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..

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.

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

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

If you don't mind looking from a distance, then it's ok.

And like the "Full Wii Experience" is having to actually do motions, like in Tennis, instead of doing small 'flicks' of the wrist, it's much more enjoyable if you actually swing a forehand/backhand.

Games that requires the pointer input(for targetting) like Red Steel, and Elebits can be playing sitting down, infact it's better, but some games require you to stand to fully enjoy the game.

That was a 24" wide-screen Dell monitor. Quite suitable for personal enjoyment, and the distance we stood was perfect, altho' a little cramped for 4 player Tennis.

Nope, that would be Zio's customer from da' shop. Andy's the one asking, "Eh, this one arr, is 480p.." (pitch +10)

And.. no prob.

I don't think the Wii has VGA cables at the moment, never heard of anyone using converters before, but I do know of a forumer CoreZ who has a Dell 24" (or bigger) with a component cable, works perfectly + gorgeous.

lawl, you are right. To get the feel of the game in bowling you'll need that walking space Just 3-4 small steps then uber-bowl!

That's good, make sure you've got space AROUND you also so you don't get any Wiijuries from playing any of the sports game. My friends have bowled backwards and hit a cupboard(thus, resulting a minor finger/hand injury), and forwards while smacking themselves in the face

Wii's default video output is composite(you can get component), that is correct, if the Dell you're refering to supports composite, then it's likely that it will work. But the last time me and Corez hooked the system up was with component.

Not too sure, never seen/hear/read anyone using that method.
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On other news, Wii + Widescreen + Component is t3h greatz. I jeles already.

from the website itself?

Check play-asia.com .

Maybe you can get one of the retailers to buy it for you.

Azhar, it would be just fine. Just don't set the tone of sharpness to the maximum. That way, even with component cables, you'll still have jaggies.