Wii Artifacting - prominant at 27th second

Example of artifacting on Wii video game console.

They are difficult to view against the distortion caused by the mpeg compression but are most apparent at the 27 second mark in the video. You can see a prominant set of blurry vertical bars appear that look a little like digital moss. This artifacting is NOT related to this particular game. It also appeared heavily during parts of Legend of Zelda: The Twilight Princess. It appears mostly during scenes that involve darkness and is not as visible in bright scenes. As the example also shows, the intensity of the moss seems connected to the intensity of the graphical image.

UPDATE:

Nintendo provided me with a new Wii console without any trouble at all. The new console does not have this problem ... yet.

The video is taken while playing Rayman Raving Rabbids by Ubisoft, who is the copyright holder. I will remove this video if asked to. My intention is to illustrate a potential flaw in Nintendo's hardware and not break copyright law.

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Entertainment

Tags:

• wii
• artifacting
• distortion
• flaw
• defect

[MPCozmo]

Agh! I have this problem... how do I get it fixed? Must I send it in and get a new Wii??? :O

It seems to be getting worse and worse...

[thefeebles]

You will have to send in your console ... you will get a new one back. It will have all your old Mii's, but you will have to re-download all your VC content. BUT you will not be able to edit any of your old Miis.

[DJ91990]

Mine does the exact same thing. The more particle effects there are on screen, the more artifacts appear.

[ChrisGhysel]

Looks like the Matrix is coming through...

[jlenoconel]

Mine basically has problems with the screen where there is a big blotch on the left hand side of the screen, like the colors are dimmer on the left hand side where the blotch is. Dosn't bother me too badly. I am not sure if its because I have homebrew enabled on mine and Ive run DVD's on it etc.

[scolen3]

They only charge $75 for a flat rate repair.

[topraman517]

Glad to hear that. Maybe I won't have to send my Wii for repairs after all. I stopped WiiConnect24. In fact I have removed the power adapter from the Wii. I'm just going to leave it like that for a day or too and hope for the best.

[Palkialgia]

My Wii did it for a while, but it went away after turning off WiiConnect24's standby connection for a while.

[BigDawg1511]

Do they charge you? I now stupid PS3 charges $150.

[Nikoman3139]

i was able to edit my miis after repair...