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Eddie_the_Hated
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No DVD movies for Wii
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Sep 16, 2006 03:06
Teh Link It makes sense, all the competetors have a drive, and if you don' t have a DVD player... well... 
< Message edited by Eddie_the_Hated -- 15 Sep 06 22:52:10 >
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QuezcatoL
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RE: No DVD for Wii
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Sep 16, 2006 05:10
This thread is very missleading,there is a dvd player in the wii,it just only play games.
And that means 7.5 more GB of storage then in previous console.
And to people talking about lack of space,RE4 took less then 1.5 gb of space.
And still was one of the most graphical intense game this generation.
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Silentbomber
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RE: No DVD for Wii
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Sep 16, 2006 05:25
" No dvd playback for Wii"
that sounds better Eddie.
But really, I thought the Wii would make a good dvd player as it is small and quiet, the wiimote is a remote. If the system can read dvd games, surely Its only a matter of the correct software/codecs to enable dvd playback.
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ginjirou
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RE: No DVD for Wii
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Sep 16, 2006 05:32
Nintendo has explained that the lack of DVD movie playback is because they want to keep costs down as much as possible. And I doubt DVD playback would be a strong selling point now that everyone has DVD. Nintendo themselves said that the Wii " will not play Hollywood DVD movies" which I guess is the best way to say it. http://wii.ign.com/articles/732/732730p1.aspx
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Abasoufiane
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RE: No DVD for Wii
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Sep 16, 2006 05:36
the most important things is that had a DVD drive, other than that it' s just a matter of time to be able to play movies (Hacks or update frimwares)
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QuezcatoL
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RE: No DVD for Wii
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Sep 16, 2006 05:42
Yepp.
ANd tbh i wont use my Wii as a movieplayer.
If it could,i doubt it would be a " great movieplayer" anyway.
Btw does anyone here know what reading speed the wii will run dvd' s?
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Eddie_the_Hated
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RE: No DVD movies for Wii
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Sep 16, 2006 06:59
Sorry about the confusion guys, I had roughly 45 second' s to post that.
Btw does anyone here know what reading speed the wii will run dvd' s?
I think it' s an 8x dvd drive, but I can' t find a link.
< Message edited by Eddie_the_Hated -- 15 Sep 06 23:00:38 >
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Kristian
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RE: No DVD movies for Wii
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Sep 16, 2006 20:07
I have DVD player in my room which i rarely use,so i think this is not a loss. Wii is a video game console,not a Multimedia player. Today,some poeple are forgetting for what we use video game consoles,for PLAYING,not for watching movies or listening music! 
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ginjirou
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RE: No DVD movies for Wii
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Sep 16, 2006 20:18
Nintendo never said that we would be able to watch movies in the first place. They only said that they would use DVD. They said that they might release some kind of add-on in the future but the Wii was never supposed to be able to play DVD moves in the first place.
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QuezcatoL
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RE: No DVD movies for Wii
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Sep 16, 2006 22:34
Like the xbox then.
Anyway...
I' m really glad Nintendo decied to go with a dvd player.
9gb of space,that is a lot of storage for ex a zelda adventure,and remember,wii is like xbox360,if tey want they could use more then 1 disc.
18 gb of ZELDA?
WTF?!
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ginjirou
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RE: No DVD movies for Wii
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Sep 17, 2006 00:30
ORIGINAL: QuezcatoL
Like the xbox then.
Anyway...
I' m really glad Nintendo decied to go with a dvd player.
9gb of space,that is a lot of storage for ex a zelda adventure,and remember,wii is like xbox360,if tey want they could use more then 1 disc.
18 gb of ZELDA?
WTF?!
And since the Wii games are in SD they can be 1000000 times bigger than 360 games!
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Abasoufiane
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RE: No DVD movies for Wii
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Sep 17, 2006 00:33
And since the Wii games are in SD they can be 1000000 times bigger than 360 games!
what do you mean ? and SD ?!
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ginjirou
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RE: No DVD movies for Wii
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Sep 17, 2006 00:35
Wii games aren' t in HD which means they take less space. So a DVD can have bigger Wii games than 360 games. So, I' ve calculated that Wii games can, and will, be 1000000 times bigger than 360 games. Every one of them. Logic!
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Abasoufiane
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RE: No DVD movies for Wii
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Sep 17, 2006 00:42
i just forgot what SD means , how could i forget that  , the only thing that take part are textures in HD vs SD are textures, and a game is much more than that, so it won' t be a major difference in size of games. However , we all now ninntendo is good in compressing stuff (resident evil 4)
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Eddie_the_Hated
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RE: No DVD movies for Wii
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Sep 17, 2006 04:05
we all now ninntendo is good in compressing stuff (resident evil 4)
It' s not going to be long before developers find ways to work the Wii to their advantage. I' m sure some games will still look like crap, because the developers are only using what' s presented to them, but then you compare their low budget failure games on CGN with stuff like RE4 and Wind Waker, and the difference is huge. I think it' s going to roll that way with the Wii.
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QuezcatoL
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RE: No DVD movies for Wii
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Sep 17, 2006 04:54
Ginjrou but wii doesn' t have a strong CPU that can compress files as good as a 360.
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ginjirou
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RE: No DVD movies for Wii
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Sep 17, 2006 07:46
I' m sorry Quez, I' m a Nintendo fanboy so logic doesn' t work on me
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QuezcatoL
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RE: No DVD movies for Wii
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Sep 17, 2006 07:49
No,but remember with ps2?
They had to duplicate all game files to make it run at a decent speed,with 360 you can compress those without lacking speed or quality.
I don' t know if Wii can do that...
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Eddie_the_Hated
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RE: No DVD movies for Wii
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Sep 17, 2006 08:29
I don' t know if Wii can do that...
Give it two or three months and all will be revealed.
< Message edited by Eddie_the_Hated -- 17 Sep 06 0:31:25 >
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QuezcatoL
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RE: No DVD movies for Wii
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Sep 17, 2006 17:47
Sorry i mean- you don' t have to duplicate those files,and at the same time you can compress them.
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