Electron Shepard has just received more stock of their ZERO LAG HDMI dongle for the Nintendo Wii. This simply plugs into the rear A/V port and converts component video to HDMI, using their analog to digital conversion circuit. The price is $24 plus shipping and check out more reasons below as to why you’d want […]
Electron Shepard is now selling a GCVideo-based HDMI kit for Nintendo Wii Consoles. The price is a (relatively) low $80 plus shipping and it’s compatible with all versions of the Wii, except the Mini; Previous versions of Wii HDMI mods were only compatible with a select few. You can pre-order now and there should be regular […]
Someone has just posted a project on github that allows HDMI output from a launch model Wii via GCVideo. The project is focused on cost, so it’s HDMI-only and there’s no flex-cable requiring a manual installation. The creator says they’ve spent several hours testing it on my launch-model Wii and now would like other people’s feedback. […]
Dan aka Citrus3000psi has once again opened pre-orders for Wii Dual kits. These kits offer a true digital-to-digital, lag-free HDMI solution for your Original Wii. These kits allow the highest quality video from a Wii that surpasses even the video output from a Wii U’s HDMI port! Check out the full review video below and for more […]
I just posted a detailed review of Dan Kunz’ Wii Dual kit – A ZERO LAG internal mod that ads an HDMI output, as well as RGB output to the Nintendo Wii. This is not a ‘converter’, it’s a true digital-to-digital upgrade using Unseen’s GCVideo solution that provides the best possible signal from a Wii. Kits […]
The Wii Dual is an internal upgrade for the Nintendo Wii that ads a true digital-to-digital HDMI output. It also ads RGB and RGsB support to all model Wii’s and improves the output quality of the component video output. The board is based off Ingo Korb’s GCVideo project, which reverse-engineered the digital chip in the […]
Pixel FX have just opened orders on their new internal HDMI mod board called the Retro G.E.M. This one HDMI board will work with multiple consoles, similar to Fixel’s HDMI board announced last year. The cost for the hardware starts at $120 for the base kit, however you’ll need to spend a total of about […]
Wobbling Pixels recently released a video that shows you how to sharpen the video output from your Wii, using only software – No hardware mods needed! Of all the methods shown, some are preference-based like getting more detail when running in 4:3 mode, but others are actual FIXES, like disabling the deflicker filter when not […]
Shank recently shared a ridiculous-but-awesome project that puts a trimmed Wii motherboard directly on a 129x input card for Sony BVM & L-Series PVM monitors. This is essentially the same as plugging a Wii’s component video output into a monitor…but come on, how cool is this? It’s powered by the monitor, fully contained and utilizes […]
Consoles4U has just released a new product called the Analog2HDMI, based off ManCloud’s open source project: A high quality analog to digital converter that converts both VGA and Component Video to HDMI. There’s also both RCA and SPDIF audio inputs, allowing you to route digital audio into the HDMI signal if it’s available. Since this […]
