brochiller
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Lock faster than a game of Nintendo Land if old.
I know there's an Overscan issue with Wii U on certain HDTVs, but I feel like this is a bigger issue and severely affects the playability of games. While most of us have HDTVs now I know there are still some GAFers out there who use an SDTV primarily, and if I were one of them I would not buy a Wii U at this point, as you'll see below.
When using a 4:3 TV with a non-HDMI cable (though I don't know any 4:3 TVs with an HDMI input), the image gets cut off at the edges pretty severely. There is no way I can find to fix this, and Nintendo even admits the issue in the menu when setting up your TV. To top it off, there are still black bars at the top and bottom of the TV screen at all times.
I've taken some quick photos of the issue below to illustrate how bad it is.
Nintendo admitting their mistake:
eShop Photo: Notice how you can barely see any of the left side of the menu.
Nintendo Land
NSMBU (parts of the UI elements are cut off)
Bonus: Every I start up my Wii U the image is displayed in black and white until I go into the settings and mess around with the resolution.
FYI, I am actually using my Wii S-video cable for the connection right now, it doesn't seem to make any difference in terms of the cut off problem.
I know there's an Overscan issue with Wii U on certain HDTVs, but I feel like this is a bigger issue and severely affects the playability of games. While most of us have HDTVs now I know there are still some GAFers out there who use an SDTV primarily, and if I were one of them I would not buy a Wii U at this point, as you'll see below.
When using a 4:3 TV with a non-HDMI cable (though I don't know any 4:3 TVs with an HDMI input), the image gets cut off at the edges pretty severely. There is no way I can find to fix this, and Nintendo even admits the issue in the menu when setting up your TV. To top it off, there are still black bars at the top and bottom of the TV screen at all times.
I've taken some quick photos of the issue below to illustrate how bad it is.
Nintendo admitting their mistake:
eShop Photo: Notice how you can barely see any of the left side of the menu.
Nintendo Land
NSMBU (parts of the UI elements are cut off)
Bonus: Every I start up my Wii U the image is displayed in black and white until I go into the settings and mess around with the resolution.
FYI, I am actually using my Wii S-video cable for the connection right now, it doesn't seem to make any difference in terms of the cut off problem.