DVD Playback hacked Into Wii

[Tyrael]

From Megagames

Back in 2006 Nintendo announced their plans to release a new DVD-enabled Wii in 2007. Nintendo claimed that a hardware limitation is the reason behind Wii's failure to play DVD movies, but a group of hackers has proved them wrong.

An unnamed hacking group released a boot disc that enables Wii to play DVD movies. The new hack runs on modded Wii only. If you have a modded Wii, you can download the hack as a CD image and burn it then use it to boot your Wii when you want to play a DVD movie.

Owners of un-modded Wiis will have to wait until someone like Datel, who made the import game-playing Freeloader on GameCube, makes a boot disc that plays DVDs on normal un-modded Wii.

More good news on the wii front.
will keep updated on this subject later on.

[Zyber]

There is an Xploder cheat device for the Wii available which, among other things, lets you convert dvd/video files and put them on your Wii via an SD card. So you can watch DVD's on the Wii already...its just a bit complicated.:pollo:

[SpiderMike]

Modchip manufacturer Wiinja has warned its customers that using the application could "cause the [Wii's] lens to deteriorate quickly over time."
Playing MiniDVDs in your Wee, however, should be perfectly safe. I wonder if it can stand upright?

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[Sladey]

Lol, i wonder how many people bought that from a market thinking they got a cut price Wii :icon_crazy:

If the Wii games are on DVD's anyway, i wonder why Ninetendo didnt just make it compatible with regular DVD's in the first place? It would have made more sense.

[majorcrabs]

i think nintendo still doesnt really care about movies they care more for games and they also assume that all homes have a dvd player

[runeranger]

yea, im sure anyone who can afford a wii can afford a dvd player

[Strike]

dey bout 10 quid now the dvd players are