Quest for those that have a Wii

[thekarens]

We recently got a Wii for the family. I have it on the wide screen settings, but it still is a square box in the middle of the screen. Is that just how it is or am I missing something?

[Cesar]

I think ours does it by itself, Ill have to check tonight.

[thekarens]

Thanks :)

[jeebus]

What cable did you use to connect it to the T.V.? Also, what is the T.V.'s screen setting? Some T.V.'s revert back to 4:3 when you switch inputs and you have to manually switch them back to 16:9.

[thekarens]

Okay, I'm technically challenged so I will attempt to make a semi coherent response. Our son set up the wii. We have an LCD hanging on the wall. In the back the dvd and directv are hooked up.

On the side there's three plug ins that are like white red and yellow I think. That's where he plugged in the wii. It's "video 2" whatever that means.

[stevenallenbarnard]

Okay, I'm technically challenged so I will attempt to make a semi coherent response. Our son set up the wii. We have an LCD hanging on the wall. In the back the dvd and directv are hooked up.

On the side there's three plug ins that are like white red and yellow I think. That's where he plugged in the wii. It's "video 2" whatever that means.

he hooked it up through the A/V ports. the "problem" is that your television is HD but it wasn't hooked up through an HD port. are you experiencing any trouble in gameplay?

[thekarens]

Nope, it plays beautifully. It just doesn't display in widescreen. I don't care so much about the HD aspect, but it would be nice if it displayed widescreen. I REALLY don't want to have to hook it up in the back as that would mean taking it off the wall and that's a real pain.

Don't know if it makes any difference or not, but my Direct TV is hooked up for HD in the back with the HDMI cable.

[Astex]

It's been awhile since I hooked my Wii up, I seem to recall there was a setting somewhere in the Wii to make it display as wide screen.

Unless something has changed recently, there are no high def connections for Wii, the best you can get is component cables (red/green/blue I think) plus audio.

[thekarens]

It's been awhile since I hooked my Wii up, I seem to recall there was a setting somewhere in the Wii to make it display as wide screen.

Unless something has changed recently, there are no high def connections for Wii, the best you can get is component cables (red/green/blue I think) plus audio.

There is and I have it on the wide screen settings :)

[stevenallenbarnard]

It's been awhile since I hooked my Wii up, I seem to recall there was a setting somewhere in the Wii to make it display as wide screen.

Unless something has changed recently, there are no high def connections for Wii, the best you can get is component cables (red/green/blue I think) plus audio.

all this setting really does is is just stretch out your picture. sometimes it will look fine but it could hinder some game play where accuracy is a big deal.

I'm glaad it plays for you though. I love my wii and don't know what I would do w/o it. If you're a fan of the old NES games you can also take it on line and download them for 5-8 bucks a pop. I have all of the old mario and zelda

[thekarens]

I actually am not a game player and neither is my partner, but we wanted to find something that we could do as a family. Karen and I like camping, hiking and nature walks, but the boys act like they are being tortured. This was something that we thought we could handle and the boys would enjoy. We still torture them with the other, but we're adding this too :)

[jeebus]

Unless something has changed recently, there are no high def connections for Wii, the best you can get is component cables (red/green/blue I think) plus audio.

I agree with this.

The Red/White/Yellow are typically called "RCA" cables, and provide only a single video channel through the yellow connection and a left/right stereo connection through the red/white cable.

The Red/Green/Blue are typically called "Component" cables, and provide no audio, but enhanced video by separating the three base colors (RGB) into their own channel.

This is the best connection the Wii comes with (as of when we bought ours). Try using that, and then again check the T.V. setting when the Wii is on and showing on the screen to see if its at the proper format.

Good luck!

[DiscusKid]

as long as it plays it should be ok mine zooms in and out randomly, i think its the tv though. (BTW this message was sent through the wii internet channel :) )