Hooking the Wii up to my PC monitor

[Englander]

I want to move my Wii into my room (to play the Gamecube version of Ocarina of Time) but in my room is only a PC, and there is no possibility of getting a TV in here. What I'd like to know is, will something like this:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...pf_rd_i=468294

work?

Would that be able to carry the yellow video plug from the Wii and play it properly on the PC monitor via VGA?

[Smudger]

Looks like it might work, but seems designed for displaying PC on TV, rather than the way you want to use it. Not sure if that makes a difference...
There was a discussion on AVForums about the same issue, this might help....
http://www.avforums.com/forums/wii-w...ut-thread.html

[directhex]

I want to move my Wii into my room (to play the Gamecube version of Ocarina of Time) but in my room is only a PC, and there is no possibility of getting a TV in here. What I'd like to know is, will something like this:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...pf_rd_i=468294

work?

Would that be able to carry the yellow video plug from the Wii and play it properly on the PC monitor via VGA?

No. This is for VGA-out on a computer. And only works with a few Matrox graphics cards.

You don't say what connectors your monitor has. The more detail you can give, the better.

[directhex]

FWIW, if you don't have a composite or component input on your screen, this is *hard* to achieve without spending a lot of money. If it was for Wii games, it'd not be so bad, but Gamecube games in a Wii are basically the same as on a Gamecube - and unless you have a US or Japanese machine, you're stuck without spending plenty of cashes on an interlacing-capable VGA upscan converter.

[Englander]

Ah right. Should have mentioned I've only got VGA and DVI inputs to play with. Would something like a video capture card work? Purely for example's sake, i.e. http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...pf_rd_i=468294

[directhex]

Ah right. Should have mentioned I've only got VGA and DVI inputs to play with. Would something like a video capture card work? Purely for example's sake, i.e. http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...pf_rd_i=468294

Yes. But laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaag. Also the picture will be very blurry and/or grainy. Remember, the UK-spec gamecube was a max of 704x576.

[phillai]

Yep, Ive tried it before too... It's LAAAAG

[mrwhippy99]

there's leads like these available:
amazon.co.uk/Wii-PS3-VGA-HDTV-Cable/dp/B0015MISAG


never tried it personally but have a search and see what people think.

[Englander]

Because this probably ranks pretty highly in Google, I shall conclude this thread by saying that I bought the downgrade of this card (the C100) and it works absolutely fine with no lag. I imagine the lag comes from the TV tuner so my theory, until proven otherwise, is that video capture cards excluding TV Tuners are fine.