HD RetrovisionWii/Wii U Premium YPbPr Component Video Cable

If you want to connect the wii to a scalar, there is no better way. Amazing build quality to the cables and you can feel the shielding that only great cables have. If you're in the market, buy these.

I've been getting back into playing games on Nintendo's Wii console lately, mostly because of the homebrew scene and how it's possible to run games off of a hard drive. I had a Wii console that I hadn't used in a long while, and I've come to enjoy the games I never got to play up until now.Of course, I've been playing through component cables and a 480p signal since it's the best the Wii has to offer. However, the Monster brand cables that I was using were going bad. The image had some static if one looked closely enough, and periodically the picture began to drop out. If I was playing a game that required quick button presses, motions or stick movements this would be a problem.Initially, I thought it was just the console. However, I happened to have more than one Wii and TV set. After swapping out Wiis and trying TV sets, I concluded that it was the cables going bad. I didn't want to put up with this, so I set out to find a solution.Then HD Retrovision once again came to save the day. Specifically, it so happened that they had their own Wii component cables on the market. This, of course, was in response to giving Wii owners superior cables at a fair price compared to the rare and expensive genuine cables, and the cheap and poorly made unbranded or third party cables.After ordering the cables, and waiting a little longer than expected due to Hurricane Dorian, they finally arrived and I installed them no problem. The results were almost immediate; the picture was crystal clear, and it never dropped out even once. I was effectively back to playing Wii games with cables that were better than the genuine and the third party brands combined.Overall if you need some component cables for your Wii or even Wii U system that's worthwhile, HD Retrovision's cables fit the bill perfectly. They're light years beyond the third party cables, and even surpass the genuine Nintendo component cables, too. Hats off to HD Retrovision for another quality product.

Not all Wii component cables are created equal. In fact most of the plentiful cheap cables being sold today are terrible. Since component video is analog the signal can easily be degraded with cheap materials, poor construction and insufficient or nonexistent shielding. Up until now the best component cables were the official Nintendo cables which usually cost around $30 to $40 used. HD Retrovision made these to even more exacting standards than Nintendo. Honestly the difference is slight but it is noticeable if you know what to look for. In my case there’s a very faint yellowing of the picture with OEM cables that these clean up perfectly.To be fair I’ve invested pretty heavily in my gaming setup to get the absolute best quality so I use these through an Open Source Scan Converter which while providing a superior picture will also reveal all the flaws just like high end audio equipment will reveal the flaws in poor recordings. That’s where the difference really starts to show. (By which I mean the difference between HDRV cables and Nintendo cables - the cheap off brand cables are so bad I can almost spot them blindfolded)Even if you’re not a perfectionist though there’s a huge difference between these and the other cheap off brand cables. I inherited a pair of cheap cables when I bought a used Wii and the signal degradation is so bad with those they’re barely better than composite cables.So if you care at all about the quality of the image, accept no substitute. Not only are these actually better than official Nintendo cables, they’re priced so reasonably there really is no reason to go with anything else. I believe Nintendo has long since stopped making new cables for the Wii so this really is your only quality option.

These are pretty much exactly the same as OEM Wii Component cables. I couldn't really tell a difference. In the review I'll leave some pictures Side by Side. The colors are perfectly accurate and the noise seems to be about the same as OEM ones. I'm only including two comparison pictures, because you can clearly see they are pretty much identical.If you already own OEM Wii Component cables, you don't need these. However, if you don't have them, and are looking for Component cables, these are the ones to get. I wouldn't bother going for New (or even used) OEM cables over these.

cables took my Wii from boarder line unplayable to actually enjoyable! it’s a huge different from the RCA cables that came with it, especially on a 4k tv. my only complaint is that mine came in a box that was already opened, as if someone returned the item and they resold it