Hello there. I was thinking of getting a Wii and hooking it up to a regular 17" LCD monitor. Will any VGA box work or is there a need for specialised equipment?

Also, are there any disadvantages in doing so, compared to connecting the Wii to a TV? Please advise

Thank you.

ur monitor got many output like corez monitor? if got easy la.

What models of LCD monitor are corez using?

dell 24 inch lcs monitor if i am not mistaken.

My monitor standard one nia. Only one d-sub. That's why need to invest in vga box, but will any standard box work?

I think you may need a VGA cable for playing on a monitor.

And IMHO, it is not advisable to play Wii with small screen TV's/monitors as you need some distance from the sensor bar, once you distance yourself, the screen will look a little small..

its.. way way... too ... tiny to see actually..

Bo bian lor, budget/space constraints don't allow for a monitor plus a tv. Apart from it being small, any other limitations? (like say.. the sensor acts up for some reason..)

You must be at least 2-3 metres away from the bar, further also can, but the Wiimote might not detect the sensor bar. So if you're using a 17" monitor, from a 3 metre distance, you might need to adjust your sensitivity settings too.

Is there any VGA cable for Wii?

Aiyoh, I think my room wall to wall baru 3 metre nia lol.

Was thinking of giving it maybe 1-2 metres distance between monitor and playing area.

What'll happen if I play within 1-2 metres? Cannot detect the controller?

Yes, but I dunno where they can be found. PLay-Asia and all those sites might have them.

1 Metre is not advisable at all. The sensor bar is quite long for that 17" monitor you were speaking of. Try 2 and maybe it'll be fine

I've checked the dimensions, the length of the sensor should fit nice on the monitor, but just worried that it might be too fat.

One thing though, my LCD has a native resolution of 1280x1024 and I don't think the Wii runs at that reso? How will things look on it?

I'm not a TV expert, but if I'm not mistaken, the Wii could only (upscale?)display 480p EDTV, through component, or VGA cable.

got such thing meh?
i thought only 360 got vga cable..all other console dont have this kind of cable just yet

Hi everybody~

I'm planning to get a new 20" LCD Monitor that have for my PC and future - Wii. I'm looking at either:

1) DellTM 2007WFP 20" UltraSharpTM Wide Screen Flat Panel LCD Monitor
'cos it has Analogue / Digital / Video - 15pin D-sub, DVI-D with HDCP, S-Video, Composite, respond time =16 ms typical;

or
2) DellTM E228WFP 22" Entry Wide Screen Flat Panel LCD Monitor
Analog, DVI-D (digital) with HDCP, respond time = 5ms;

Click HERE to view the specs.

are these 2 save choices for a console?

do I still need VGA cables if I'm getting 1)?

is 16ms too slow for Wii (or any console)?

Hmm.. I guess I was wrong about the availability of the VGA cable. My sources were from Joystiq, who got their news from direct translation for Nintendo of Japan website. Their D-Cable(Japanese only TV's) was mistaken for VGA cables.

My bad.

VGA cables are non-existent for the Wii, (I just corrected myself), and it is quite obvious that most people want to hook it up to 17"-21" monitors because they don't want it on TV, the problem is, it is discouraged to actually use/play the Wii on smaller screens like PC monitors and .. small TV's. Reason already stated in the first few post from me.

The best you can get out of the Wii for visual clarity, is to get a TV(or monitor), about 32" (I still consider it too small), or 40" which has component output. Wide-screen is highly advised, but then again, not all games for the Wii supports EDTV(480p) and Wide-screen. (stares at Rayman)

Beware of crappy Paintjob ahead, it merely serves one purpose, and that purpose is to show that playing on small setups, like computer, sitting infront of monitor is not a good idea.

• Sensor bar won't detect if too near
• Stand too far and you won't see anything

Means tat you need a big LCD tv for WII gaming experience.