Topic: Where Are The Component Cables (Read 189 times)

thepissedoffman · « **on:** November 19, 2006, 04:02:00 PM »

I have called every store in a 50 miles radiaus of me and nobody even had them for sale today. Anybody know where I can get some ASAP.

Did anybody get component cables for the Wii today?

ILLusions0fGrander · « **Reply #1 on:** November 19, 2006, 04:28:00 PM »

i didnt, and i didnt see them being sold.

no worries, i dont have a spare component spot to use them for... 480i is fine.

thepissedoffman · « **Reply #2 on:** November 19, 2006, 04:52:00 PM »

QUOTE(ILLusions0fGrander @ Nov 19 2006, 06:35 PM)

i didnt, and i didnt see them being sold.

no worries, i dont have a spare component spot to use them for... 480i is fine.

I could use 480i but it is just nagging at me that I don't have them.

I am currently onthe back order list at the Nintendo online store. I will be calling every store around me everyday, twice a day, untill I find them.

I just have to find them

I guess I will try to forget about it by playing some Gears of War and Zelda the rest of the night.

atomiX · « **Reply #3 on:** November 19, 2006, 07:49:00 PM »

Haven't heard of anybody around here selling those cables either. Am I right in thinking that it's currently online-only or are there actually supposed to be some stores that sell em?

lowendfrequency · « **Reply #4 on:** November 20, 2006, 10:35:00 AM »

Every store in my town (about a dozen) told me the same thing. They were expecting to get them, but they never showed up. They have SKU#'s and they should have been shipped with the initial launch batch. No-one knows where the heck they are or when they're coming in. Could be later today, could be months.

I don't even want to play Zelda because I know I'll have to play it all over when I get the component cables. Games like Wii sports and Rayman look fine right now but any graphics that are shooting for realism look muddy and gritty in 480i. Booo.

thepissedoffman · « **Reply #5 on:** November 20, 2006, 12:14:00 PM »

QUOTE(8bitbeta @ Nov 20 2006, 01:04 PM)

The component cables are not going to be available for the Wii until mid to late december. thought I would let you guys know instead of calling about all day everyday until they are avalible.

I have heard that but I have not seen anything ffical on the subject yet.

I can't even find the S-Video cables

EDIT: If anybody finds a diagram for the pins on the AV connector port I will make a component cable how to. I have all of the equipment necessary to do this I just need to find the pin-outs.

twistedsymphony · « **Reply #6 on:** November 20, 2006, 01:30:00 PM »

QUOTE(pennywisdom @ Nov 20 2006, 03:18 PM)

ive already got mine from the nintendo online store via express shipping, but ive seen some people re-selling them on ebay. you could check there maybe?

do you have a multimeter? if you could do a component cable pin out we could probably build our own

thepissedoffman · « **Reply #7 on:** November 20, 2006, 02:01:00 PM »

I beg of you !!!!

Please put down the Wiimote and do a component pinout.

thepissedoffman · « **Reply #8 on:** November 20, 2006, 02:45:00 PM »

QUOTE(Killazincorp @ Nov 20 2006, 04:36 PM)

I dont know a lot about the different inputs and such on the TV and I am going to say ahead of time that the answer to the question I am about to ask if probably no but I'm gonna ask anyways. I have a conventional TV with regular RCA (red, yellow, white) jacks on it. Would the picture quality increase if I got a component cable for the wii? I think for the better picture the TV would have to have component jacks built in but I just wanted to verify if what i thought was correct or not. Thanks

The RCA jacks will not work with component cables.

If you did have component input jacks and your TV was not very small then yes it would look better.

thepissedoffman · « **Reply #9 on:** November 20, 2006, 02:53:00 PM »

Well I found this over at AVSforum.com

http://nfggames.com/...multi_av_pinout

from this post:
http://www.avsforum....ad.php?t=753893

Once I see some confermation that this is correct I will make my own. I would make them tonight but I only have one TV with componet inputs and I don't want to break my TV.

lowendfrequency · « **Reply #10 on:** November 20, 2006, 04:48:00 PM »

An update for those wondering about the componnent cables.

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At the time of publish, Nintendo noted that "our initial allotment of the Wii Component Video Cables has been depleted. We expect to begin shipping again the week of November 28, 2006. The Wii Component Video Cable will also be available at select retail stores (Best Buy, GameStop, Circuit City) in early/mid December."

http://www.thewiire....es_Online_Store

thepissedoffman · « **Reply #11 on:** November 20, 2006, 09:46:00 PM »

Well it looks like somebody has made their own cables and they work.

http://nfggames.com/...?showtopic=2363

When I get off of work tomorrow I will be making some cables.

Here is the pinout incase somebody missed the first page of this post.

http://nfggames.com/...multi_av_pinout

ILLusions0fGrander · « **Reply #12 on:** November 21, 2006, 10:05:00 PM »

lol.. thats pimp

AciDTriP82 · « **Reply #13 on:** November 27, 2006, 12:16:00 AM »

When I picked up my Wii from the local Best Buy the employees told me none of the brick & mortar stores are getting their component cables in to the actual stores til Dec. 5th. So if you can wait, like I'm going to, pick one up then.

thepissedoffman · « **Reply #14 on:** November 27, 2006, 06:01:00 AM »

I was going to make my own cable but I am not now.

I am in the middle of FFXII and I have GOW, COD3 and a few other games to play. So I am not going to start playing Zelda untill I can get componet cables.

I am actually thinking of selling my Wii at cost so that somebody else can have fun playing it over the Holidays since I will not be playing it.

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