Hardware HDMiKey avaible for WII from wiikey team, wii on hdmi lcd tv

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Donkey Plonk said:
Spongeroberto said:
Forget the upscaling - being able to connect your wii to a display using a HDMI port can be useful. If the price is right this could be a handy thing to have.
Yes but that type of thing has been available for ages by different companies.
And the upscaling they all offer tends to be a bag of shite, and thats what I reckon this will be.

I've never got upscaling. I can't see how anything with a resolution of 480 lines can be stretched to 1080 lines with no loss of quality.

Same counts for " the how bigger the tv , the better" statments.

Even if the tv is "full HD" the image quality reduces if the screen gets bigger. Because of the fact that the resolution stays the same.
No matter how big the screen is.

So it's best to get a "good"size TV. and maintain the recommended viewing distance.
( basicly this makes all tv the same......)

If you'r sitting at a distance of 2 meters, it would be very stupid to buy a 40" tv.

On topic: upscaling only occurs if the Native resolution of the panel is higher than the input signal.
Downscaling occurs when the Native panel resoltution is lower that the input signal.
This is done by the proccesors in the tv's. And only applies to lcd and Plasma tv's.

Native resolutions work best, progressive inputs are second best. ( tv does'nt have to de-interlace the signal )
ALL flatpanels are natively progressive.

Some tv's have low end processors, and it will take some time to scale/ deinterlace the image on screen.
This is called latency or when gaming , input lag.
Other tv's do a good job at processing the signal or have a recommended "gamemode" setting.
This basicly disables all fancy processing and can result in lower input lag/ latency.

The upscaling feature in these Wiihdmikey and alike does'nt to any thing to the resolution of the signal.
It "scales" the image to fill the screen. See it as zooming in on a picture, it does'nt make it sharper - just bigger.
If your tv is very slow at processing, you could benefit of the HDMI key scaling feature.

This is what up/downscaling is. Nothing more and nothing less.
All flatpanel tv's upscale if the input signal differs from the panels native resolution.
Some tv's can disable scaling. This will result in the original image resolution displayed on the screen.

So for the Wii signal you would see a little box in the middle of you screen excacly 640x480~720x480 or 640x576~720x576 in pixels without scaling.
So upscaling is needed and all tv's have upscaling or input a signal in native resolution.

This is also the reason why the Wii signal does'nt "look" any different on a HD or HD ready tv.
Resolution does'nt change, only image size. The screen is simply filled.
 

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Hielkenator said:
If you'r sitting at a distance of 2 meters, it would be very stupid to buy a 40" tv.
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Joe88 said:
Hielkenator said:
If you'r sitting at a distance of 2 meters, it would be very stupid to buy a 40" tv.
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These distances are only for HD images.
Look at the 720 distance, for upscaled content this would be even further.
Remember we are talking the Wii here. As for normal viewing these a re the recommended distances.
Allthough manufacturers maintain different distances for recommendation.
 

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I'll probably be getting one, considering it looks like i'll have more luck with this than that crap wii2hdmi. Now if only i can find one for under £30.
 

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I post my problem, please help someone!

I've just bought a HDMIkey at EurAsia.

I have a 24 LG monitor (W2452V) which has HDMI, DVI and RGB ports.

I used to used HDMI for PC, so this port is working. Because of My TV card i set up DVI for PC, and don't use the HDMI port.


I tought i can use HDMIKEY for my HDMI port at my monitor, but it FAILS!

The power indicator is blue, which means signal connection was accepted, and it should be appear the welcome screen. But it keeps black, and the power indicator won't turn yellow (which means the monitor do not turning down into power safe mode).

In short: connection is working, but with no (=black) screen.

Sound working, after some time the WII switches on, and i can hear all the sounds, menü effects ect...

I have tried out 60 hz (480i) and 480p, but no luck.

My TV card supports the component cable (YpbPr) so i can set up all 3 screen options, and it working well with my monitor.

Of course, if i want to use HDMI port, i have to change source on my monitor.

And i've bought an 100% compatible HDMI cable from Neoya: HDMI Cable 1.5M/4.9ft. ATC Certified 1.3C Cat2 (A premium quality standard HDMI Cable, 1.5Meter / 4.9feet long. HDMI ATC(Authorised Test Centre) certified for High Speed HDMI compliance(1.3C Category 2).)

This can't be the source of problem as well!

DOES ANYBODY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM?

WHAT IS THE PROBLEM??????
My goal: to use my MONITOR + HDMI cable + HDMIKEY + Wii
I don't have HDTV, but i do have component cable + tv-tuner (this is my only luck, so i can still use my wii with my PC monitor).
But i'd like to switch to HDMI port + HDMIkey!

I've tried to contact HDMIKEY support, but they are all DEAD! No response at all. Was at least 3 weeks ago.
And i cant find any related forum topic.


Someone help me please!

Thank you in advance!

Best regards,

bakibandi
E-mail: [email protected]
 

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I really want to get this adapter. Even if the effects of upscaling is pointless, it will still let me connect the Wii to a HDMI-port without hassle, right? No more component crap.

EDIT: Just got it and it's great. While I can't notice any 1080p upscaling improvements, I can finally get rid of the component cable, and that's just what I wanted. :-)
 

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