auntnadia2003 Posted May 20, 2007 Posted May 20, 2007 seems we won't have to fork out £100 million for a dvd playing wii after all.......... http://psx-scene.com/forums/wiikey/56884-dvd-playback-chipped-wii-coming-soon.html
blender Posted May 20, 2007 Posted May 20, 2007 just need them to activate the USB for external hard disc and install linux and we are in business.
Tyson Posted May 20, 2007 Posted May 20, 2007 I'm not quite sure if this is legal. As far as I'm concerned it's illegal simply because the banner says "Wii NEWZ".
blender Posted May 20, 2007 Posted May 20, 2007 it will be illegal because there is a licence fee to pay for any dvd playback machine. THEREFORE, THIS THREAD IS ILLEGAL> Someone is going to get their head cut off. .
auntnadia2003 Posted May 20, 2007 Author Posted May 20, 2007 anything ending unnecessarily in a Z should be made illegal. including dragonball Z. nothing illegal to it. the code is (will be) freeware. the modchips are legal. and as long as you don't play copied dvds you don't own, you're not breaking the law.
DCK Posted May 20, 2007 Posted May 20, 2007 The thing requires a boot disk, a boot disk requires access, and to have access you need to be a legal game or the Wii needs to be modded. Basically, it's illegal. That is, if mod chips are illegal in your country. Either way, you need to have your Wii modded first before you can pull this off.
auntnadia2003 Posted May 20, 2007 Author Posted May 20, 2007 the days of license only machines are long gone.
Kurtle Squad Posted May 20, 2007 Posted May 20, 2007 anything ending unnecessarily in a Z should be made illegal. including dragonball Z. But that differenciates (sp?) it from Dragonball...
blender Posted May 20, 2007 Posted May 20, 2007 I was thinking that the alphabet ends in Z but if you are american, you say ZEEEEEEEEEEEEEE. So who ends up in gualtalomo
Mr. Bananagrabber Posted May 20, 2007 Posted May 20, 2007 I have about ten DVD players in my immediate vicinity. I don't need another one. Does anyone?
blender Posted May 20, 2007 Posted May 20, 2007 I had a ruler that had a calculator, clock, angle measure, and length measure built in. The Calculator was solar powered too. Matt black also....Awesome 80's
auntnadia2003 Posted May 20, 2007 Author Posted May 20, 2007 I was thinking that the alphabet ends in Z but if you are american, you say ZEEEEEEEEEEEEEE. So who ends up in gualtalomo but it is necessary for the alphabet to end in ZEEE. drangonballZEEEE makes no sense. you only end up in gauntletanomo if you are from elsewhere that's not america. which is illegal in america. and no. noone at all needsanother dvd player in their house. especially a 2nd rate one, but i read so many threads that the wii needed one, that i thought i'd pass on the news.
McPhee Posted May 20, 2007 Posted May 20, 2007 Its good news. Personally i don't care if its illegal, i want my Wii Media Centre and this is yet another step closer! Odd how the second someone mentions Wii Modding everyone goes up on their legal high-horse. Nobody seems to mind topics in General Chat about downloaded TV shows that none of us should be watching (i.e. Heroes, Lost, 24)
Speedfreak Posted May 20, 2007 Posted May 20, 2007 anything ending unnecessarily in a Z should be made illegal. including dragonball Z. You go straight to hell, sir. Dragonball is one of the greatest manga/anime ever made.
auntnadia2003 Posted May 20, 2007 Author Posted May 20, 2007 You go straight to hell, sir. Dragonball is one of the greatest manga/anime ever made. never watched it. the game looks bloody awful though. i wouldn't even download it for free and play it on an illegal modhipz.
Hellfire Posted May 20, 2007 Posted May 20, 2007 never watched it. the game looks bloody awful though. i wouldn't even download it for free and play it on an illegal modhipz. What game? Tenkaichi 2? If so, you're an official fool sir.
Emasher Posted May 20, 2007 Posted May 20, 2007 i think nintendo should just release an official wii usb dvd/cd drive /usb hub and then a channel to play it the drive could even be a special stand or something. but thats not what nintendo does is it
Hellfire Posted May 20, 2007 Posted May 20, 2007 Seriously, who the hell cares about DVD playing functionallity? Everyon has a gazillion DVD players.
Zechs Merquise Posted May 21, 2007 Posted May 21, 2007 This should have been a standard feature anyway, but who cares as we all have a DVD player anyway.
Cube Posted May 21, 2007 Posted May 21, 2007 Hmm....DVD on Wii, or DVD on computer, complete with great upscaling on the same TV.....the choises. This should have been a standard feature anyway, but who cares as we all have a DVD player anyway. But then, from Nintendo's point of view, whats a loss of 3 sales compared to the cost of putting s DVD player in every console (plus the licensing cost)?
auntnadia2003 Posted May 21, 2007 Author Posted May 21, 2007 it's interesting to guage the reponses to this. when it was announced that the wii wouldn't be a dvd player, the whole community was up in arms saying it would be the death of the console. now it can happen, hardly anyone seems to think it's a good idea. and with the license cost. i'm not %100 sure on the legalities, but i always thought that the license was for the plugin (i.e. DivX or mp3), not the film itself. hence your pc is capable of dvd playback, but some players (microsoft, cough) ask you to pay a license fee. anyway, nothing will stop you playing home movies etc.
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