Product Description

Ensure you are ready to maximize everything next generation console gaming has to offer with the Mad Catz Component cable for the Nintendo Wii. Experience ultra-realistic images to the fullest on your standard or HD TV. Immerse yourself in the world of digital entertainment with superior quality sound and graphics enhanced by a premium quality component connection. Mad Catz promises you innovative, quality products for all your gaming needs.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1904 in Video Games
• Brand: Mad Catz
• Model: MOV057550/04/1
• Released on: 2006-12-30
• Platform: Nintendo Wii
• Subtitled in: German
• Dimensions: 3.00" h x 6.00" w x 9.50" l, .55 pounds

Features

• High resolution graphics
• Ideal for standard or HD TVs
• Stereo sound through left and right RCA cables
• Supports screen resolutions up to 480p
• 9.8FT [3M]

Customer Reviews

They work
In short, the cables work. The downside is that in an effort to make the back of your entertainment center more clutter free, they bundle all the cables into one solid cable. Now this would normally be great; the bummer is that they don't split out all the cables until the last 5", this means that if on your receiver (like mine) if your audio inputs are not right next to the video inputs, you may have a problem. They should have left at least the last 8" of cable separated.

Works as Advertised
Well, it does what it says it does for $10 less than the official Nintendo cable. The only ding I give this product is that the audio connectors are attached close to the video connectors. The result of this is that you can't, for example, plug the video into a TV and the audio into a receiver unless they are located very close to each other. Perhaps the official cable suffers from the same issue. Additionally, you'll only get a resolution of 480p from these cables, which is not really HD. This is a shortcoming of the Wii itself, not the cable.

Decent alternative to Nintendo brand Wii component cables
Although the Nintendo Wii does not support high-definition video (720p or 1080i), the picture quality on my set is noticeably improved when using these MadCatz cables over the composite cable that came with my Wii. If you're not a believer, check out the Composite vs. Component cable comparison of several Wii games here: http://www.gamespot.com/features/6162297/p-2.html

I would recommend these cables as they are solidly built for the price you pay. The Wii cables from MadCatz are 9.8 ft long and are gold-plated. Unfortunately there is no description of what kind of shielding is used, and the package itself is pretty non-descriptive. There are more expensive Wii component cables out there made by reputable companies like Psyclone or Belkin, but you'd have to shell out $60 or more for arguably only a marginal difference.

The cables are color-coded, gold-plated, and have a decent build quality to them. Only giving a 4, however, as component cables should have been included with the Wii in the first place, and as consumers we're still being gouged on a price markup for third-party cables that cost far less to make!