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@@MinksAwakening Just to let you know, after asking the developer of Priiloader, turning off deflicker filter in Priiloader only disables it on the system menu, not in actual gameplay. To get it working in games, you need to use patches in USBloaderGX or Riivolution to turn it off. Both work with real discs, but USBloaderGX has the advantage of also working with backups on the USB and SD card
I was skeptical as well when I first saw this but decided to give it a shot as I had several hdmi cables laying around. The picture is much clearer then composite cables and to me even slightly better then my component cables. So now I primarily use the Wii2HDMI converter because for the price it's a no-brainer. To me it seems that the converter does do some mild up-scaling, but definitely not 1080p. If your TV just has hdmi ports then this is a quick fix, plus on Ebay they are about $5 a piece.
I tinkered with these cheap adapters for a while and came to realize if you run them in 4:3 they look terrific. I thought about the Wii for a while and came to realize that 480p isn't a native widescreen resolution. While the Wii does widescreen it does so by anamorphic widescreen which basically stretches the screen but doesn't increase the resolution. I came to this realization when playing Conker's Live and Reloaded on Xbox One X. It looks great and is upscaled but displays in 4:3. This also works for the cheap PS2 HDMI adapters, set the console to 4:3 and they look great, well as great as PS2 can look anyways. But the Wii looks terrific and the N64 Virtual Console games look great as well!
@@RoXolid Well yeah and your Retro Tink is way better. Of course my TV doesn't have component like many TVs nowadays but for $10 I'm really happy with the quality. There is a huge difference between 16:9 and 4:3 on these adapters.
@@oblivieon1567 Yes, anamorphic widescreen will always look significantly worse than 4:3, no matter the connection or upscaling box you use; 16:9 only looks the same in an emulator that actually renders the extra pixels.
The Wii was my family’s first new console purchase. 2009. Before that, I had grown up with Intellivision, PC, and after grade 3, a PS2 from my teacher. So many memories with those. The Wii grew to be my favourite console of all time, even today. So much character. I bought one a week and a half ago BARELY used with like 8 games and a bunch of remotes and stuff for $75CAD… great deal. I got home and I modded it. So fun…
Did you hook up an MClassic to the back of that thing? I was messing around with the MClassic and Carby on the gamecube today, and I have found that it makes a massive difference. The biggest difference i have ever seen from the Mclassic. It was as if Windwaker and Rogue Squadron were ported to Switch. A gamecube isn't a Wii, of course. But graphically, its nearly identical. I tried gamecube games through the Wii via Rt5x, and was not as impressed as Carby+Mclassic. As always, great video.
Thanks for the video. I will buy one for my Wii... is just casual gaming, and my TV has component cables, but via VGA port, and the adapters I found does not work, so if the results are similar I'll buy one for sure. Thank you so much.
I've had this but they where showing video image digredation,, specially on the color vibrance. So I switched to the Hyperkin Wii HDMi. I also noticed that when I plugged my Mclassic to the WiitoHDMI adapter, it would show the defects more. The Hyperkin Wii HDMi cable solved that problem.
Can confirm, what you get for just ~$10 is 100% worth for the average gamer. I thought this was too good to be true given such a low cost, but it works really well.
I bought 3 of the many versions of this adapter from Amazon. They were all under $10. They all look nearly identical, though you can see that some have different connector quality, and some have what appears to be a pinhole reset and others don’t. Who knows what’s inside… Oddly the cheapest one performed best. On my 12 yr old Pani plasma, the two more expensive ones showed some slow moving vertical banding, some finickiness connecting, but otherwise worked. The cheapest one, the CHS Goodeliver version was the tightest, cleanest image, and just works. For the price, I’m now watching full screen, with an image that I’d expect from a nearly 20yr old system. Seems to be working fine. Point of this? I say roll the dice on a few of these that seem to be well received and see how they perform. As for what worked for me? I wouldn’t trust it to be the solution for you, as I bet QC on these things may be pretty dodgy at best. I made sure to adjust setting on my TV and Wii, to leverage the adapter. We’ll see how long it lasts. 🤷🏻♂️
You can use the Hyperkin Wii HDMI cable. It does have HDMI support. There is also the Rad2x, or the OSSC, Retro tink, Component to HDMI converter. There are definitely options out there. I personally use the Hyperkin Wii HDMI with the Mclassic.
Hilarious how you kept saying this will not replace my 5X as if you didnt want to upset Ben's device. Heck, I have a 5X, 2X and 2x Pro and still yet use one of these. In tandem with the Mclassic it is a very solid.
@RoXolid Productions the fact the wii2hdmi is 50 times less expensive as the other one you were comparing , with a similar result is mindblowing to me . I bought a wii2hdmi and I'm getting it in the mail . I didn't wanna blow a bunch of money if a cheap one does the trick.
I recently picked up a Wii so I can try and start playing GameCube games. I went ahead and ordered one of these adapters since most of my 4K TV’s don’t support AV. I’m glad to see this do what it needs to and allows the Wii to work with HDMI. Although I will probably run my Wii through my HDMI splitter so I can use my M-Classic with it to help improve the resolution.
@@RoXolid I know, but I use a multi input one output splitter since I also like to use my M-Classic for my Xbox 360 and Wii U. That way I only need one M-Classic for multiple consoles.
These introduce lag and also don't accurately recreate colors. Some also have audio issues. If you just want to get to an HDMI connection it's not great but ok, but you'd be better off going with Component as the images and color reproduction will be better.
@@RoXolid I don't have any input lag with the one I got. I actually expected it to be laggy and was astounded when I discovered that it works just fine. Different adapters yield different results I guess. But for the price it's just unbeatable. I'm not spending 300 bucks on a Retrotink when a 10€ adapter gives me almost the exact same experience.
@@RoXolid I have a Wii2HDMI and the colour is terrible. I can’t tell the difference between blue, yellow and purple. I’ve tried changing the resolution in settings multiple times and still nothing. The gameplay isn’t fun because of the poor colour. I don’t know what to do :(
@@snufftherooster93 This is true but the Wii has an option for 16:9 and many developers made their games with that in mind. For example in 4:3 mode New Super Mario Bros Wii has block borders at the top and bottom because it can't be correctly displayed in 4:3. In the end it comes down to a game by game basis
@@laneplain107 Yes, but it's anamorphic widescreen, meaning if a game supports widescreen, everything is rendered within 640x480 and then simply stretched to a 16:9 aspect ratio - the image quality takes a real nosedive. Try a game in 16:9 and then switch to 4:3, you'll see how much sharper and cleaner the image is.
I got 2 different Wii2HDMI adapter, one was working well when connecting to a SONY TV (shown sharp image like 480p) but the other one has a softer image on a Xiaomi TV (shown image like 480i). They do look identical :(
The Wario games are awesome! I love them even though Mario is the traditional adventure but I feel Wario deserves more love. He really has a unique story and great gameplay.
All those Wii2HDMI adapters caused vertical lines in 480p on my wio. I got myself a OEM component cable and a normal component to hdmi converter and never looked back. If someone else have the same problems with the cheap adapters this is my recommendation.
I usually just use a Wii U for my Wii games but a very long time ago I bought the hdmikey. It looks exactly like a wii2hdmi but it’s suppose to have a upscaling chip in it to 1080p. On the tv remote info button says it displays in 1080p. It use to have the function of updating its firmware thru the web browser on the Wii but I think the company folded a very long time ago. I never experienced lag but the picture was a touch sharper and the colors were just a touch more vivid then the component cables.
You May have a better solution than this? Im ok with Bad Image Quality but the Input lag... It Made everything unplayable for me. My old TV died, my new does only offer HDMI
I know, I've been using it for some time now. Also, this was shot just after we moved to a new house and I was still dialing my mics in. If you check out our more recent videos you should notice a drastic difference.
@@RoXolid It's nice my sister and have each others games and don't have bring over the whole stack of games, plus adding the systems like GBA/GBC/TurboG/N64/SNES/NES plus the games that weren't released officially or rom hacks get pretty fun too.
The one I have keeps the screen locked in 4:3 and it's quite blurry. They resent another one and same issue. It will not go widescreen and because the tv is so modern there are only hdmi ports on it and no option to change aspect ratio on the tv.
18:05 F*** Bob. He blocked me for reporting better mileage with the cheap SCART to HDMI scaler, then lied about me on Twitter alleging I was a Flat Earther and stalking him. I've long since boycotted RetroRGB. Onto the Wii2HDMI, I've used one of those for years. I don't yet have a RetroTINK 5X to compare with it, but I've found that if you plug it into the mClassic or even the HDMI input on those cheap scalers he hates, you can force everything to 1080p and it looks amazing.
I experience input lag on the motion controls, specially in Wii sports resort. I don't know if it's the fault of this adapter or a somewhat modern tv, but kinda disappointed
You will not stop talking about the 5x. Which is 300 dollars (plus taxes and import duties). IE the price of the SWITCH, which is an HD console with HDMI port. The Wii I bought new for 80 bucks in gorgeous black. If i spent 300 dollars on the connection to the tv that would be really stupid when I could then buy the switch instead 🤔
What you're not considering is how many systems I have connected to the 5x! For one system, no, it's to much money IMO, but I currently have 11 systems connected to it!
@@RoXolid yeah that's a really good point, i have now seen another one of your videos and you recommend the 2x pro for people with fewer or one console and that is relatively reasonably priced (in comparison to 5x which cost a switch or an ipad lol). I think I will go for 2xpro thanks 👍
Not really as the Wii and Gamecube are fairly similar in the way the games look. Also, there are vastly superior options out there for the Gamecube as well.
@@RoXolid Out of what I know about the Wii and GameCube they aren't similar enough. There could be more in depth testing. I don't know enough to say your wrong or that it's absolutely going to be better or worse just that I believe there's enough of a difference to have a look at it. But. Given the HDMI mod made for GameCube required games to have the progressive scan compatible lable to get the most out of them and that nintendont has options that force games to try and run at 480p I would assume this little adapter wouldn't just make them run at 480p out of the box and might require some hacks to work. Like I said though this is all old Info from when I used my Wii way more often... The. Stopped because I was sick of all the work to set the damn thing up.
I was having a microphone issue during this time, I've actually purchased two other sets of Mike's since this to try to address the issue and more recent audio definitely is cleaner
Hello, when you review this product for the Nintendo Wii I wrote to you asking about the Mayflash for the Wii and you wrote back that you had ordered one for review, I am wondering are you going to review the Mayflash for Nintendo Wii?
The Wii U is the worst when it comes to backwards compatibility. With unacurate color, detail and brightness. The Wii U has the worst output ever. Wii U games look good, but not backwards compatible games.
Im thinking about getting the hdmi adapter. But i want to know something, does the hdmi converter have noticeable lag? is that fixed when activating videogame mode in the tv setup? Thank you
@@xslamdownx102 Yep. I've had the same experience - the majority of all Wii2HDMI adapters have a lot of input lag. I'm going down the component cables route instead. Still looking for good component to HDMI converters though.
Hello, i’m trying to hook up my old Wii to a 4K tlc tv and I’m having a hard time finding a converter. Is this way to HDMI any good that you’re reviewing or is there anything better in the market, I’ve also seen one that called MAYFLASH Wii to HDMI Converter, I don’t know if this one is any good. If you could please help me out.
Nice! Glad it worked out. I wonder if the stock of the bad ones is exhausted. I vaguely remember the issue with these being you didn't know which one you'd get. I wonder if we will ever get a a new WiiDual.
I have one of those for my son’s wii, and the image quality is good for the most part. But on a black screen, there is faint visible diagonal lines going across the screen. Idk if that’s from interference or something else.
@@RoXolid thanks for the reply! I have already tired a couple of things, such as trying different hdmi cables and a second power supply for the Wii. But it still has that same issue. I may just order another one and see if the one I have is defective.
I got this adapter a few years ago and the Wii stopped working. I was able to figure out it was the adapter. Would not recommend taking a chance on this adapter.
But they really weren't. The NES was less powerful than the Master System, the SNES was less powerful than the Genesis, the N64 was less powerful than anything in its generation, and so on. Adam Koralik has a great series discussing this fact.
I have an LG C1 TV, outstanding for modern gaming with 4 2.1HDMI ports, my problem is they are all filled up, 1 PS5, 1 Xbox X, 1 Apple TV and other one I unplug when I want to play xbox 360, PS3, Switch or plug in my retrotink 5X pro(PS2, gamecube)...Is there a switcher panel I could get that wouldn't have any slow down or other issues? Not sure if new consoles would have slow down if I got a HDMI 2.1 switcher or if normal HDMI would effect the retrotink
@@user-gv1ct2pw5d - A HDMI cable goes into this adapter that's plugged into the back of the Wii, and the other end of that HDMI cable goes into the TV. Just like any DVD player, PlayStation.. etc
I have the same issue. I can't seem to get a proper quality no matter how i adjust settings. So I am curious if it's a faulty product and if there are better alternatives :(
Maybe your TV/monitor does not support 480i, these things are only transcoders, you will have to change the Wii settings on some other TV from 480i to 480p to test.
Hi there in was just curious now I bought the wii2hdmi for some reason I have the black borders round the wii screen is that how its sopose to appear or do I have to change some setting let me know ty
I don't disagree, I think the quality control on these things is terrible. Having used the one that I did several years ago, I was expecting a hot mess, this wasn't that, as you can see from the results
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U need to try the Hyperkins HDMI Cable for the WII I use on for my WII
@@jmream2618 I'll have to look into it
Looks like it's out of stock good job Gary you helped them sell all of em 🤣
It was gone before this went live, but I still wanted to provide a link to what 8 actually used here
@@RoXolid that's cool I just use my Wii U for them all
The best thing I did to improve video quality was jailbreak my wii and turn off the deflicker filter
Is that something you did via the homebrew channel?
@@RoXolid yes. I used priiloader specifically
@@MinksAwakening I will have to look into that, I have had the home group channel installed for quite some time
@@RoXolid it's definitely worth it. Gets rid of that blurry effect in place for CRTs that nintendo never gave us an option to change for some reason.
@@MinksAwakening Just to let you know, after asking the developer of Priiloader, turning off deflicker filter in Priiloader only disables it on the system menu, not in actual gameplay. To get it working in games, you need to use patches in USBloaderGX or Riivolution to turn it off. Both work with real discs, but USBloaderGX has the advantage of also working with backups on the USB and SD card
I was skeptical as well when I first saw this but decided to give it a shot as I had several hdmi cables laying around. The picture is much clearer then composite cables and to me even slightly better then my component cables. So now I primarily use the Wii2HDMI converter because for the price it's a no-brainer. To me it seems that the converter does do some mild up-scaling, but definitely not 1080p. If your TV just has hdmi ports then this is a quick fix, plus on Ebay they are about $5 a piece.
Fond memories of the Wii, but overall fond memories of the past (before clown world)...
Huh?
I tinkered with these cheap adapters for a while and came to realize if you run them in 4:3 they look terrific. I thought about the Wii for a while and came to realize that 480p isn't a native widescreen resolution. While the Wii does widescreen it does so by anamorphic widescreen which basically stretches the screen but doesn't increase the resolution. I came to this realization when playing Conker's Live and Reloaded on Xbox One X. It looks great and is upscaled but displays in 4:3. This also works for the cheap PS2 HDMI adapters, set the console to 4:3 and they look great, well as great as PS2 can look anyways. But the Wii looks terrific and the N64 Virtual Console games look great as well!
They look OK, but if you've ever used Component video cables you instantly can see where these adapters fall short.
@@RoXolid Well yeah and your Retro Tink is way better. Of course my TV doesn't have component like many TVs nowadays but for $10 I'm really happy with the quality. There is a huge difference between 16:9 and 4:3 on these adapters.
@@oblivieon1567 Yes, anamorphic widescreen will always look significantly worse than 4:3, no matter the connection or upscaling box you use; 16:9 only looks the same in an emulator that actually renders the extra pixels.
The Wii was my family’s first new console purchase. 2009. Before that, I had grown up with Intellivision, PC, and after grade 3, a PS2 from my teacher. So many memories with those.
The Wii grew to be my favourite console of all time, even today. So much character. I bought one a week and a half ago BARELY used with like 8 games and a bunch of remotes and stuff for $75CAD… great deal. I got home and I modded it. So fun…
Also, I still have my Wii that I got in 09… just didnt have the heart to mod it.
Thanks for the review and recommendation. I got mine today and works great for the family room to avoid taking the retro tink out of the game room!
Great to hear!
Just here to say thank you, because of your review today I'm buying this product.
Also, you have exactly the same voice as Jason Siegel. :)
Thanks for watching, and I don't know who that is
Did you hook up an MClassic to the back of that thing? I was messing around with the MClassic and Carby on the gamecube today, and I have found that it makes a massive difference. The biggest difference i have ever seen from the Mclassic. It was as if Windwaker and Rogue Squadron were ported to Switch. A gamecube isn't a Wii, of course. But graphically, its nearly identical. I tried gamecube games through the Wii via Rt5x, and was not as impressed as Carby+Mclassic. As always, great video.
You can, that will be a future video!
@@RoXolid looking forward to it. It protrudes quite a bit from the back of the console. Maybe a MCable might be better if you have that.
@@frankbizzoco1954 I have both
Thanks for the video. I will buy one for my Wii... is just casual gaming, and my TV has component cables, but via VGA port, and the adapters I found does not work, so if the results are similar I'll buy one for sure. Thank you so much.
I've had this but they where showing video image digredation,, specially on the color vibrance. So I switched to the Hyperkin Wii HDMi. I also noticed that when I plugged my Mclassic to the WiitoHDMI adapter, it would show the defects more. The Hyperkin Wii HDMi cable solved that problem.
That's an interesting find.
I can’t wait to get my GameCube prism cables, maybe in a few months
They are pretty spectacular!
I got my GC Prism cables awhile ago. They are the best.
@@RealSuperNintendan only the select few get the cables, us normal pheasants have to wait years on waiting list to get the good stuff
Can confirm, what you get for just ~$10 is 100% worth for the average gamer. I thought this was too good to be true given such a low cost, but it works really well.
Great review man! It’s a shame so many new flatscreens do not have component inputs. Good thing these are a dime a dozen and work!
Thank you and thanks for watching
I bought 3 of the many versions of this adapter from Amazon. They were all under $10. They all look nearly identical, though you can see that some have different connector quality, and some have what appears to be a pinhole reset and others don’t. Who knows what’s inside… Oddly the cheapest one performed best. On my 12 yr old Pani plasma, the two more expensive ones showed some slow moving vertical banding, some finickiness connecting, but otherwise worked. The cheapest one, the CHS Goodeliver version was the tightest, cleanest image, and just works. For the price, I’m now watching full screen, with an image that I’d expect from a nearly 20yr old system. Seems to be working fine. Point of this? I say roll the dice on a few of these that seem to be well received and see how they perform. As for what worked for me? I wouldn’t trust it to be the solution for you, as I bet QC on these things may be pretty dodgy at best. I made sure to adjust setting on my TV and Wii, to leverage the adapter. We’ll see how long it lasts. 🤷🏻♂️
I found the same that this one being the cheapest out of all them I tested worked the best. I was not expecting that
My brother bought a Wii from a friend and we bought that exact Wii2HDMI adapter. Looks good for for a system that doesn't have HDMI support.
For what it cost and what it is I was surprised by how not bad it was
You can use the Hyperkin Wii HDMI cable. It does have HDMI support. There is also the Rad2x, or the OSSC, Retro tink, Component to HDMI converter. There are definitely options out there. I personally use the Hyperkin Wii HDMI with the Mclassic.
@@RoXolid what about he one for N64 and GC is it as good ?
Hilarious how you kept saying this will not replace my 5X as if you didnt want to upset Ben's device. Heck, I have a 5X, 2X and 2x Pro and still yet use one of these. In tandem with the Mclassic it is a very solid.
Who is Ben?
@@RoXolid Ugh, my bad, Mike Chi not Ben lol
Gotcha
I have just repurchased a Wii and for the life of me I can't get that remote even nearly calibrated.
But 5000% less cost? Or 50x less?
That's pretty amazing. Can't wait to get mine from Amazon tomorrow
I don't understand
@RoXolid Productions the fact the wii2hdmi is 50 times less expensive as the other one you were comparing , with a similar result is mindblowing to me . I bought a wii2hdmi and I'm getting it in the mail . I didn't wanna blow a bunch of money if a cheap one does the trick.
Thanks Gary. Just a couple days ago i was wondering about this. Haven't used my modded Wii in a while
Same, I haven't used my Wii in some time, but it's still such a good system.
I recently picked up a Wii so I can try and start playing GameCube games. I went ahead and ordered one of these adapters since most of my 4K TV’s don’t support AV. I’m glad to see this do what it needs to and allows the Wii to work with HDMI. Although I will probably run my Wii through my HDMI splitter so I can use my M-Classic with it to help improve the resolution.
No need to use a splitter
@@RoXolid I know, but I use a multi input one output splitter since I also like to use my M-Classic for my Xbox 360 and Wii U. That way I only need one M-Classic for multiple consoles.
Those cheap adapters are completly fine. Sure, there are solutions that are a bit better but they also cost a whole lot more.
These introduce lag and also don't accurately recreate colors. Some also have audio issues. If you just want to get to an HDMI connection it's not great but ok, but you'd be better off going with Component as the images and color reproduction will be better.
@@RoXolid I don't have any input lag with the one I got. I actually expected it to be laggy and was astounded when I discovered that it works just fine. Different adapters yield different results I guess. But for the price it's just unbeatable. I'm not spending 300 bucks on a Retrotink when a 10€ adapter gives me almost the exact same experience.
@@RoXolid I have a Wii2HDMI and the colour is terrible. I can’t tell the difference between blue, yellow and purple. I’ve tried changing the resolution in settings multiple times and still nothing. The gameplay isn’t fun because of the poor colour. I don’t know what to do :(
@@naturallyawesome6723 perhaps you should try the combo of Wii component cable and Component-HDMI adapter
@@naturallyawesome6723 Is your Wii set to 480p?
impressed as well, usually these things are a bit too dark for me but this looks good!
Dark, dingey, fuzzy or interference, yeah overall this was nothing like earlier models I used.
the best way to play is in 4:3, because the native resolution is not widescreen @.@
but the wii was also built for 16:9 screens. even more evident with the wii u
@@laneplain107- The Wii outputs 480p. That resolution isn't a perfect 16:9 aspect ratio, and still stretches the image to some degree.
@@snufftherooster93 This is true but the Wii has an option for 16:9 and many developers made their games with that in mind. For example in 4:3 mode New Super Mario Bros Wii has block borders at the top and bottom because it can't be correctly displayed in 4:3. In the end it comes down to a game by game basis
@@laneplain107 Yes, but it's anamorphic widescreen, meaning if a game supports widescreen, everything is rendered within 640x480 and then simply stretched to a 16:9 aspect ratio - the image quality takes a real nosedive. Try a game in 16:9 and then switch to 4:3, you'll see how much sharper and cleaner the image is.
Bob is going to put that lag test on it 🤣
Oh dear Lort, LOL.
Trying to decide if should stick with my portholic from like 4yrs ago or upgrade to the Ave hdmi mod from Shepard electronics..
Nice review. I think you found the best travel device to take with your Wii.
I don't travel with it like I used to, but yes, very true!
I got 2 different Wii2HDMI adapter, one was working well when connecting to a SONY TV (shown sharp image like 480p) but the other one has a softer image on a Xiaomi TV (shown image like 480i). They do look identical :(
The Wario games are awesome! I love them even though Mario is the traditional adventure but I feel Wario deserves more love. He really has a unique story and great gameplay.
I've liked the few I've played thus far
All those Wii2HDMI adapters caused vertical lines in 480p on my wio. I got myself a OEM component cable and a normal component to hdmi converter and never looked back. If someone else have the same problems with the cheap adapters this is my recommendation.
I usually just use a Wii U for my Wii games but a very long time ago I bought the hdmikey. It looks exactly like a wii2hdmi but it’s suppose to have a upscaling chip in it to 1080p. On the tv remote info button says it displays in 1080p. It use to have the function of updating its firmware thru the web browser on the Wii but I think the company folded a very long time ago. I never experienced lag but the picture was a touch sharper and the colors were just a touch more vivid then the component cables.
You May have a better solution than this? Im ok with Bad Image Quality but the Input lag... It Made everything unplayable for me. My old TV died, my new does only offer HDMI
The RetroTink 5x, audio make sure your TV is in game mode
love the vid but you desperately need a white noise suppressant for your lav mic, adobe has a really good AI tool
I know, I've been using it for some time now. Also, this was shot just after we moved to a new house and I was still dialing my mics in. If you check out our more recent videos you should notice a drastic difference.
I already have one of these and I agree...for the price it's amazing.
For $6 I can't complain
I owned one my sister has one I've also modded both to rip games. Each one of my WIi2HDMI adaptors have worked great with low lag.
I also have the homebrew channel on my Wii as well, it is a great tool especially with kids.
@@RoXolid It's nice my sister and have each others games and don't have bring over the whole stack of games, plus adding the systems like GBA/GBC/TurboG/N64/SNES/NES plus the games that weren't released officially or rom hacks get pretty fun too.
The one I have keeps the screen locked in 4:3 and it's quite blurry. They resent another one and same issue. It will not go widescreen and because the tv is so modern there are only hdmi ports on it and no option to change aspect ratio on the tv.
18:05 F*** Bob. He blocked me for reporting better mileage with the cheap SCART to HDMI scaler, then lied about me on Twitter alleging I was a Flat Earther and stalking him. I've long since boycotted RetroRGB. Onto the Wii2HDMI, I've used one of those for years. I don't yet have a RetroTINK 5X to compare with it, but I've found that if you plug it into the mClassic or even the HDMI input on those cheap scalers he hates, you can force everything to 1080p and it looks amazing.
I experience input lag on the motion controls, specially in Wii sports resort. I don't know if it's the fault of this adapter or a somewhat modern tv, but kinda disappointed
You will not stop talking about the 5x. Which is 300 dollars (plus taxes and import duties). IE the price of the SWITCH, which is an HD console with HDMI port. The Wii I bought new for 80 bucks in gorgeous black. If i spent 300 dollars on the connection to the tv that would be really stupid when I could then buy the switch instead 🤔
What you're not considering is how many systems I have connected to the 5x! For one system, no, it's to much money IMO, but I currently have 11 systems connected to it!
@@RoXolid yeah that's a really good point, i have now seen another one of your videos and you recommend the 2x pro for people with fewer or one console and that is relatively reasonably priced (in comparison to 5x which cost a switch or an ipad lol). I think I will go for 2xpro thanks 👍
The 2x Pro is an amazing device, especially for the money!
for less than 300 you could just buy another TV or nice used projector that component in and some component cables for thewii
Kind of sad you didn't look at the GameCube side of the Wii. I wanted to see how that would look
Not really as the Wii and Gamecube are fairly similar in the way the games look. Also, there are vastly superior options out there for the Gamecube as well.
@@RoXolid Out of what I know about the Wii and GameCube they aren't similar enough. There could be more in depth testing. I don't know enough to say your wrong or that it's absolutely going to be better or worse just that I believe there's enough of a difference to have a look at it.
But.
Given the HDMI mod made for GameCube required games to have the progressive scan compatible lable to get the most out of them and that nintendont has options that force games to try and run at 480p I would assume this little adapter wouldn't just make them run at 480p out of the box and might require some hacks to work.
Like I said though this is all old Info from when I used my Wii way more often... The. Stopped because I was sick of all the work to set the damn thing up.
Man, what is going on with your audio.
I was having a microphone issue during this time, I've actually purchased two other sets of Mike's since this to try to address the issue and more recent audio definitely is cleaner
Great review! Would you say this option is superior to the Hyperkin and Mayflash?
I have reviews of both of those on the channel, but for the money this was really better than I expected
Hello, when you review this product for the Nintendo Wii I wrote to you asking about the Mayflash for the Wii and you wrote back that you had ordered one for review, I am wondering are you going to review the Mayflash for Nintendo Wii?
I had a few other projects come up last week, I'm actually filming the review tomorrow
With tomorrows review hopefully this would be converter that I can get for my Nintendo Wii!!!
@@danielcervera8010 it's being recorded tomorrow, it will post next week
Is the Retrotank 5X a better way to play Wii games than on the Wii U? Not sure if the Wii U does any upscaling of Wii games...
The Wii U is the worst when it comes to backwards compatibility. With unacurate color, detail and brightness. The Wii U has the worst output ever. Wii U games look good, but not backwards compatible games.
the amazon link design not be available the article do you have any other link, great video and the quality of that hdmi adapter is very good
That's the link to what I demonstrated here. One not tested any others so i can't recommend anything else, sorry
I love it will get that for my wii
Im thinking about getting the hdmi adapter. But i want to know something, does the hdmi converter have noticeable lag? is that fixed when activating videogame mode in the tv setup? Thank you
Tryed it, and the Input lag was huge, makes Most Games unplayable sadly
@@xslamdownx102 Yep. I've had the same experience - the majority of all Wii2HDMI adapters have a lot of input lag. I'm going down the component cables route instead.
Still looking for good component to HDMI converters though.
Hello, i’m trying to hook up my old Wii to a 4K tlc tv and I’m having a hard time finding a converter. Is this way to HDMI any good that you’re reviewing or is there anything better in the market, I’ve also seen one that called MAYFLASH Wii to HDMI Converter, I don’t know if this one is any good. If you could please help me out.
I just ordered and will be reviewing the Mayflash unit next week, so stay tuned!
Thanks for the help and look forward to your review next week!!!!!
You can use the Hyperkin Wii HDMi cable together with the Mclassic. That's how I run my setup.
Nice! Glad it worked out. I wonder if the stock of the bad ones is exhausted. I vaguely remember the issue with these being you didn't know which one you'd get.
I wonder if we will ever get a a new WiiDual.
The WiiDual had parts go EOL, so I'm not sure
i suggest you get the mayflash wii2hdmi adapter is the best one out there
I have one of those for my son’s wii, and the image quality is good for the most part. But on a black screen, there is faint visible diagonal lines going across the screen. Idk if that’s from interference or something else.
Probably either a bad ground or poor insulation
@@RoXolid thanks for the reply! I have already tired a couple of things, such as trying different hdmi cables and a second power supply for the Wii. But it still has that same issue. I may just order another one and see if the one I have is defective.
would you recommend the mclassic?
It's ok, I know My friend Adam Koralik loves it, I'm not as big on it as he is
I got this adapter a few years ago and the Wii stopped working. I was able to figure out it was the adapter. Would not recommend taking a chance on this adapter.
Interesting
mine too, power supply works fine but as soon as I plug in the hdmi adapter and turned it on the power cuts instantly.
That's really bizarre
Have you heard about Nintendo Switch Sports? You have to use Joy Cons for that.
Yes, I discussed it in here, the demo was awesome
All Nintendo consoles up until the Wii were all powerhouses of their respective generations.
But they really weren't. The NES was less powerful than the Master System, the SNES was less powerful than the Genesis, the N64 was less powerful than anything in its generation, and so on. Adam Koralik has a great series discussing this fact.
I have an LG C1 TV, outstanding for modern gaming with 4 2.1HDMI ports, my problem is they are all filled up, 1 PS5, 1 Xbox X, 1 Apple TV and other one I unplug when I want to play xbox 360, PS3, Switch or plug in my retrotink 5X pro(PS2, gamecube)...Is there a switcher panel I could get that wouldn't have any slow down or other issues? Not sure if new consoles would have slow down if I got a HDMI 2.1 switcher or if normal HDMI would effect the retrotink
Check out our video here, now this is for a 16:1 but there are smaller units as well
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How does it look when you play a gamecube game
Ok enough, but there are cheap component video cables for the Wii that will look better
@@RoXolid yeah I have componant cable but my tv doesn’t allow me to use them sadly.
3.50 on ebay now
There are many different vendors with these sorts of things. Since this was unbranded it's tough to see whether it was this exact one or not.
It look the same to me lmao
I get that, between capturing, editing, rendering, and UA-cam compression what you see me upload isn't as good as what I see in-person.
Do you need to plug it into the cables red white and yellow.....havent used Wii for such a long time
No, this completely replaces that cable
I know I sound really thick do I not need a lead to connect it to the TV either.....went to a shop and ermmmm they told me a load of rubbish
@@user-gv1ct2pw5d - A HDMI cable goes into this adapter that's plugged into the back of the Wii, and the other end of that HDMI cable goes into the TV. Just like any DVD player, PlayStation.. etc
It works....thank you
I use the Hyperkins WII to HDMI cable
I'll have to look into it
I want one soooooo bad! they are legit sold out everywhere!
I have the same adapter but my sound I really really low. Anyone else have this issue with this adapter? I have to have my TV on 90
I did not have that issue myself.
I have the same issue. I can't seem to get a proper quality no matter how i adjust settings. So I am curious if it's a faulty product and if there are better alternatives :(
Got one, 1 problem, the screen is way to bright, No its not the monitor settings, have been trouble shooting for a while cant find a fix
That it is, but on some the screen is too dark. They are not calibrated well, i at all
@@RoXolid Kinda sucks, seems like the hyperkin HDMI Wii cable is alot better
@@powersky1678 For consistency? Perhaps
@@RoXolid what would you use to get the Wii to HDMI if you dont mind me asking?
@@powersky1678 I don't understand the question. This gets you to an HDMI, and there are cables that will get you to HDMI as well
Ive tried 2 of these… All I get is a black screen.. anyone know how to fix it?
Make sure it's inserted all the way. Beyond that no idea, sorry
Maybe your TV/monitor does not support 480i, these things are only transcoders, you will have to change the Wii settings on some other TV from 480i to 480p to test.
Hi there in was just curious now I bought the wii2hdmi for some reason I have the black borders round the wii screen is that how its sopose to appear or do I have to change some setting let me know ty
Not sure, sorry. Make sure you have the screen settings at 16:9 in the Wii menu
I've tried about 8 of these and all have been poor, with plenty of interference. Others swear by them...luck of the draw i guess.
I don't disagree, I think the quality control on these things is terrible. Having used the one that I did several years ago, I was expecting a hot mess, this wasn't that, as you can see from the results
For most I say good enough in 480p
Totally Agree
The sound of this video from the microphone isn’t too good.
I know, I've replaced it and will have a shots video tomorrow showing it
Same on my TV. 🙉
WANNAKA WIILINTION
What does that mean?
Wii = Junk
Not so much, I loved my Wii
this guy liked his own comment lmao
@@RoXolid the wii is great 👍
That's a possibility
I liked mine a lot