another thing that's interesting is that its specs are FAR greater than a Wii lol... of course it will look better and do a lot more.

^Naturally.
The same is true for PCSX2. It does wonders.

Wii sensor bar never "conects" or talks with anything. It only needs to be plugged in to Wii for power. Therefore you need to purchase a battery operated sensor bar from Nyko or similar and you're set. Wiimote works as it should as long as you have an IR reference point for it, no matter where you put it.

Is there a sensor bar that utlizes USB?

No, AA battery ones are your best bet. Or alternatively you can use 2 candles set up under your TV. True story... :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6BB047BG_Q&feature=related

I use the candle trick in place of my sensor bar. works pretty good for me and i did not have to buy anything

meh... I don't know why I even ask. I won't do it anyways. In a year I'll buy a WiiU and put the Wii in another room for kids.... which is the only reason I was considering it... to let kids play in other room vs front tv.

It does suck that Nintendo won't provide this functionality for Wii U

I might buy a Japanese Wii U if i end up getting a job there when it comes out, and if i do i'll get this for backwards compatibility purposes anyway....

ahh, the candle trick. Used that on a party when my batteries for my wireless sensor bar were empty. Drunken as we were, we forgot the candles on the TV. The wax ran all over the TV and I had a hard time removing all that wax again.

I haven't found yet a game that runs smoothly, probably my PC is too outdatated, I've got one of the early intel core duo CPU @2.4Ghz, an Nvidia 8800GT, 4GB ram DDR2 and Win7 (I think the CPU is the bottle-neck). Still I can run 90% of PC games on 720p resolution with medium to high settings @ a good frame rate. Atm I'm happy playing on the Wii using component. Also I'm a frame rate whore, I prefer SD with a perfect frame rate, rather than HD with unstable frame rate.