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Are you wondering if there’s any difference when it comes to having 480p or 480i while playing on your Wii? Well, YouTube user, TheFNGSpot, might be able to help you out. TheFNGSpot writes this as the description of the video he uploaded:

Side by side comparison of the Nintendo Wii playing Zelda: Twilight Princess on my Sony KDSR60XBR2 HD TV.. One Side is using component cables (480p) & the other is composite cables (480i).

If you look at the video above, the over-saturation of the reds and blacks on 480i is clearly noticeable. Is this more reason to spend for those component cables? Your call, really. We do have to note that there have been reports of the Wii having a few problems with 480p.

Just a little something to help you folks out.

If you’re one of the many Wii owners unable to adequately stretch Nintendo’s Wii sensor bar from your entertainment center to your television then you’ll be happy to read of peripheral maker Nyko’s latest development. The company at CES 2007 revealed its wireless Wii sensor bar and it may finally solve a number of issues for gamers whose living rooms don’t follow the entertainment center template.

We should note that this is not the first wireless Wii sensor bar to hit the market. We recently reviewed another model from a third party, but the bar was both clumsily pieced together and unable to output more IR power than a standard wired bar — hence, gamers could not sit farther than 10 feet away without (more…)