BBC iPlayer on Wii

Nymins · 9 Apr 2008 at 14:01

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7338344.stm

I think this will be a huge hit for the Wii. Be good to watch your shows that you missed in the comfort of your living room rather than your PC.

Says the service is available from today (9th April) through the Internet Channel. But possibly becoming a Channel of its own if i read the article correctly.

Kyle009 · 9 Apr 2008 at 14:07

great idea that!

RuMp3l4$k1n · 9 Apr 2008 at 14:08

Thats simply awesome, I look forward to trying that out.

tripitaka · 9 Apr 2008 at 14:12

Excellent, been waiting for this for a while.
Was one of the first things I tried when I put the internet channel on.

TheOtherOption · 9 Apr 2008 at 14:13

It is only available in the UK to license-fee payers.

I've been using the iPlayer service a lot even though we don't have a tv license here at uni - the T&C's say you do not need one last I read them - so how come this is now saying you do if you use it through a Wii ?

Is that due to most people using their Wii through a TV ? Mines plugged into my pc monitor ...

Kyle009 · 9 Apr 2008 at 14:14

TheOtherOption said:
I've been using the iPlayer service a lot even though we don't have a tv license here at uni - the T&C's say you do not need one last I read them - so how come this is now saying you do if you use it through a Wii ?

Is that due to most people using their Wii through a TV ? Mines plugged into my pc monitor ...

They aren't going to know if you have a tv license though are they?

Ripper · 9 Apr 2008 at 14:17

brilliant!

Nazca · 9 Apr 2008 at 14:22

Awesome!

Whappers · 9 Apr 2008 at 14:32

Nazca said:
Awesome!

NokkonWud · 9 Apr 2008 at 14:34

Very clever. I'd like Sony to do this for the Playstation3, but with it's TV thingy coming out I don't know.

Marcos · 9 Apr 2008 at 14:44

good move, i hate sitting at a pc to watch tv

killsta · 9 Apr 2008 at 14:48

Bah...they should have it on X-Box live!

Although knowing MS they'd charge 500 MS Points per program

Phil99 · 9 Apr 2008 at 14:59

TheOtherOption said:
I've been using the iPlayer service a lot even though we don't have a tv license here at uni - the T&C's say you do not need one last I read them - so how come this is now saying you do if you use it through a Wii ?

Is that due to most people using their Wii through a TV ? Mines plugged into my pc monitor ...

Can't see it being any different as it doesn't matter in the slightest what type of display device you use to watch the content. Unless it's live or there's a change in the law you don't need a license.

Ampeg · 9 Apr 2008 at 15:15

Thats pretty cool, been using iplayer on the ipod touch and its a pretty great service.

RuMp3l4$k1n · 9 Apr 2008 at 15:30

Just watched the Chinese school program on it now and for an early beta its really good stuff. Once they tweak the encoding and picture size stuff/get out an iplayer channel it will be an awesome selling point.

da_mic_1530 · 9 Apr 2008 at 15:31

sounds very promising, will tell my parents (who have a Wii) about this

killsta · 9 Apr 2008 at 15:33

RuMp3l4$k1n said:
Just watched the Chinese school program on it now and for an early beta its really good stuff. Once they tweak the encoding and picture size stuff/get out an iplayer channel it will be an awesome selling point.

What's the quality like? I presume its fullscreen?

wwwebber · 9 Apr 2008 at 15:39

Does the web based iplayer not work via the PS3's browser ? - I'll try it when I get home tonight

RuMp3l4$k1n · 9 Apr 2008 at 15:39

Currently it runs from the browser only from what I can see but their news page makes it clear that they want to have a stand alone (free) Wii channel for it and address the issues of filling the screen. Quality was certainly good enough to watch on the old CRT we have the Wii hooked up to here but I had to zoom on the browser to get the best 'fit'. I guess if people are hooked up to big HD sets the quality right now may be much worse. Need someone to try it out really. It streamed without a single hitch in playback though.

bledd · 9 Apr 2008 at 15:44

coolio