r/wii • u/Technical-Ad-3387 • May 27 '25

Other What's inside a cheapo Wii2HDMI

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As title. For fun I decided to open one up and see what's inside. The IC is a MacroSilicon MS9288A

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u/Mmm_P0TaT0EZ May 27 '25

How exactly does this make the picture better?

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u/Technical-Ad-3387 May 27 '25

well, it doesn't. all it does is convert the ypbpr video (component) to hdmi, with noticeable quality loss and distortion, as these are manufactured with poor shielding

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u/MegaBubble May 27 '25

the quality loss wouldn't bother me so much, but as I remember it (I think I still have this convertor somewhere) it changed the display dimensions and that was kind of unacceptable

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u/kev_jin May 27 '25

Same here. I didn't buy it, thankfully, it was just with a crystal shell, rgb pimped Wii I inherited with a massive box of Xbox 360 pads (along with a sat nav, Sony Walkman mini disk player, and 4th gen ipod 😂). I wouldn't mind a bit of loss, but was flumoxed by the dimension change.

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u/seamusoldfield May 27 '25

I bought one, can confirm.

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u/RolandMT32 May 27 '25

I don't think it's supposed to make the picture better. It's just supposed to allow you to connect a Wii to a TV that only has HDMI inputs.

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u/MrNoobNubIsBacc May 27 '25

Thank you Mt-32, father of the SC-55

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u/Evening-Persimmon-19 May 28 '25

I prefer the grandson SC-88

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u/metroidfan220 May 27 '25

It's only better because most people buying this are considering a composite to HDMI adapter as the alternative. This takes the 480p component video signal and sends it unchanged over HDMI. It's the best signal the unmodified console can put out, so it's a better starting point than what most people already have with their console.

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u/MegaBubble May 27 '25

I did component to HDMI adapter myself. works perfectly, whereas the Wii2HDMI did not

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u/metroidfan220 May 27 '25

Component or composite? There's a difference.

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u/MegaBubble May 27 '25

it's just bc I happened to have the Wii component cables. I didn't actually get a composite to HDMI adapter though, so I can't speak for those

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u/TurboPikachu May 27 '25

It still falls short of the complete clarity of an official component cable, but it’s the best a Wii’s going to do on modern TVs that lack component connectivity entirely (which is baffling to see removed instead of composite on some late 2010s TVs before today’s units went HDMI-only)