So I'm having a problem with my Wii. The screen flickers / distorts the image when I try to play.
My setup is this:
Wii, purchased the summer of 2007
Toshiba 50H81 50 inch rear projection HDTV, 1080i maximum, I think it was released 2001, I bought it used in 2006.
Also of note:
Original X-Box
Oppo DVD player capable of up-conversion to 1080i over component cable
Cable box
Modem
Router
My TV has 2 component cable inputs, 2 composite cable inputs, and 2 coaxial cable inputs.
My cable box and DVD player were connected via component cable. My Wii and X-Box were connected via composite cable.
This TV is old. The circuit boards on the inside are wearing out for all 4 inputs, leaving me with less than clear picture.
The first composite cable input was hooked up to the cable box. This picture is generally fine. Lately I've been seeing some line flickering but its not enough to detract from watching TV.
The second composite cable was hooked up to the DVD player. Again, this picture was generally fine except some waviness to the lines at the top of the screen.
The Wii was hooked up to the first composite cable input. When I'd turn on the TV, the picture would be totally distorted and jacked. After like 5 minutes or so it would clear up and the picture would be totally fine. It was as if the TV needed to warm up to get the projection right for that input.
Recently, it took longer and longer for the TV to "warm up" and it got to the point where I never had anything resembling a clear picture.
The Xbox composite input was similar in that it needed a slight "warm up" but generally it worked fine with a clear picture.
Here are some pictures of the problem using composite cables:
I switched the Wii over to the composite input the Xbox was on, thinking that input was less worn out. Nope, the Wii picture quality was still shit after a "warm up" period. For what its worth, I fired up the Xbox on this input and there was some screen flicker, but the clarity was so much better than on the Wii.
I then thought maybe running the Wii over component cables would give me a better picture since my component input for cable is okay still.
I bought a component switch box and a third party component cable for the Wii from MonoPrice.
I hooked it up to the component input the cable box was on. I plugged the cable box into the switch along with the Wii. Cable television looks the same as it always did. The Wii is a little better, but instead of the distortion I get a flicker problem where it flickers a ghost of the entire screen. I changed the settings in the Wii to account for the component cable.
So what is my issue here? I know my TV is slowly dying but I'm trying to stretch it out for another 7 or 8 months before I'll have the money to upgrade it to something like a 50 inch LED.
Is my Wii dying? To me, it doesn't make sense that my cable box works relatively fine but my Wii doesn't. I Google'd this problem with the Wii but I just came back with a variety of answers - everything from "some early Wii's have problems" to "buy a new power brick" to "3rd party component cables are shit."
I just want to play with my Wii.
My setup is this:
Wii, purchased the summer of 2007
Toshiba 50H81 50 inch rear projection HDTV, 1080i maximum, I think it was released 2001, I bought it used in 2006.
Also of note:
Original X-Box
Oppo DVD player capable of up-conversion to 1080i over component cable
Cable box
Modem
Router
My TV has 2 component cable inputs, 2 composite cable inputs, and 2 coaxial cable inputs.
My cable box and DVD player were connected via component cable. My Wii and X-Box were connected via composite cable.
This TV is old. The circuit boards on the inside are wearing out for all 4 inputs, leaving me with less than clear picture.
The first composite cable input was hooked up to the cable box. This picture is generally fine. Lately I've been seeing some line flickering but its not enough to detract from watching TV.
The second composite cable was hooked up to the DVD player. Again, this picture was generally fine except some waviness to the lines at the top of the screen.
The Wii was hooked up to the first composite cable input. When I'd turn on the TV, the picture would be totally distorted and jacked. After like 5 minutes or so it would clear up and the picture would be totally fine. It was as if the TV needed to warm up to get the projection right for that input.
Recently, it took longer and longer for the TV to "warm up" and it got to the point where I never had anything resembling a clear picture.
The Xbox composite input was similar in that it needed a slight "warm up" but generally it worked fine with a clear picture.
Here are some pictures of the problem using composite cables:
I switched the Wii over to the composite input the Xbox was on, thinking that input was less worn out. Nope, the Wii picture quality was still shit after a "warm up" period. For what its worth, I fired up the Xbox on this input and there was some screen flicker, but the clarity was so much better than on the Wii.
I then thought maybe running the Wii over component cables would give me a better picture since my component input for cable is okay still.
I bought a component switch box and a third party component cable for the Wii from MonoPrice.
I hooked it up to the component input the cable box was on. I plugged the cable box into the switch along with the Wii. Cable television looks the same as it always did. The Wii is a little better, but instead of the distortion I get a flicker problem where it flickers a ghost of the entire screen. I changed the settings in the Wii to account for the component cable.
So what is my issue here? I know my TV is slowly dying but I'm trying to stretch it out for another 7 or 8 months before I'll have the money to upgrade it to something like a 50 inch LED.
Is my Wii dying? To me, it doesn't make sense that my cable box works relatively fine but my Wii doesn't. I Google'd this problem with the Wii but I just came back with a variety of answers - everything from "some early Wii's have problems" to "buy a new power brick" to "3rd party component cables are shit."
I just want to play with my Wii.
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