Wii USB HD dongle???

[famousringo]

jake_the_fake1 said:

famousringo said:

kingofwale said:
260 for Wii + 150 for upscale = $410 > PS3


Here's another one, for 50 dollars, if they enable CD and DVD playback via firmware, will you pay for it?

Nope.

Ever since I learned that using consoles as a media player can shorten the lifespan of their optical drive, I've been glad that Nintendo didn't even bother implementing multimedia capability. Better off buying a stand-alone player or a media center PC.

And I totally second TRoO's thoughts that $150 HD = 3 games, so screw HD. My Wii is hooked up to an HDTV, but I seriously don't care about pixel density.

it's not about pixel density but about image quality, and the image is only as good as the source that produces it.

Also, playing games shortans the life span of optical drives, it's just natural wear and tear that occurs becuase of the moving parts the optical drive has.

Um, yeah. And since all the hardware which is the source of the image remains the same, the image quality remains the same. The shaders are the same, the geometry is the same, the texture detail is the same. All I've gained are pixels. I'm the kind of guy who doesn't mind playing PC shooters at 640x480. Doubling the resolution doesn't do anything for me.

And why would I put extra wear on my $250 console (plus another $50 for CD/DVD playback) when I could place that wear on a $50 DVD player? Or a $30 drive in a media center PC with far more functionality than my Wii could ever have?