OT Wii to tv via HDMI

We have a Wii connected to a LG 4K OLED. ISTR that the first adaptor I tried did not work that well, and I got a second one. That seems to do the job ok. I also got varying results connecting it through an AV amp, and in the end found it better to let it have a dedicated HDMI on the TV.

(one thing to watch out for, is I have noticed that some games can leave some "burn in" style noise marks on the screen, which are only partly cleared by the de-noise program)

Thanks for that, John. At least I now know it will work. I'll get hold of another adapter and try again.

Well you know it will work with my LG OLED 55B6V TV :-)

FYI, this is the one that worked:

Check the manual for the TV, as some HDMI connectors only do 720p and 1080p and 480p is possibly too low. If there is an HDMI intended for computer usage (versus the VGA the old TVs had), that HDMI can be wider-range.

You can see what the connector actually has on it, in the way of output options. You can see that shorting 8 to 10, puts the output in YPrPb+AudioL,AudioR. Which is component video, and some older TVs had that on the back.

As your unit is PAL, more of the options on that web page might work for you. The claim is, that the PAL version seems to have more stuff enabled/working.

But if I had to guess, it's the TV has decided the input is "out of range" and "too low". If you fiddle around with HDMI choices, like the one labeled "for PC", the picture might stay on the screen for you. If that doesn't work, you'll need to look more carefully at the patch panel on the back of the TV, to see if an equally nice input option is available. If you can get YPrPb working, it should be great, and avoid conversion hassles (some of those adapter dongles seem to have coupling problems, possibly DC restoration and lack of proper sync detection).

On one piece of decrepit equipment here, the best converter turned out to be "analog to Channel 3". Works a treat and solved the DC restoration problem I was having. The analog looked like s*it, and passing it through the RF modulator, fixed it. That's why sometimes, it takes a few experiments to find something that really works for you. The only reason I tested an RF modulator, is because I'd run out of things to try :-)

Paul

I think the idea of the adaptors is that they also upscale the output to

Thanks John, that's not the one I have but it's physically identical, just different colours and wording. Thanks too for reminding me about screen burn-in, we're back to crt days!

I obtained a different adapter and this one works, a tad fuzzy picture-wise but good enough to use. A bit more land-fill space saved. Thanks for your help.

I tried a few with mixed results, some got better when warmed up a little!

This one worked perfectly:

Mathew