Title: RE: Wii Enhanced in Japan
Post by: IceCold on October 31, 2006, 12:06:07 PM
It's just DVD playback.. that really doesn't matter anymore. This will probably be like the Panasonic Q.
Title: RE: Wii Enhanced in Japan
Post by: Ceric on October 31, 2006, 12:06:27 PM
*shrug* I have to agree. I have a DVD player I don't mind that my console doesn't.
Title: RE: Wii Enhanced in Japan
Post by: WuTangTurtle on October 31, 2006, 12:31:25 PM
I hope the Japan version doesn't look extremely different.
Title: RE:Wii Enhanced in Japan
Post by: ShyGuy on October 31, 2006, 01:11:15 PM
If it's called WiiVD, I may have to pick one up...
Title: RE: Wii Enhanced in Japan
Post by: BiLdItUp1 on November 01, 2006, 07:10:29 PM
Personally, I think it's stupid for them to leave out DVD playback, considering their non-gamer strategy and the fact that the cost wouldn't not be that high for them to implement it. I need a new DVD player with progressive scan, and if I could get one when I buy a Wii...
so yeah, I hope they just throw it in as a firmware upgrade or something...
anyways, I don't think they'd release a special edition Wii whose sole extra feature is DVD playback. What's the pt, especially in Japan, where everyone and their mother already has a DVD player (or PS2)
Title: RE: Wii Enhanced in Japan
Post by: ThePerm on November 01, 2006, 07:11:35 PM
i have dvd players in the living room. 1 computer, 1 dvd/vcr combo, 1 computer
Title: RE: Wii Enhanced in Japan
Post by: couchmonkey on November 02, 2006, 06:25:21 AM
Including DVD playback means paying a liscencing fee to the DVD consortium (or whatever it's called). I still think the idea of a dongle to unlock playback, as they originally considered, was cool.
Title: RE:Wii Enhanced in Japan
Post by: EasyCure on November 02, 2006, 07:53:07 AM
Quote Originally posted by: ShyGuy If it's called WiiVD, I may have to pick one up...
WiiVD... doesnt sound like something you want to go out and get on purpose.
Title: RE:Wii Enhanced in Japan
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on November 02, 2006, 07:56:05 AM
Quote Originally posted by: EasyCure
Quote Originally posted by: ShyGuy If it's called WiiVD, I may have to pick one up...
WiiVD... doesnt sound like something you want to go out and get on purpose.
you beat me too it, but I wasn't sure why you'd want to add VD to your Wii either
Title: RE: Wii Enhanced in Japan
Post by: oohhboy on November 02, 2006, 04:28:11 PM
Along with the european "region" isuses, this is going to mess me up as to which version of Wii I want to get. I could do with an extra DVD player.
Title: RE:Wii Enhanced in Japan
Post by: BiLdItUp1 on November 02, 2006, 05:04:08 PM
Yeah couchedmonkey, I know that they have to pay a licensing fee. But damn it, they're making money off this thing already; they could afford to take a small hit. It can't cost that much to license; witness the prevalence of $40 DVD players....this prolly gonna cause me to wait on the Wii just a bit more (well, actually, I don't care that much...but most of discretionary $$$ this yr are going toward the Lumenlab Evo)
