Triple Universal Component Cable for Wii, Playstation and Xbox 360 (connects all 3 with one set of cables)

by Mad Catz

Product Features

• Works with PS2/3, Xbox 360, and Wii. Connects all three devices to one set of component inputs.
• Red, green and blue cables provide true color separation and reduced interference for the ultimate in picture color, clarity, and resolution
• 6 feet (1.8 m) cable

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000IAPGIS
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 6.3 x 2.8 inches ; 11.2 ounces
• Media: Accessory
• Release Date: August 21, 2008
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (61 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,822 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #25 in Video Games > Wii > Hardware > Cables & Adapters > Cables
  • #26 in Video Games > PlayStation 3 > Hardware > Cables & Adapters > Cables
  • #45 in Video Games > Xbox 360 > Hardware > Cables & Adapters > Cables
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

The Universal Component cable is compatible with PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, PS2 [slim], Wii and Xbox 360

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

33 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great deal - buy this, not the mfr cable!, November 14, 2008

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Jared "stormculture" (Prosper, TX, United States) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Triple Universal Component Cable for Wii, Playstation and Xbox 360 (connects all 3 with one set of cables) (Accessory)

There's only one issue with this cable - there's a little hard-to-see slider button that selects "HD" vs "TV" - for using it to connect a Wii to an HDTV using component connectors, you have to slide it to "HD" before it will output correctly. When on "TV" you just get black-and-white output. There's no documentation anywhere on the package that tells you about this switch and it blends into the black color very well. That's the only thing you need to know about this cable - it works for me and it's nice that it's half the price of the manufacturer cables!

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A 'Universal' cable is for one console only. It's not a switch., April 12, 2010

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Yet another old guy (Phoenix, Arizona) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Triple Universal Component Cable for Wii, Playstation and Xbox 360 (connects all 3 with one set of cables) (Accessory)

Terrible documentation. The manufacturer and Amazon completely fail to explain this product is a "universal cable" for use by _one_ _console_ _at_ _a_ _time_ _only_. This cable isn't made to switch between different game consoles. If that is what you want, you should buy a video switch for composite video signals, which costs $30-$50 or more.

The little slider switch on this cable simply selects the type of TV you have connected to the cable. It affects which video signal wires pass through to the TV. Most of the video and audio wires from _each_ _console_ are joined together at the cable junction, so if you plug more than one console into the cable at one time, you are shorting your electrical signals between those consoles. This could eventually damage at least one of the consoles.

So, with this cable, you pick which console to connect. I have two of these cables for a Wii and a PS2 (one cable each!), and they work flawlessly with my HDTV, after I noticed the slider switch.

14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Utter. Complete. Khrap., December 14, 2010

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Paul James Chatman "smile...anyway!" (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Triple Universal Component Cable for Wii, Playstation and Xbox 360 (connects all 3 with one set of cables) (Accessory)

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Perhaps the others have older sets or bad eyesight. So I welcome you to view my uploaded video or pictures where I shed shed some light on this.
My Philips 32" LCD HDTV had the MadCatz 3-Type component cable hooked up; I connected to both the PS2 and Wii (My surge outlet only has one free plug, so while they both were connedted to the cable only one was actually plugged in); with the HDTV switch flipped on the cable.

Both consoles had the same issue: audio distortion with static and feed back, interlaced scanlines galore, and the colors were washed out, with a weird green & grey palette.

Major un-coolness. I shipped thing back the same day I got it: yesterday!! I just hope I get back the 10$ in 1-day shipping costs as well.

I should have known though: MadCatz has NEVER made good peripherals for any consoles, all of their stuff is crap. So I ordered the Official Nintendo cable yesterday. I won't buy an additional cable for the PS2 since I only have 1 game that has 480p "HDTV" output: God of War, and it looks fine in S-Video.