A way to fix Wii lag on LCD tv?

[DUB]

I know this has been an issue for a long time. My TV has noticeable lag in it when playing Brawl and it's enough to make it unplayable really. I've heard Melee won't lag on it for some reason ( older disc? ) but I haven't tried yet. I've heard component cables could fix the lag? I've also heard it doesn't.

Philips 19" 720p 60Hz LCD TV

Progressive Scan: Progressive scanning (line doubling)
Widescreen Modes: Zoom 16:9, WideScreen, Conventional 4:3
Comb Filter: 3D digital
Additional Features: Parental control, contrast enhancer, Digital Crystal Clear, Digital Noise Reduction (DNR)
Diagonal Size: 19" - widescreen
Display Format: 720p
Resolution: 1366 x 768
Viewing Angle: 170 degrees
Viewing Angle (Vertical): 160 degrees
Image Contrast Ratio: 1000:1


Theres the specs. Anyone know how I can get rid of the lag?

- My 360 doesn't lag on it ( or atleast I think it doesn't ). Maybe they are built to play on HDTV's or something.

 

[Gerbil]

Actually certain 360 games do lag, but it depends on what you're playing. If you're playing a 60 FPS game on the Box, you probably won't notice it. But a 30 FPS game such as any of the Halo games comes off as extremely noticeable.

I hope someone can answer your questions man.

 

[-ACE-]

Melee will lag (720p)

I dunno about brawl but I'm pretty sure it's impossible to eliminate lag on a tv like that for melee, you can only reduce it

 

[nevershootme]

melee, turn on progressive scan mode in game with component cables (make sure the wii is set to hi def mode too.

brawl, component cables and wii set to high def (milege may vary on TV's)

make sure your tv has a Game Mode to reduce lag, if it doesn't. well.... i dunno. a VGA converter option

good article, http://www.shoryuken.com/showthread.php?t=174085

 

[MarsFool!]

http://sewelldirect.com/mayflash-xb...=cse&cvsfa=1306&cvsfe=2&cvsfhu=53572d36373937

I have that ^
I just plug it into my pc input on my tv and voila, lagless smash :D

for a wii I suggest
http://images.google.com/images?hl=...=1263934286861&aql=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi

Im not gonna read through all of it but an answer should lie there

 

[GA Peach]

if you play fighting games or any other game that requires heavy twitch reaction, you shouldn't play on an LCD to begin with. most fighting game players, or at least ones i know, always keep an older, spare TV around to play said games on.

 

[Masky]

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[MarsFool!]

It only lags if it has to convert down (720 TO 480 ETC) from what I understand

 

[Masky]

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[Player-1]

My 360 doesn't lag with component cables, but my wii games do =/

 

[MarsFool!]

By that logic, wouldn't a game that's normally in 720 or 1080 lag if you tried to play it on a CRT? Or it lags when the TV has to convert down, not the game system?

Hi def conversion is what causes lag, crt is plain old analog use.

 

[Ragnar0k]

Component cables are needed.

 

[nevershootme]

VGA somehow magically ignores everything

even HDMI will lag when playing fighting games

 

[GDX]

i dont get any lag when doing HDMI for my 360 on my HDTV for any game

i also dont get any lag on my wii when using component cables

im not sure if its in game mode or not though...

 

[SleepyK]

upscaling - lag

gc native is 480p

most modern hdtvs don't dip that low
so they have to upscale to 720 or even worse, 1080.

ways to limit lag?
http://www.amazon.com/Wii-PS3-VGA-HDTV-Cable-Nintendo/dp/B0015MISAG
gc component cables are also available.

try to activate a game mode or no upscaling mode.


also causes lag - converting analog to digital
sort of related to upscaling.
more of a reason why you have to use component or vga/hdmi cables


also causes lag -- image postprocessing.
most hdtvs nowadays like to process the images they receive and make them pretty

sometimes you can turn it off
sometimes it is avoidable by using said above cables

sometimes it is unavoidable.