nov 7th 2006 11:40AM
480p, by the time I get my Wii hooked up to the Dell 2407, I'll have the Mac on DVI, the 360 on VGA and the Wii on component. Gotta love Dell screens with multiple inputs :) .
Dracula Jones @ Nov 7th 2006 11:44AM
One of the things I'm most looking forward to on the Wii is playing my GC library in 480p 16:9. I got my Cube after they dropped the digital video output on it, so I was stuck with 480i stretched on my TV.
cubeboy101 @ Nov 7th 2006 11:49AM
well im in uk SO ITS PAL 576P HA HA BEATS AMERICA PAL60HZ CONPONANT CABLES,PROGRESSIVE SCAN AND LGs XD ENGINE so its a real HD lok to my wii games xd engine fakes HD sweeet
cubeboy101 @ Nov 7th 2006 12:28PM
HD IS ESSENTIALLY A NEXT GEN STANDARD EEEEEERRRRRRRRRMMMMMMMM
NO IT IS NOT NOOOOOB ITS A MARKETING TERM INVENTED TO INDECATE NEW TVS WITH THE HD LABEL NOW SUPPORT HIGHER RESOLUTION LIKE A PC MONITOR HD HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH NEXT GEN SO NEXT GEN WAS INVENTED BY A CONSOLE MANUFACTURER TO SUPPORT NEW GENERATION OF GAMES THATS THE BIGGEST PILE OF HORSE CRAP IV EVER HEARD NEXT GEN GRAPHICS COME FROM NEXT GEN GPU SPECS AND CONSOLE SPECS HD IS JUST RESOLUTION
WIIMOTE IS A 1000 TIMES MORE NEXT GEN THAN A MARKETING TERM DUBBED HD ARE YOU A COMPLEATLY MARKETING BRAINWASHED IMBASEAL
WII IS FAR MORE NEXT GEN IN A GAMING WAY THAN ANY CONSOLE EVER IN HIOSTORY
YOUR APPLYING GENERAL TV TECH AS THO ITS A GAMING TECH WHEN CLEARLY IT IS NOT
AND WHO NEEDS HD 576P 60 HZ CONPONANT CABLES AND XD ENGINE UPSCALER SWITCHED ON =LOOKS AS GOOD AS TRUE 720P
SO WHO NEEDS HD JUST FAKE IT AND GET A REAL NEXT GEN CONSOLE wii
i wouldnt call ps3s longgggg loadtimes next gen therte as long as ps1 2 games thats hardly a leap forward is it
Justin @ Nov 7th 2006 12:42PM
cubeboy please go buy a ps3 and leave this blog to people over the age of 9
god you are a moron even if you are supporting the wii
David @ Nov 7th 2006 1:08PM
I hope the PAL Wiis have 576p and not 480p.
Matt Schley @ Nov 7th 2006 12:59PM
Right...
I'm disappointed Nintendo didn't make good on their original VGA claim, so I guess I'll be running in 480i until someone makes one...
Josh @ Nov 7th 2006 1:37PM
Dracula Jones (#8), hardly any GameCube games run in 480p, and only Nintendo's first party titles and (generally) higher-quality or later third party titles even run in 480p. Even moreso, almost no GameCube games support 16:9. The only one I have is F-Zero GX, and I own over 20 GameCube games, at least.
Anyway, I have a 42" Panny EDTV in my living room, so if a game supports 480p, I play it on that, but if it only supports 480i, I play it on the 20" tube TV in my bedroom. Of course, I only play any game over the highest-quality cables I can, which was for GameCube component and will be for Wii component.
friedgreenmushrooms @ Nov 7th 2006 4:17PM
I'll be using whatever comes out of the box with the Wii. I don't have time to buy new cables because I need all my time to play Zelda.
Ken @ Nov 7th 2006 2:03PM
Seriously, why do they even let cubeboy101 talk anymore? It hurts my brain as soon as I finish the top line of whatever he writes.
I think we should petition and have him removed from the website.
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But on topic... 480p. I'm running my GCN at 480p and I can't wait to see the Wii replace it's cozy spot next to the 50" TV. :)
CubeGuy @ Nov 7th 2006 2:40PM
@ Ken - I'd gladly sign that petition of yours.
@ Topic - You can bet your sweet Wiimote I'll be playing Twilight Princess in all of it's widescreen progressive scan glory. =P
Dracula Jones @ Nov 7th 2006 2:48PM
Josh, I found a really useful spreadsheet (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=649817) a couple months ago that listed all the 480p/16:9 games. Most of the GC games I own are 480p, and the two I'm most looking forward to replaying with friends (SCII and F-Zero) are 16:9.
So yeah, not a whole LOT of them support it, but it's still cool for someone with an HDTV and no GC component cables.
danjo1 @ Nov 7th 2006 3:04PM
Matt Schley: at the kotaku website, someone has taken pictures of every page of the nintendo world handbook. One of the pictures is of a cable attachment which looks like a vga cable.
Link: http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/top/the-entire-nintendo-world-book-just-for-you-212149.php
Image: http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/resources/2006/11/nw35.jpg
Matt Schley @ Nov 7th 2006 3:53PM
That's a D-Terminal input, which is just a kind of component input on Japanese TVs.
deathguy @ Nov 7th 2006 4:36PM
I voted for 480p, but dunno if I'm actually be able to select that option. I'll be connecting my Wii to my Samsung 19" LCD computer monitor, but I have no idea if they will make any VGA or DVI connector to connect directly (or with an adpator of some sort). Otherwise I'll either use my Startech Video Game Jockey to connect with S-Video (but only goes out as VGA) or try a direct S-Video connection to my video card.
Drew DeGruyter @ Nov 7th 2006 5:08PM
Cubeboy, If you want to rant, make a website that nobody will go to. Don't soil the name Wii Fanboy.
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I'm still debating whether I put my Wii in my room, with an old non-hdtv, non-16:9, plain old 24" TV, or put it in my living room, where there's a 16:9 48" HDTV, but sometimes there's people watching TV in there. So, It's either play all I want on a crap TV in my room, or play sometimes with a sweet TV, or both, by moving my wii back and forth. I don't know. Speaking of which, how much do component cables usually cost?
Myles @ Nov 8th 2006 7:03AM
Well, I'll be hooking my Wii up with component probably, just because my CRT monitor can accept it, although, it isn't HD. Still looks better than composite.
Josh @ Nov 7th 2006 5:33PM
The official Nintendo cables will be $30. And that's what I'm going to do. Play in the living room if I can, unless I really want to play a game, than into my room it goes.
Wouter @ Nov 7th 2006 6:40PM
I don't even have a TV!
Apparently I'll need to find a way to get VGA out of that thing, which most likely will end up being that X2VGA thing or similar.
And then it will be 480p on my PC monitor.
If only they did VGA...
Zouden @ Nov 7th 2006 10:21PM
Hopefully 576i, if the Wii supports it. Does anyone know if the Wii can do 576i or 576p?
NakedRobot @ Nov 7th 2006 8:19PM
@cubeboy and David,
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm almost certain that the PAL Cube ran at 480p when using progressive scan. So the choice was interlacing or higher resolution. This may have been fixed, but my choice is made for me by my elderly TV, so I haven't really looked into it.
Tom @ Nov 7th 2006 8:36PM
32-inch 1080i HDTV owner here. I'll have Wii running in 480p over component, right next to my Xbox 360, which I've currently got running in 1080i over component. Someday I might also get a PS3, which I will hook up via HDMI and run it in 1080i.
ruzkin @ Nov 7th 2006 8:42PM
Cubeboy101 could be solely responsible for the downfall of Nintendo on the internet. Please, can someone shoot him?
Pagers @ Nov 9th 2006 5:12PM
I put Don't Know for now, since I wasn't sure how it would work on my tv. If I plus in component cables to my TV, but it doesn't support Progressive Scan, will I still get a nice clean sharp image?