Nintendo launches TV Guide Channel in Japan, enables Wiimote to control TV
[Via NintendoWiiFanboy]
Filed under: Misc, Other hardware, Remotes, Others
[Via NintendoWiiFanboy]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
locke6854 @ Mar 4th 2008 11:56AM
i love playing the wii, but for me, using the wii for television is a downgrade. But being on EngadgetHD this is preaching to the choir: if you watch HD programming, this is useless.
Ghoti @ Mar 4th 2008 12:05PM
Yeah, this is cool, but the Wii has nothing to do with HD at all.
Andy @ Mar 4th 2008 12:22PM
How do you control the TV again? Is it simply switching inputs? The Wii does not have a TV input does it? Or is it changing volume of the Wii?
And how is this HD related?
Andy @ Mar 4th 2008 12:22PM
And how does it control the TV without an IR emmitter in the remote?
awaspaas @ Mar 4th 2008 5:55PM
The "sensor" bar is an IR emitter. It supposedly sends IR signals to the TV, although I would imagine it would have to be oriented in the other direction (or you'd need a mirror on your couch!)
Spiza @ Mar 4th 2008 1:56PM
I remember Ben posting that Engadgethd would not cover DVD titles sold because they were not HD.
1stGreg @ Mar 4th 2008 4:35PM
That's cool and all, but Japan being hugely invested in HD (If memory serves, NHK was the first channel ever to broadcast in HD worldwide), how is the Wii usefull at all ? O.o
Uses have to switch to a low Res channel on their Wii, to check the TV guide, then go back to their HD channels, where they have a TV guide anyway (with any Sat / Cable Box, and more so with DVRs/Tivos you got one)...
/boggle O.o
Nighty @ Mar 4th 2008 7:02PM
"owners can use their Wii controller (via the sensor bar) to dictate volume, switch channels and flip back and forth between their shows and the TV Guide Channel"
The Wii sensor bar is always placed facing the user. Assuming the sensor bar can be programmed to emit IR code to control the TV, the IR signal will have to bounce off wall to do it.
Henrik @ Mar 5th 2008 2:13PM
This has already been done. I got a Wavit Internet Remote at http://www.wavit.com last summer and I can sit back in my sofa and watch streaming TV over the internet and surf channels for free. I can choose from tons of channels on demand and even listen to music and play games. It a cool little device. And it works everywhere in the world, not just Japan.
Terrence Newton @ Mar 5th 2008 9:36PM
this is trash, right next to the possibility of playing DVDs on Wii (particularly if you are an HDTV owner..)