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blackstarr on 18 November 2012
runqvist said:
blackstarr said:
Nintendo has also been repeatedly saying that 25 feet is the safest estimate that they can give for the Wii U connection, and that it also really really depends on the configuration of your house.
If you can't even get 25 feet though, that's a big shame. :/


Well that is very short distance. I guess Nintendo does not want this controller to compete with their handheld.

Well... Yeah. This is still first and foremost a gaming console for your television... 



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Kuramakun on 18 November 2012

It's not Really an Issue for me, I have it in My room. My biggest Issue right now and only Issue really is the poor speakers on the Tablet, And not even putting on headphones helps the sound any better :/
Still not sure if it's just my tablet or anyone else having this same issue.



oniyide on 19 November 2012
Viper1 said:
oniyide said:
well i hope no one lives in a big ass house and plans to move around, cause it would be hard

Check my post above.   The signal can be extended.   The signal protocol being used is designed for it.   They've not spoken about it yet but I'm sure they will at some point.  In fact, all routers with Miracast included should, in theory, be capable of extending the range.

I dont doubt that, but why hasnt it been done now?



Viper1 on 19 November 2012
oniyide said:
Viper1 said:
oniyide said:
well i hope no one lives in a big ass house and plans to move around, cause it would be hard

Check my post above.   The signal can be extended.   The signal protocol being used is designed for it.   They've not spoken about it yet but I'm sure they will at some point.  In fact, all routers with Miracast included should, in theory, be capable of extending the range.

I dont doubt that, but why hasnt it been done now?

Miracast is very new.  I think it just launched in late September.



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errorpwns on 19 November 2012
Munkeh111 said:
I don't really see the huge attraction in being able to play off the TV, I want to play on a large screen! Otherwise I would be playing on my Vita

Having said that, it does seem a bit of a shame that you can't play it throughout the house, though the 24 feet that I have seen quoted does seem reasonable even if it doesn't work that well through walls


I can't get the games I can get for the Wii-U on the Vita.  And I live in a household of five so the TV in the living room isn't always available to me.



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oniyide on 19 November 2012
Viper1 said:
oniyide said:
Viper1 said:
oniyide said:
well i hope no one lives in a big ass house and plans to move around, cause it would be hard

Check my post above.   The signal can be extended.   The signal protocol being used is designed for it.   They've not spoken about it yet but I'm sure they will at some point.  In fact, all routers with Miracast included should, in theory, be capable of extending the range.

I dont doubt that, but why hasnt it been done now?

Miracast is very new.  I think it just launched in late September.


fair enough



Viper1 on 19 November 2012
oniyide said:
Viper1 said:
oniyide said:
Viper1 said:
oniyide said:
well i hope no one lives in a big ass house and plans to move around, cause it would be hard

Check my post above.   The signal can be extended.   The signal protocol being used is designed for it.   They've not spoken about it yet but I'm sure they will at some point.  In fact, all routers with Miracast included should, in theory, be capable of extending the range.

I dont doubt that, but why hasnt it been done now?

Miracast is very new.  I think it just launched in late September.


fair enough

So far, I've only sen 1 router announced with Miracast but I know almost all the router manufacturers have licensed the tehcnology for upcoming devices.

Range extension is now just a matter of when, not if.



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Munkeh111 on 19 November 2012
errorpwns said:
Munkeh111 said:
I don't really see the huge attraction in being able to play off the TV, I want to play on a large screen! Otherwise I would be playing on my Vita

Having said that, it does seem a bit of a shame that you can't play it throughout the house, though the 24 feet that I have seen quoted does seem reasonable even if it doesn't work that well through walls


I can't get the games I can get for the Wii-U on the Vita.  And I live in a household of five so the TV in the living room isn't always available to me.

Fair enough, just makes me glad that at uni I can pretty much play when I want...



famousringo on 19 November 2012
Train wreck said:
I live in a townhouse which is more vertical than a single family home and I was able to play the gamepad through the entire house except one portion, it varies depending on your house size


It's not just the size, it's the arrangement, composition and environment.The metal of a ventilation duct or dense materials like stone will interfere with the signal. And I'm guessing that the Wii U uses a modified WiFi spec for data transfer, which means it will operate in the same 2.4 GHz range as nearly every other wireless device. So if your neighbourhood has a lot of other wireless traffic, you won't need to get too far from your console before the noise starts drowning out the signal.

These are problems that all wireless systems face, but because Wii U is trying to transfer high-bandwidth video in real time (compared to buffered video, like a Netflix or Youtube stream), it's especially sensitive to these problems.



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Viper1 on 19 November 2012
famousringo said:
Train wreck said:
I live in a townhouse which is more vertical than a single family home and I was able to play the gamepad through the entire house except one portion, it varies depending on your house size


It's not just the size, it's the arrangement, composition and environment.The metal of a ventilation duct or dense materials like stone will interfere with the signal. And I'm guessing that the Wii U uses a modified WiFi spec for data transfer, which means it will operate in the same 2.4 GHz range as nearly every other wireless device. So if your neighbourhood has a lot of other wireless traffic, you won't need to get too far from your console before the noise starts drowning out the signal.

These are problems that all wireless systems face, but because Wii U is trying to transfer high-bandwidth video in real time (compared to buffered video, like a Netflix or Youtube stream), it's especially sensitive to these problems.

It's 802.11n so it can also run in 5 Ghz range.  Not just 2.4.  But we don't know which one is being used for the GamePad.

 

Also wanted to point out that the GamePad could technically be used over Wi-Fi itself meaning you could take your GamePad to Starbucks and use it.  But this would require a network connection rather than the Miracast peer to peer protocol it is using.  The technology is already built in, it would just need a user interface and a few lines of code in the firmware to access a network connection.



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