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[Angrist]

Originally Posted by Dyne

My new receiver has an ABT1030 upscaling chip. It upscales Wii to a glorious 1080p. It's not quite native, but it's truly an awesome sight to behold when you play Mario Galaxy.

How does that work? I know that Wii emulators could do that, but a Wii in itself?

[Typhoid]

Now where's Nintendo's hand?

[gekko]

Originally Posted by Angrist

How does that work? I know that Wii emulators could do that, but a Wii in itself?

The Wii outputs its regular signal, say 640x480. The receiver then uses various algorithms to guess the color of the pixels being added. Better chips use better algorithms, but you still can't know ever add detail, it's simply not possible.

Since LCDs, plasmas, and many other display types are fixed-resolution displays, they are already doing this. However, you can find better chips out there in various devices, but nothing is a substitute for having the larger resolution in the source image.

[Vampyr]

What kind of reciever are you guys talking about? Is it just a box that you plug a wii component cable into, then plug an HDMI or component cable from that box into your TV?

Could you link me to a place where I can buy such a thing with the good chip that Dyne is talking about?

[Typhoid]

I witnessed what Dyne's talking about.
We marvelled in the beauty that was Mario Galaxy, and Wii Sports Resort.
They look fantastic when it's modified.

[BreakABone]

I would marvel at Mario on a 9 in screen.

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[Vampyr]

I wish orange box was a platinum hit.

[Dyne]

Originally Posted by Vampyr

What kind of reciever are you guys talking about? Is it just a box that you plug a wii component cable into, then plug an HDMI or component cable from that box into your TV?

Could you link me to a place where I can buy such a thing with the good chip that Dyne is talking about?

Yep, Denon 790/1910. It can be found for around $500, but way cheaper on Amazon I believe, maybe even $400. For the same class receivers(Pioneer, Sony, Yamaha), they only have older upscaler chips. It's a heck of a deal anyways.

And gekko, the detail might not be improved but the jaggies sure as hell are.

[Vampyr]

That's a little too pricey for me, especially considering that I don't have speakers to truly utilize it.