Play DVDs in your Wii and MiniDVDs in your Wee
by Eric Caoili 
{ Aug 20th 2007 at 5:55PM }
Homebrew hackers Team Symbiote have reportedly enabled DVD playback on Wii consoles, a feature that many have been waiting for Nintendo to officially support since the system's release. We can't really recommend using the DVD player, as you'll need to have a modchip installed, voiding your warranty. If that doesn't sound like a big deal to you, consider this: Modchip manufacturer Wiinja has warned its customers that using the application could "cause the [Wii's] lens to deteriorate quickly over time."Playing MiniDVDs in your Wee, however, should be perfectly safe. Mick L. spotted this piece of electronics and its knock-off logo at a store in Japan earlier today. We wonder if it can stand upright?
Read - Wii Media Player DVD Edition (MFE)
Read - Weeeeeee!!!
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
T-bone and Razor @ Aug 20th 2007 7:17PM
Wierd, i wasn't aware that MiniDVD was still around in any way, shape, or form
I thought that it was an abortive format from the start, and Nintendo just felt that it would be good to adopt for gaming purposes
DaiMac79 @ Aug 21st 2007 10:06AM
Mini-DVD is alive and well as a camcorder format, and the vast majority of DVD players and PC DVD drives (tray-loading of course) will read them, so I wouldn't call it dead. It just doesn't have any value for commercial games or movies because of its size constraint.
Also, didn't Nintendo do something funny when they did the ones on GC, so they couldn't be easily pirated? Wrote them backwards or somesuch?
Probot @ Aug 21st 2007 3:03PM
DVD playback with a modchip isn't new, though maybe Team Symbiote was the first to do it. My friend's brother-in-law has his Wii modded to do just that. My friend has a mod chip but doesn't want to mess up the installation, so he's waiting for his brother-in-law to help.