Connecting wii to a computer monitor, how?

[Tengil^]

I just noticed on Armada's stream, in his equipment list that he is using a softmodded wii (I have one aswell) and is using it plugged in to a computer monitor (BenQ RL2455HM to be exact)

I just wanted to know how you would connect the wii to the computer screen. I would assume that you need some sort of adapter. I guess his capture device works as a middle-man in this case but I wanted to know if there is anyway to convert the red/white/yellow cable from wii, or a component cable if that is necessary to something that would fit in my computer monitor, which would be either HDMI or DVI that would not cause delay.

Thank you in advance!

PS: I tried searching for it first but didn't really find anything, if there was some thread about this and I missed it feel free to just link me to that and then close this.

EDIT: seems like I was wrong with the capture device acting as a middle-man since that device has no inputs for the red/white/yellow cable from the wii, I guess the cable adapter needs to come before that.

 

[Vorde]

My Setup at home goes like this.
Wii > Avermedia Live Gamer Portable (lets me stream and record AND convert to HDMI with very little input lag) > Monitor
> USB Computer

 

[Tengil^]

My Setup at home goes like this.
Wii > Avermedia Live Gamer Portable (lets me stream and record AND convert to HDMI with very little input lag) > Monitor
> USB Computer

So is there anything I can do to just convert it to go into my monitor? I don't really need the ability to record, I just wanna ditch my CRT

 

[Vorde]

It all depends on your monitor and two things. 1) If it has the ability to sync on green (99% of them don't) 2) If it accepts VGA because you can buy VGA cables for your Wii. How much input lag is on it? I have no idea.
Also do you own a gaming monitor or a regular computer monitor?

 

[Tengil^]

http://www.inet.se/produkt/2204974/asus-24-vn247h

I own one of these, Sorry for the swedish site, it got 1 ms delay.

EDIT: here's an english link: http://www.asus.com/Monitors_Projectors/VN247H/

 

[EPsilon933]

http://www.inet.se/produkt/2204974/asus-24-vn247h

I own one of these, Sorry for the swedish site, it got 1 ms delay.

EDIT: here's an english link: http://www.asus.com/Monitors_Projectors/VN247H/

Response time isn't lag. It's how long it takes the monitor to change the image from black to white to black. I can't find any results for how much lag it has

You could buy a converter instead of a capture card http://www.microcenter.com/product/385577/Component_Video_and_Audio_to_HDMI_Converter

 

[Tengil^]

Does a converter like that demand a component cable or is it fine to use the normal ones?

 

[EPsilon933]

Does a converter like that demand a component cable or is it fine to use the normal ones?

HDMI cables can't transmit 480i signals. If a converter can accept that signal, it would have to change it to 480p which would increase lag

 

[Massive]

Display lag has your class of monitor (VN###H couldn't find the exact one) sitting at between 11ms and 12ms of input delay, which is considered excellent (by their measurement, averaging top to bottom response time, CRT televisions have ~8ms of lag).

I have a similar monitor and use one of these. They are super effective (they have the same performance as the Avermedia LGP) and are not incredibly expensive.

The only real trick to using a wii with a monitor is that your monitor can render in 480p (720x480) mode, which most computer monitors have no issue doing.

 

[Tengil^]

Display lag has your class of monitor (VN###H couldn't find the exact one) sitting at between 11ms and 12ms of input delay, which is considered excellent (by their measurement, averaging top to bottom response time, CRT televisions have ~8ms of lag).

I have a similar monitor and use one of these. They are super effective (they have the same performance as the Avermedia LGP) and are not incredibly expensive.

The only real trick to using a wii with a monitor is that your monitor can render in 480p (720x480) mode, which most computer monitors have no issue doing.

Oh nice, thank you very much!

About the resolution, do you mean that I have to do something special with the display resolution whenever I play melee or is it a function that is automatic once the wii is connected?

 

[Massive]

The monitor should adjust automatically, although you may need to change the monitor to 4:3 settings for melee (likely in the monitor menu somewhere).

 

[Tengil^]

The monitor should adjust automatically, although you may need to change the monitor to 4:3 settings for melee (likely in the monitor menu somewhere).

Okay, thank you very much!

 

[Vorde]

Display lag has your class of monitor (VN###H couldn't find the exact one) sitting at between 11ms and 12ms of input delay, which is considered excellent (by their measurement, averaging top to bottom response time, CRT televisions have ~8ms of lag).

I have a similar monitor and use one of these. They are super effective (they have the same performance as the Avermedia LGP) and are not incredibly expensive.

The only real trick to using a wii with a monitor is that your monitor can render in 480p (720x480) mode, which most computer monitors have no issue doing.

Any ideas what the input lag is like with these little converters?
I know with the LGP it's like 2ms, I'm just having trouble dealing with the random blackouts I seem to get every once in a while through it...

 

[Massive]

They are not testable in the same way as the Avermedia adapters, but anecdotally, having used both the wii2hdmi adapters actually feel better than the avermedia ones. It has been my experience that they do not have any of the blackout problems the LGP has, but in exchange you aren't really able to record anything.

 

[EPsilon933]

in exchange you aren't really able to record anything.

Does it use HDCP?

 

[Massive]

Does it use HDCP?

I was more referring to the fact that it's not able to record the match from the same device like you can on the LGP. As far as I know there's nothing stopping you from running the HDMI through a capture card.

 

[Vorde]

I know this is an old thread but I had some info to share for it
Since I added my answers I have come to a few conclusions
The input lag from the converter and monitor are still enough to make it uncomfortable to play on, and I still default to an old CRT TV because it feels much better.
The quality of video looks horrid since it's being stretched out
The blackout issue is an issue with the LGP not being able to deal with the noisy signal coming from the Wii, and I have gotten around it by putting the component cable into a multisplitter amplifier by Radioshack, and then splitting it into 2 component cables, one to a CRT and one to the stream set up, so there's no delay or input lag from the capture card, and I don't have to worry about any blackouts happening
Thought I would throw in my 2cents