Hey guys,

Just got my Wii this evening (huzzah!), but I am having some problems with progressive scan. I am using the Psyclone component video cables, and whenever I have progressive scan enabled, my Wii Channels page is completely washed out with white. I will try to get a screenshot if I can so you can see what I mean, but has anyone else experianced something like this?

check your TV settings. i know my display stores settings per input, and per input type. this ends up with separate settings for 480i and 480p on the same input. worth a shot. sounds like you are clipping your whites, so Contrast would be the first thing i'd check.

What brand and model is your TV?

The TV I'm using is the JVC HD-52z575. I'm pretty sure it's not a setting on the input itself. I actually have my Yamaha HTR-6090 receiver running all my different sources and outputting them strictly through HDMI. This is the only system having problems with 480p as well (my Xbox and PS2 both work flawlessly in progressive scan).

Also I should clarify that it only happens on the wii channels page and any channels I go into (Mii, photos, etc). If I go to system options, the graphics return to normal and also the games run fine in progressive. I also checked to make sure it was indeed receiving a progressive scan signal (the receiver momentarily had to re-sync after the setting was changed). I'm really beginning to hope I don't have a defective console.

get the ewxact same problem here.

but pretty sure if is effecting everything for me including games. Got an LG 37'' LC2d here.

When I first put my component cables in I noticed 2 things:
- the screens were much brighter than with composite. I don't know what caused it, but I had to dim the projector output.
- It wasn't until I set the mode to 480p that the colors actually looked right. Everything was actually greenish before then. That doesn't sound normal, so maybe the white-out is just a variation of that the same problem?

Any update on this problem

starting to think it is a Nintendo issue than my TV as a few people are getting it on totally different sets.

Check out this thread (http://forums.nintendo.com/nintendo/board/message?board.id=wii_tech&message.id=24096&view=by_date_ascending&page=1)

The TV I'm using is the JVC HD-52z575. I'm pretty sure it's not a setting on the input itself. I actually have my Yamaha HTR-6090 receiver running all my different sources and outputting them strictly through HDMI. This is the only system having problems with 480p as well (my Xbox and PS2 both work flawlessly in progressive scan).

Also I should clarify that it only happens on the wii channels page and any channels I go into (Mii, photos, etc). If I go to system options, the graphics return to normal and also the games run fine in progressive. I also checked to make sure it was indeed receiving a progressive scan signal (the receiver momentarily had to re-sync after the setting was changed). I'm really beginning to hope I don't have a defective console.

Sorry to drudge up such an old thread but I'm having the exact same problem as this and this forum is the only mention of it that I've found on the Internet. I have a new 32'' Polaroid TV and I have my Wii set to 480p. All menus and channels look completely washed out... to the point the the black text is so faint that it's nearly unreadable and and light blue barely appears at all. It does in fact happen in games as well, but its not very noticeable except for in bright areas. I have ZERO problems with HD and SD broadcast TV, my PS2, and DVD player. It's just the Wii. I've set the contrast as low as possible but it doesn't help. All it does is make the whites look more gray, rather than darkening the blacks. I've hooked up my Wii with the exact same component cables to a different LCD HD TV and it looked great.

Any ideas?

"All it does is make the whites look more gray, rather than darkening the blacks."

Contrast dictates how bright whites are, Brightness dictates how dark black is. So a washed out image probably needs Contrast turned down so that white isn't glaring (but it should still be white), and Brightness turned down so that black looks black, not grey (or dark blue!).