i have 2 hooked up to my tv... my xbox and a sony dvd recorder...im thinking of selling the dvd recorder

but it would be nice to play the dvd on your wii so you don't need a lot more stuff

i actually have 3 if you count HD-DVD player for xbox

really wish people would stop saying just go out and buy a $20 dvd player. yes they might be cheap. but no not everyone has the room for lots of boxes by the tv.

Agreed. And also not that many scart or av in's on their tv's / projectors...

It's much more practical to use one box to perform as many functions as possible and not have multiple remotes lying all over the place!!

Even if Nintendo don't release a d-loadable option, I'm sure a chip/mod would sort things with an update...

I hope Nintendo change their minds if what people say is true about them not bothering with a software fix.

Signed.

yep consoles should be for gaming, in my opinion.

Glad to see this member is now banned. I just get a little bit of heartburn over people who respond in situations where it would flat out just be better to apply the principle of "if you don't have anything nice to say, keep your mouth shut..."

As for DVD playback, it is too bad that the drive itself is physically incapable of playing regular NTSC/PAL formatted DVD's.

I did up a spreadsheet of all my Wii-related expenditures thus far. And with only two retail-boxed games (plus about 6000 Wii points thus far purchased) I have already spent in excess of $600 US. I really am not looking forward to the prospect of additional hardware to achieve DVD playback.

Then again, I went into my Wii purchase with the plain knowledge that it would be for playing games and not movies/multimedia.

-Chewie

It is very true that a family household has multiple DVD players already. My tv alone has a PS2 (1), Xbox (2), A real DVD Player (3), a Chinese VCD/DVD player (4), and apparently My dad is going to buy another one. so thats 5 DVD players total in one room. Which quite frankly is pointless to add another one, Wii.

If Nintendo states they cant just manually upgrade the Wii to play DVDs with a patch via internet then there are probably legal issues, and or specific valid reasons to not release the patch.

I am sure even if Nintendo released a DVD capable Wii, they will not replace existing Wii's.

Doesn't Hacking your Wii Violate your Terms of Service? I am sure if you poke the wrong circuit and something doesnt work anymore and try to explain what this huge irregular mod chip thats been fused into your Wii circuit board is would be hell. So why does it seem so important just to play DVDs?
I say it is not. :P

Which is exactly why I am patiently waiting my wii. Sure, i could have gotten it easily about a week after launch. But instead, I sit here, wishing I had a wii, but knowing that the new one will be worth it. So, yes, I do think that those of us that have waited do deserve dvd playback.

Yes and by the time you get yours something new will be on the way so why not enjoy it while you can. And im pretty sure its not even confirmed that anywere else but japan will get the wii with dvd player.

wheres the proof of people hacking them just with software...

and tell me, if it just needed to be "unlocked" why wouldnt they just let it play DVDs, whats the holdback if they can do it via an update?

Its going well, about 25 sigs