However, my first impressions on unpacking the box were.... what the f*ck? My friend bought an XBOX 360 a couple weeks ago and of course it came with a component video cable included. So naturally, seeing as this is 2007, I expected S-VIDEO at the very least.
S-Video is being phased out, not in. I'm pretty sure there has never been a game machine in history that came with an s-video cable, so I have no idea why you would expect such a thing.
It didn't even cross my mind the Wii would come with anything less. But no. The Wii comes with a vintage composite video cable.
The 360 is a $400 system made at a massive loss, the Wii is a $250 system that comes with a game, and is made at a small profit. The 360 is made for nerdball otaku that have money to blow on the latest of everything because they have no girl, the Wii is made for families that spend all that cash on gas for the minivan they can't afford to make payments on. You won't get the same stuff. Most people do not have a free component connector on their TV. If they even have one at all, its taken up by a DVD player, or an older game system.
Video quality aside, this is a problem because the only remaining inputs I have free are component.
You might be the only one in the world with this problem.
So now I have to physically "share" VIDEO4's composite input with the Dreamcast and plug/unplug cables all the time depending on what system I'm playing. What a f*cking pain.
Why the f*ck are you playing the DC in composite when s-video, and more importantly VGA, are availible? Does your TV not have VGA input? This is 2007, as you pointed out, get with the program!
The Wii uses some goofy proprietary connector on the console end like all Nintendo systems after the NES.
Yes, just like the PS, PS2, PS3, Saturn, Dreamcast, Megadrive 2, Xbox, XBox 360, Jaguar, etc etc. Game systems rarely come with standard sockets.
Can I buy a component video cable with this connector somewhere?
Gee, do you think, maybe? You can buy 3rd party ones for $10. Try that on a 360.