Wii Homebrew Enables DVD Playback

[fortunzfavor]

Originally Posted by rotten_primate

however, i do see some sense in this crazy debate. how many people honestly, and i mean honestly, don't already have a dvd player? is it really necessary to keep bundling this feature in, it only drives up costs. i see the logic. i really do.

Especially when hackers will come along and do it anyway. For free.

The response from Wii owners was quite enthusiastic. So despite DVD players being commonly owned, a lot of people seemed to be okay with getting an extra one gratis.

[albertjames]

Watch out Wiinja, Cyclowiz, and WiiKey, the creators of the WiiXT have dubbed it the "Ultimate Wii Modchip", and with all the features it purports to have, they may well be right. That is, if it's real. In addition to Wii and GameCube homebrew and backups, apparently the WiiXT also promises region-free DVD playback (wait, huh?), Virtual Console support, stealth operation, recovery mode, and uses 128MB ROM flash memory, 512MB flash storage (presumably for games), and an external USB dongle for enabling and disabling the chip, upgrading, and reflashing.
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albertjames
Buzz Marketing

[Pepper Jack]

don't you have an xbox?

[Ultramafia]

meh he's a spammer, i thought about deleting it, i guess i will.

[xawakenedsinx]

The Wii can now play DVDs....I think that I now no longer have the schlep my xbox up and down the stairs if I want to watch a movie; awesome!