Doesn't require a mod chip, just a softmodded Wii and the Homebrew Channel: http://kotaku.com/5036704/homebrew-wii-channel-enables-dvd-playback Never hurts to have another thing to play DVD movies on, especially since if Nintendo does ever get around to making an official player for the Wii I'm sure they will charge for it.
Well, I have known for quite some time now (months probably to be exact) that hackers had hacked the wII, so you could play DVD´s on it. But I can´t remember how and what and so forth, or if it was on the dev units either. But I feel it is great none the less. So I am not dissing it, I am very impressed I must say.
Because they'd have to pay for the rights to use DVD. Who they pay I don't know but I do know that a license would be needed. yakumo
Well you know if you only want one box under your TV: a Wii, your gamecube and Wii collection, a stack of Wii VC, and DVDs is pretty nice. I got 5 boxes under my TV and it looks like hell. You have the limitation of no 5.1 sound, just Dolby Pro Logic 2, but if that doesn't matter to you, it's all good.
You know that Pro Logic II *IS* 5.1? It would be a burden for the software to transcode AC-3 to Pro Logic, but a Wii (even GC mode) could handle it.
If Pro-Logic II is 5.1 then how does the Wii out put the sound via two standard audio phono jacks? I thought the source had to be digital? I know that my DVD player will only give you real DTS, or 5.1 Dolby via the digital out. I'm currently playing my Will via a pair of DTS Pioneer headphones that also support Pro-Logic II but the sound is defiantly not full "3D" like I'd get from a DVD. Yakumo
Tried this last night, still full of bugs unfortunately and seems to have problems with some discs, but still pretty cool. If they just fix some of the bugs and the DVD compatibility issues and maybe fix a nicer interface I would probably start using it as my main DVD player instead of my 360/PS3 (depending on region of movie).
From what I understand (no expert so correct me if I'm wrong) Dolby Pro Logic 2 jams 5 channels plus bass into a stereo analogue signal. So when you play it through stereo speakers it sounds OK, but through a DP2 Amp you get simulated 5.1 from just 2 channels, it pulls out the original 5 channels + bass. All encoded through phase shifting. Dolby Digital doesn't pull anything out of an analogue signal, it's 5.1 discrete channels of high quality digital sound, so sounds much better. The sound is still compressed, but there's a level above that, Dolby TrueHD which is super high sampled lossless compressed sound. It's used in Blu Ray sometimes. That's the real hear a pin drop / mouse fart sound.
