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Old 07-06-2007, 03:58 PM   #21
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A Nintendo Spokeswoman said that something had to be added in to make the Wii able to play DVDs, therefore a firmware update wouldn't be possible to make that happen.

But anyway I already have plenty of DVD's. I have a DVD/VCR player in my Bedroom, 2 PS2's, one DVD/VCR player in my family room, and of course my PS3. I think I'll stick with my PS3 since a recent firmware update allowed it to upscale not only PS1 and PS2 games, but also DVDs to 1080P.

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A Nintendo Spokeswoman said that something had to be added in to make the Wii able to play DVDs, therefore a firmware update wouldn't be possible to make that happen.
Cite your source. The GC (and therefore Wii) are able to play many video formats from linux which are stored on DVDs. There is only ONE reason the Wii wouldn't be able to play standard DVD movies and thats multi layer support. If you were to re-encode a DVD to a single layer DVD I can see no reason the Wii couldn't play it.

That said I don't think single layer capable hardware exists. The optics in the Wii are essentially off the shelf parts. The only reason the Wii wouldn't support double layer discs is firmware on the drive or the software on the Wii.

If the firmware on the drive is not flashable and doesnt already support double layer discs then yes it would be impossible for the current Wii to play standard movies and Nintendo really fuked up by intentionally crippling the Wii!
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i think its possible but not probable. for everyone saying that the wii cannot get a firmware update to be able to play dvd's, i want to know which ones of you have actually opened up the wii to check what hardware's inside.

and i highly doubt that they would release these anytime soon. for now, wii's are still hard to find. by the time they are in stock all the time, metroid and ssbb will be out, which will help sales again. then it'll be christmas time and that'll help sales again. there's no way any of this is released until after 2007, unless they want to release the dvd playback soon so no one complains about it being released later.
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Old 07-06-2007, 06:02 PM   #24
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personally i think the dvd player is gay but about the different color now that is where its at you can have different colored wiimotes like a black one for your self.
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personally i think the dvd player is gay but about the different color now that is where its at you can have different colored wiimotes like a black one for your self.
personally i think the white wii is really the only good one, but i agree black wiimotes would be killer.
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Old 07-06-2007, 07:41 PM   #26
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Interesting, I like blue so that would be my preference for Wii/Wiimote color.
What about the people who bought a Wii already, like me?
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Old 07-06-2007, 08:01 PM   #27
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yeah i hope i can trade it for a different color with no catch
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i was thinking i might get if it came out...then i thought...it will be hell to mod it.
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I dont really care about color because I want to get a skin kit for it that looks better than any solid color to me all those people with skinned wii's look sharp I like those
As for DVD playback I want that i have a dvd player already but its 1 less remote 1 less thing to worry about when I can just use my wii to do it plus sometimes you take your wii to someones place you would have a movie player there with ya just one of those 2 birds with 1 stone type things. I rather have something and never need it than need it and not have it.
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DVD playback don't really care about and also doubt however new colours sounds like a possability to me
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I wish we could send it back to Nintendo to change colors but it would be to expensive so Nintendo wouldn't want to do it and by the time the Wii gets a DVD player Blu-Ray will probably already have won the Format War. I mean honestly since Blockbuster is only carrying Blu-Ray movies they won't only benefit from those sells but people will buy a Blu-Ray player for this reason. Add to that fact they are on the PS3 and Sony, Disney, Fox, and MGM all release exclusively on Blu-Ray Toshiba needs to surrender.
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I know the current wii is capable of playing at least single layer DVDs.
It can read Dual Layer. But you see the thing is Wii discs are read/written inverted.
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I mean honestly since Blockbuster is only carrying Blu-Ray movies
uh... no?
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personally i think the white wii is really the only good one, but i agree black wiimotes would be killer.
Check out the silicon skins for the remotes. They are very nice for color addition and are hard to beat during gameplay for grip; plus they just flat out make holding the remotes more comfortable.
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Ok well consider some things before bashing a DVD playing Wii.....Maybe not everyone has a dvd player. I have my Wii with me wherever I go. College, my room back home, wherever. Now the TV I have in college does not have a DVD player, and the PS2 that I've been used to having is my brothers....so that's going with him to his new appartment. I hate having to watch DVDs on my laptop, so a DVD playing Wii would be ideal for me. What I'm NOT willing to do, is buy a whole new Wii just cause Ninty decided to change their minds about DVD capabilities.
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who cares about colored wii's and dvd if we have one already! GIVE US A FRIGGIN HARD DRIVE NINTY!
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uh... no?

Uhh... what are you talking about, Blcokbuster is only going to carry Blu-Ray Movies at like 1450 stores. They are also carrying normal DVDs still.
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Uhh... what are you talking about, Blcokbuster is only going to carry Blu-Ray Movies at like 1450 stores. They are also carrying normal DVDs still.
First off, whoever wins the HD format war is really irrelavant. DVD's will still sell more due to the low number of households with HDTVs. And it will probably still be that way for a few years.
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lol even if it was true im not interested, i rekon if you already bought the wii you were happy with it, i liked white cause it stood out and didnt just blend in to all my other crap connected to the TV, i dont see why everyone always need something new when theyve already got it...
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the only clour wiis i would have are black white and silver the others look tacky and cheap. the wii had an elegant look but looks more child like now. It sucks that wii owners now cant have the dvd playback
I completely agree with everything that u said...reppin u up =)
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