Hacking Is it possible to...

[Dthruking]

play HD DVD"s on the wii? I just bought the HD cables for it so i could hook it up to my HDTV and i was just wondering if this was possible. Since with the wiikey you can play regular DVD's i was just wondering if you could play the HD dvd's and have them actually be in HD


thanks in advance

Jon

 

[mustnap]

are you kidding me? even with xbox 360 you have to purchase a separate HD DVD player so the answer is NO. it can never be used as a HD DVD or Blu Ray Disc player.

 

[Hooya]

It'd be like trying to play DVD audio on your car's CD player.

 

[fischju_original]

It'd be like trying to play DVD audio on your car's CD player.

So all you need is a firmware upgrade?

 

[Bloodgod]

LOL x Infinity

Put it this way. If the Wii was able to play Blu Ray or HD-DVD, it would not cost 249.99MSRP

 

[mustnap]

LOL x Infinity

Put it this way. If the Wii was able to play Blu Ray or HD-DVD, it would not cost 249.99MSRP

heh, the HD DVD player add on for Xbox 360 alone costs $199

 

[iTech]

Hooking up the XBOX 360's HD-DVD drive to the Wii would definitely work. And custom software running on the Wii could certainly access the drive. But playing back HD-DVD media on a system which only support 480p maximum output is unfortunately just as pointless as buying a wife without horny.

I'm definitely sure we'll see such frankensteinism on the PS3 though... PS3's hypervisor allows Linux implementation to access the USB port, and projects attempting to port the drive's drivers to Linux for the PC are allready producing results.

 

[MC DUI]

@ "buying a wife without horny"

 

[Hooya]

It'd be like trying to play DVD audio on your car's CD player.


So all you need is a firmware upgrade?

Um... I believe that would require a laser hardware upgrade.

 

[legendofphil]

Even with an external HD-DVD/BluRay drive it still wouldn't be possible.
The Wii simple doesn't have enough processing power to be able to playback HD content.

 

[Darkforce]

Well HD resolution games are very much possible on the Wii, Nintendo just play down this fact. The original Xbox had many games that supported 720p, heck a couple even supported 1080i and as we know the Wii is more powerful than the Xbox.

In a couple of years time I think we will start to see some 720p games on the Wii.

 

[OSW]

It'd be like trying to play DVD audio on your car's CD player.


So all you need is a firmware upgrade?

Um... I believe that would require a laser hardware upgrade.

I think it was a joke lol